Torge Enigme: "YouTube has declared all out war on its user base."
Paul Joseph Watson: "The Adpocolypse was only the beginning. Unless we bitch and moan about
this over and over again, this is the start of the purge."
Styxhexenhammer666: "Uh, YouTube has decided to go full 1984-mode."
Hi, I think I'm Real: "Make no mistake, viewer, this is absolutely a liberal assault on any
ideas that would threaten their own."
Paul Joseph Watson: "They're going after anyone who isn't 'advertiser friendly.' Which is
basically anyone outside the limits of the narrow consensus of opinion that they subjectively
define."
Styxhexenhammer666: "And you're not going to offer anybody any kind of recourse. So,
if a computer, not a human being a a computer program decides that the video, based on its
tags, description, what's seen in the video maybe, uh is offensive and puts it in limbo
there will be no way to get it back out."
Mark Dice: "So for example, if you're looking for a video about why it's crazy to say that
there's 85 different genders, they're going to manipulate the search results to show videos
saying why there should be 85 different genders!"
Hi, I think I'm Real: "This is absolutely a hostile takeover of what was once an open
landscape of thought."
Styxhexenhammer666: "You're essentially moving to the wrongthink based sort of 1984 system
that a lot of people were worried you were going to move towards before with the adpocolypse."
Paul Joseph Watson: "But unless we fight back, this is the beginning of the end for free
speech on YouTube."
*Sigh*
So here we are. Or should I say here we are again? This has been going on for years. YouTube
has been "dying" and everyone has been about to be censored, or the small channels are
all going to be killed off, or a number of other things over and over again for years.
Of course, it's been getting more frequent and even more serious lately.
So, let's see what this latest round is about. What has YouTube announced this time that
is apparently 1984-level immoral censorship worth throwing a fit about?
Looks like in June they announced some plans to expand technology identifying extremist
content. Okay. That makes perfect sense. The scale on this sitet is simply not
possible to manage with humans alone. They're also increasing the trusted flaggers and including
various organizations in the effort.
Regarding the whole "but the ADL considers Pepe the Frog to be a hate symbol!" complaint
I have heard: Context is very important. What the actual ADL page says in regards to Pepe,
is "The majority of uses of Pepe the Frog have been, and continue to be, non-bigoted."
and "In recent years, with the growth of the "alt right" segment of the white supremacist
movement ... the number of "alt right" Pepe memes has grown..." They also say "However,
because so many Pepe the Frog memes are not bigoted in nature, it is important to examine
use of the meme only in context. The mere fact of posting a Pepe meme does not mean
that someone is racist or white supremacist."
This isn't the biggest part of what's being complained about though... so I think I'll
just move ahead to that.
According to this, it looks like they're going to take a tougher stance on videos that aren't clearly
clearly a violation of policy.
Such as videos that are considered to be inflamatory religious or supremacist content.
These are going to be behind some kind of warning, not unable to be seen, and not able to be monetized,
recommended or eligible for comments or user endorsements.
I've heard some people say they won't be able to be shared, but Ihave no idea how they think that would
be implemented since you can literally just copy and paste a link to share a video.
Okay, so they're cracking down on videos that are inflammatory or supremacist. These videos
may well be left available - not actually censored - but in a state that will make them
more difficult to find and require workarounds in order to discuss.
What else? Oh, they're also going to use a project in Europe involving targetted ads
or even redirecting people from attempts to look at extremist and specifically recruiting
content to videos countering them and trying to discouraging joining such groups.
*sigh*
So...YouTube says they're going to crack down on extremism, inflammatory content, and uses
some vague language a couple places that allow interpreting it as being against anything
that anyone might call controversial or offensive. And what do some people ON YouTube do? in usual
fasion include alarmist rhetoric and insist that this means they absolutely will strike down
anything that hurts someone's feelings or opposes particular narratives.
Now, don't get me wrong. That wasn't ALL those people said. And there are valid concerns.
For example, previous implementations have had plenty of issues, negatively impacting
people who haven't actually done anything wrong while simultaneously failing to catch
the very problems they're supposed to address. I do get that. Of course, there are always
bugs and problems when something is created, changed, or first rolled out. I doubt this
is the kind of thing that even CAN be tested in an isolated environment, and even if it
could there's bound to be problems that don't get discovered until is used on a wider variety
of things, a more broad audience, the public. Hell, why do you think public betas and early
access is so common in games? To some degree there is probably interest in cost-saving,
fundraising, and perhaps even general laziness, but it's also more effective to have a larger
number of people testing, if you don't need to keep something hidden or exclusive at first.
Similar happens sometimes with the development of other programs.
But we aren't talking about games or people who opt-in to testing some new program here.
We're talking about a major platform - in fact, the most major public video platform
on the internet - and changes that impact millions or even billions of users. So it's
much more major when things go wrong, and they do of course go wrong. I'm certainly
not here to criticize everyone who is concerned, uneasy, or wants to voice the problems that
come up to ensure they get taken care of. In fact, DO voice them as they come up. Do
NOT stay silent if you have things taken down that shouldn't be or if you
see things that taken down that souldn't be. Similarly, don't stay silent if you see ISIS recruitment
videos left up. Speak up at those times, and hell let your
concerns be heard and what you care about and want be known. But for crying out loud
could you stop it with the damned alarmism every time something changes? This isn't definitively
some attack by the SJW left to silence everyone who disagrees. It also isn't in any way related
to 1984. It's a company that has had a lot of controversies lately trying to do something
about the fact that it is literally used to recruit people into terrorist organizations
and spread messages about killing instead of debating people who disagree. Just because
And these things have been monetized.
Just because these things aren't making it to the front page and what you personally watch or focus
on doesn't mean they don't exist or can be ignored.
This cycle and what I've seen related around gets really old sometimes.
So, since there are definitely some risks and problems, and there's the potential that
it could be abused, maybe we should look at what you can do?
Well, the most obvious thing that absolutely everyone should always do - whether you're
creating content for public consumption or just going about your day on your own - keep
a backup! Back up everything important. If physical space or keeping track of hardware
is a problem, there are various cloud storage locations. If you're concerned that your particular
files will be targetted for removal, concerned about your privacy, or anything like that,
you can encrypt them a number of ways on your computer before storing them (just make sure
you remember or keep track of the passwords!). Even simple zip compression programs can encrypt
and password protect the resulting file. Multiple options used by such programs are still secure
enough, and you can even do it repeatedly (though it will increase the size of your
file a bit) to layer the encryptions if you really want to. There are more complicated
options available for those who want them as well. If you'd prefer to have a local copy,
you can get large (storage space wise) external hard drives. The same and even additional
abilities to encrypt files are available there, if desired.
And for that matter, you could use both at once. That way if one of them disappears the other's available.
As for creators, diversify! Honestly, this is a good idea anyway, especially if your
primary focus is your overall reach. If you're doing it for money specifically, it may be
preferable to put your money-making content in the top one or few places for it to actually
make money, and merely use other platforms to extend your reach to new audiences or enable
announcements as a security measure against both glitches and deliberate actions that
would prevent fans from realizing you have published new content.
On top of YouTube, there are various other sites that will allow you to monetize your
videos on their platforms. Perhaps the top pick lately has been vid.me, which recently
added ad-based monetization. Facebook has also been trying to compete with YouTube,
though they seem to be even more heavily criticized and likely worse in regards to how they handle
things that aren't what they really want to promote. Dailymotion, from France, has a monetization
option as well. Minds also has some monetization options and shares revenue, though I'm not
certain how this works with videos specifically as I've never tried to upload directly to
the site. The list grows longer if you are able to pay for the service from the start.
And let's face it, a big part of all of this comes down to the fact these platforms are
giving you their resources, helping your content be able to be seen and even generally paying
the hosting bill so long as you abide by their terms. If nowhere has terms you're willing
to accept, or if you want away from them for any other reason, the ultimate answer is to
host your videos on your own (or even create your own platform). Obviously this means taking
on all the costs, responsibilities, and leg work of promotion on your own, but it gives
you the most freedom - web hosts often have less restrictive terms than existing platforms,
and the most dedicated could even spend the time and money hosting it themselves as well.
If you go this route, you can work with any advertising program(s) you wish, including
AdSense itself as is used on YouTube but also many others, or even work with advertisers
more directly.
Also, when it comes to money, you can use various crowd-funding services, whether it's
a subscription type like patreon or one-time fundraisers like with gofundme or Kickstarter.
And there are options for selling merch, such as teespring. There are also places like Amazon
that have affiliate programs. And of course, some services that handle money and transactions
online, such as PayPal, can allow donations directly.
When it comes to simply promoting your content or helping ensure your viewers know when you
upload, there are all the obvious choices. Twitter can be updated automatically by YouTube.
YouTube, Daily Motion, Vimeo, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr, WordPress,
Blogger, Medium, Skype, and more have APIs that ifttt.com has integrated so that you
can connect them - so that when you say or do something one place, it can automatically
take some action somewhere else. For example, this is how I automatically share my YouTube
videos on Tumblr (unfortunately the facebook ones only seem to work to post to an account,
not a page). The same site also can be used to automate other things with a little bit
of information or a quick search for a guide. This is how I have discord automatically announcing
my new videos, as well.
There are also places that are useful, but may not be as easy to automate
like Facebook pages and minds, though I'm half tempted to make a video
And of course these are just I can personally think of, and mostly fairly well known ones.
The actual list of options is basically endless.
And, like I said earlier, don't stay silent or ignore the problems either. Just like I
wouldn't tell someone not to criticize Islam just because there are people who will go
from that to how all Muslims are some sort of threat, I wouldn't suggest ignoring the
problems on YouTube (or any other platform) just because some people will insist it's
an SJW conspiracy or proof that whatever group they consider to own or control the platform
is evil. The key is to actually make the critique in a reasonable manner, using facts and where
possible providing evidence, and without dehumanizing people or resorting to unnecessarily alarmist
tactics. Or rather, that's the key in my opinion to tackling such things ethically and honestly
instead of creating or encouraging a different set of problems.
So if you are being negatively impacted by some changes, feel free to say so occasionally
in an honest way, by all means. Appeal decisions, especially automated ones, that don't seem
right. Criticize the methods and parts of programs that are hurting people or hindering
valid and constructive conversations. Just, please,
for crying out loud, don't make the leap to the apocalypse every time something
goes wrong or a less than ideal decision is made. And if you're not creating but watching
and trying to support creators, don't fall for alarmist rhetoric. Look into things and
think about them critically. Assuming whoever is right to start screaming about end times
and immediately jumping to do everything you can to help them or hurt whoever they're fighting
isn't actually helpful in the long run and often encourages bad behavior. And also don't
ignore more reasonable criticisms and pleas for help just because they don't sound like
the end of the world.
These are the kinds of things that lead to the mess that we're in.
Oh, and before I go, a quick note about the clips at the beginning: They are (obviously,
I'd hope) not in full context and complete. I have, of course, included links in the description,
as well as overlaying the timestamp (of the original videos) on the clips here. If you're
interested in what they actually had to say - beyond the alarmist rhetoric I included
directly - it's there for you to check out.
Please don't base your opinions of somebody on a clip like that, whether from my video or somewhere else.
Some of them I wouldn't trust, but at least one of them Iactually watch.
Anyway...
Thanks for hearing me out! As always, civil discussion, suggestions, and constructive
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