So many YT-ers are having this problem I forget what I've said to whom. Apologies if this is a repeat. Channels covering the invasion of Ukraine get dinged for posting material suggestive of ..... (wait for it) ..... war. Naturist sites are dinged to the point many have moved on. All Russian content creators have been demonetized. The problem is that this ALSO includes the pro-Ukraine channels run by Russians who're living in exile.
Patreon and Vimeo seem to have no problem with nudity provided it's blatantly non-sexual. There's a Christian Naturist who has an awful lot of fun bopping around in the buff while debunking the myth that the Bible is 'against' social nudity. His YT vids have silly dots covering the things that scare YT while Vimeo (& maybe Patreon) show the unedited versions. Off point: I don't have time to follow it, but it seems like "Sorry if it's inconvenient for you but the Bible doesn't actually say that." is becoming a whole genre unto itself. The whole concept of things being 'biblical' (still not sure what that means) or not is totally new for me.
My point is that you're a very long way from being alone.
You’ve mentioned parts of that, but there are so many ways YouTube is failing and on the wrong side of history in my opinion. Alas, for now, I have to play by their rules when I use their platform. Wonder how long this bs will last. Methinks the controversies surrounding MrBeast could ripple through the company and make things better…or worse. Hard to tell.
I had to rewrite some book reviews (surprise, I read a lot) on Amazon for violating something or other to do with community guidelines. So I rewrote them. Not happy, but okay. A few months later I got a "friendly" warning letter that I'd be banned from all their social apps (whatever THAT means) if I continued to violate whatever their community guidelines are. Guess how many books reviews I've written since then? This chazerai (Yiddish for craziness) is everywhere...
Sorry Amazon is being part of the problem too. Not sure what's wrong with these bots. Even on YT, I have to routinely "approve all" for users like yourself who somehow trigger their filter. Nothing I've ever seen from you (or most people) should have been flagged. But when you let bots run most things, this is what happens.
Thank you for increasing my Yiddish vocabulary! I was born (and raised) without much Jewish influence (except in film/tv), but have always loved learning about the culture and language. I'm not religious in the least, but love me some art and culture! :-)
These social media platforms are getting so out of hand. I need to check to see if my tiny little book trailers have condemned me to shadow ban even though I’ve paid for all the original content used in video collage.
YouTube "claims" they don't shadow ban, but from my experience...they just call it something else: "The audience isn't interested." Al/Algo/Algorithm giveth and Al/Algo/Algorithm keepeth away. Happens way less on Substack...(though I hear I have been slapped with adult content warnings...which is valid and Substack is mostly adult, right?)
So many YT-ers are having this problem I forget what I've said to whom. Apologies if this is a repeat. Channels covering the invasion of Ukraine get dinged for posting material suggestive of ..... (wait for it) ..... war. Naturist sites are dinged to the point many have moved on. All Russian content creators have been demonetized. The problem is that this ALSO includes the pro-Ukraine channels run by Russians who're living in exile.
Patreon and Vimeo seem to have no problem with nudity provided it's blatantly non-sexual. There's a Christian Naturist who has an awful lot of fun bopping around in the buff while debunking the myth that the Bible is 'against' social nudity. His YT vids have silly dots covering the things that scare YT while Vimeo (& maybe Patreon) show the unedited versions. Off point: I don't have time to follow it, but it seems like "Sorry if it's inconvenient for you but the Bible doesn't actually say that." is becoming a whole genre unto itself. The whole concept of things being 'biblical' (still not sure what that means) or not is totally new for me.
My point is that you're a very long way from being alone.
You’ve mentioned parts of that, but there are so many ways YouTube is failing and on the wrong side of history in my opinion. Alas, for now, I have to play by their rules when I use their platform. Wonder how long this bs will last. Methinks the controversies surrounding MrBeast could ripple through the company and make things better…or worse. Hard to tell.
I had to rewrite some book reviews (surprise, I read a lot) on Amazon for violating something or other to do with community guidelines. So I rewrote them. Not happy, but okay. A few months later I got a "friendly" warning letter that I'd be banned from all their social apps (whatever THAT means) if I continued to violate whatever their community guidelines are. Guess how many books reviews I've written since then? This chazerai (Yiddish for craziness) is everywhere...
Sorry Amazon is being part of the problem too. Not sure what's wrong with these bots. Even on YT, I have to routinely "approve all" for users like yourself who somehow trigger their filter. Nothing I've ever seen from you (or most people) should have been flagged. But when you let bots run most things, this is what happens.
Thank you for increasing my Yiddish vocabulary! I was born (and raised) without much Jewish influence (except in film/tv), but have always loved learning about the culture and language. I'm not religious in the least, but love me some art and culture! :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVGDgSvSk9s
These social media platforms are getting so out of hand. I need to check to see if my tiny little book trailers have condemned me to shadow ban even though I’ve paid for all the original content used in video collage.
YouTube "claims" they don't shadow ban, but from my experience...they just call it something else: "The audience isn't interested." Al/Algo/Algorithm giveth and Al/Algo/Algorithm keepeth away. Happens way less on Substack...(though I hear I have been slapped with adult content warnings...which is valid and Substack is mostly adult, right?)
So much for free and unfettered speech. Oy.
Oy indeed. So many platforms, so little joy. 😎🤬