YouTube? More Like FU-Tube

in #youtube7 years ago

Here. I encourage you to go read that post if you want to see the details.Big news overnight from YouTube... in the form of an email to it's creators. @geordieprepper posted more about the email on his post

To summarize (and colorize), YouTube effectively told all of its small creators to...

F**k Off, You're not worth anything

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This officially proves that YouTube has lost their minds and they're off their rocker. Who do they think laid the community foundation and paved the golden road of success for them?! What a bunch of idiots.

Transparency

I received the email but upon closer look at my YouTube account, am very close to their (current) criteria for making money. But I refuse to play their game. I'm not going to continue to support and participate in a system that singles out and excludes content based upon their metrics or (within reason) subject.

What I Will Do


Effective immediately:
  • All promotion of YouTube from me will stop.
  • As much as I am able, I will not view any videos on YouTube.
  • I will take down all my videos from my channel -- except those that support Steemit or bash YouTube.
  • I will publish my video library to Dtube and to the STEEM blockchain.
  • Any new content will be posted to Dtube

See you guys on the next post, and on Dtube!
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Youtube is shooting itself in their own foot. I hear about a lot of people leaving Youtube, never to return. They are running the platform like a dictatorship. If they don't like your philosophy, your content is not welcome on their platform. Themtube. @ironshield

Is Youtube Shadow Banning the White House?


https://steemit.com/nomorefakenews/@ironshield/is-youtube-shadow-banning-the-white-house-one-million-subscribers-318-views

They sure are! And at this point I only want to encourage them to do so! Sink 'em!

Wouldn't it be something if the Trump media team moved to steemit? What a firestorm that will bring! A new battlefield for the SJW's where it's not tilted in their favor. @ironshield

That is the reason why I am here on Steemit...all of the issues experienced by @mericanhomestead on YouTube, once Zac starting talking about Steemit I made my way over here! I don't have a channel and I'm glad I don't...if I did I would be getting off of it as soon as possible!

I joined Steemit via @mericanhomestead too. :)

They kicked us off YouTube for killing and butchering a cow. We eventually got our channel back, but An American Homestead is done with YouTube.

I remember that!!! Though your family had already convinced us of changing to Steemit prior to that. :-) This is yet another, albiet a much bolder, move by those who claim to celebrate diversity and freedom of choice to clamp down on subjects they choose to not allow.

Nothing but support from me for you guys @hansjurgen! Keep fighting the good fight!

I received the same email last night. Immediately, I deleted my channel! A few weeks ago I downloaded all of my videos after my first (completely unoffensive) video was de-monitized. That was the writing on the wall.

The more I see these big tech companies politically align themselves and play these games, the more I switch myself to alternatives. The future looks hopeful and free (as in freedom) with IPFS, DTube and the likes! I'm beginning the tough process of weeding out Google from my life, they have grown too powerful for my liking...

I'm in the process of finishing the downloads and deleting them, too. As soon as I can, I will not longer bring people to YouTube! >:-(

Oh man... you're spot on with Google, too. I made the switch off Gmail a few years back, but am still hooked on Chrome and the password management.

Steemit, Dtube and the such are the last bastions of freedom online.

Looks like I'm going to be moving some of my vids to DTube. I don't monetize, but if I can re-route views from there, I will.

As I commented on @geordieprepper's post:

This is what the cancer stage of greed looks like. Thanks for the explicit example provided by YouTube themselves.

You're absolutely right--GREED!

I love Youtube for the undergroud, or alternative media source of True News. I watch lots of video's from good Christian Alternative media, so I on one hand do not want to support YouTube, but on the other if they are still around I want to support them for bringing us the real stuff of life going on.

Try to encourage those to move to Steem/Dtube if you can. It will not be much longer until that is also under further persecution by "them". Our online freedoms of expression appear to only be stable on the blockchain.

we too got that same email.... after two years of trying to do what we can to just make a few pennies per vid to help pay for equipment and now this.... They seemed to forget their roots...... looking into next steps to take.....Thanks for the sharing. God Bless!

At this time, I would recommend Dtube. It seems to be the only other option for making some amount of money on videos while (more importantly) offering certainty of freedom of speech.

Thanks. I will be checking it out!

This is the fourth post I have seen JUST today about YT issues for the same thing.

What did they do.. send out a mass email to selective accounts?

I subscribe to many channels on there but really haven't been on YT since steemit and me hooked up last July.

But there is one lady on there who does prepping videos.. and about four months ago she stopped doing prepping and survival videos due to some subscribers threatening her and her family; as well as restructuring their so-called revenue return ( I believe that's what she called it, but it's been so long ago).

Now she does DIY, cooking and frugal videos because as she said, "(they) won't be as harsh on approving this content"

I think it went out to all "creators" who fell into the bucket. Prior to this, there was major backlash at any video of a more conservative nature, or about prepping, self-reliance, homesteading, or anything not mainstream media-like.

May this realignment of your energies be fruitful. I am in the last bits of wrapping my head around all of these topics, but the bottom line is using my voice and power for growth in areas that hold meaning in my life.

I support your response to youtube and your plan of action with your time.

Well put @borrowedearth I have calmed down a little since posting this rant, but will still do what I said. I just now feel a little ashamed at my strong words. :-\

I think it's a great idea. The only downside for me personally is that, for whatever reason, I have a hell of a time loading videos on Dtube. I get a lot of errors and whatnot. I hope it's not my ISP in cahoots with Google or something.

I have the same issue sometimes. Some say using a browser like Firefox or Chromium fixed their issues. I've not had a chance to test them yet.

I actually use Firefox, and I still have the problem.

Dang. :-\

Well, I think we can expect Dtube to step up their performance with the coming influx from YouTube. So I bet it will get better soon.

I got the same email. Sad too. My ad revenue is listed at nearly $90. Guess I'll never see a penny of that since they don't disburse funds unless you're account is over $100. Pisses me off.

I've been slowly building my YouTube channel over the last three years, and still have less than their minimum 1,000 subscribers. I joined Steemit 3 weeks ago and almost have my first 100 followers. And just to prove to myself this Steemit thing was real, I sold off some SBD and ended up with over $200 in the bank. This is an order of magnitude better than what I was ever able to accomplish on YouTube.

Plus, I think I like blogging more than creating video. Although I can see myself releasing the occasional DTube video.

I was gobsmacked by by email @geordieprepper posted. The sheer gall of them claiming to be supportive!