In January of 2022 I was banned by BandCamp without explanation or even a notification. One year later, in January of this year, my entire YouTube channel was deleted, also without warning or explanation. I lost 16 years of my work...400 videos, 17k subs and millions of views.
I started over on Twitter with just a few dozen subscribers. In February, I started making new videos for Twitter, and in the last 4 months they've amassed over one million plays and almost 5 million views, earning me 7k followers and counting. This was despite regular throttling and shadowbanning of my account by Twitter throughout this time.
Yesterday morning, on Father's Day, I posted a thread for my daughter and I was suspended seconds later, effectively wiping the millions of views and the last sizable community I had.
I was playing the role of the court jester. Without folks like me, it's a sign that things are deteriorating rapidly. The silence after my YouTube ban was pretty disheartening, and this feels more of the same. Not sure what else to do but share this.
In January of 2022 I was banned by BandCamp without explanation or even a notification. One year later, in January of this year, my entire YouTube channel was deleted, also without warning or explanation. I lost 16 years of my work...400 videos, 17k subs and millions of views.
I started over on Twitter with just a few dozen subscribers. In February, I started making new videos for Twitter, and in the last 4 months they've amassed over one million plays and almost 5 million views, earning me 7k followers and counting. This was despite regular throttling and shadowbanning of my account by Twitter throughout this time.
Yesterday morning, on Father's Day, I posted a thread for my daughter and I was suspended seconds later, effectively wiping the millions of views and the last sizable community I had.
I was playing the role of the court jester. Without folks like me, it's a sign that things are deteriorating rapidly. The silence after my YouTube ban was pretty disheartening, and this feels more of the same. Not sure what else to do but share this.
Get your own site. Host it in east europe or somewhere. Look up dcma ignore host.
Forget big tech
Make torrents.
Use non gmail email.