Hello, and welcome to part two of YouTube censorship. Please
check out my previous video on this subject since that goes
into detail as to why I'm being censored. I have been very vocal
about this as of late on social media sites since it's been
happening. And things have increasingly gotten worse. Due
to my concerns, there have been a fair amount of people who have
suggested alternative sites to me. I'm going to briefly talk
about those and my stance on them. But first, I created
two new social media accounts. I have been posting more on social
media so I need alternative outlets to do so, and of course
censorship will happen on all of them to some degree. Links to
everything are in the description of all my videos
under the "Follow Me" section. Social media in general though,
is mostly a mind control distraction tool. But, I use it
to help people realize this. I've had a Facebook page for
years, so that's not new. However, I also created a
Twitter account, which I'll admit is hard to work with since
I like to write more than 140 characters. And there is another
site I heard of a few months back called Minds. When I first
discovered it, it didn't seem too interesting, but recently
they have added a bunch more things and it looks really good
and promising for the future, so I hope it grows. Definitely
check it out since I think it holds an important role for the
future with tons of nice features. Minds is also like a
hybrid of Facebook, Twitter, and Patreon. You can follow me and
my posts, but you can also donate to creators, even monthly
for rewards, just like Patreon. I currently do not have this
setup, and don't know how many people would want to support me
on there. While I am so thankful for my Patreon supporters, there
are only a few, so I don't know how many of my genuine YouTube
subscribers are interested in donating real money to me.
Nevertheless, it's entirely optional and I'm grateful
nonetheless as it helps us continue spreading this message
and awareness. Since I have been vocal about censorship, people
have suggested other sites to post my videos, like Vidme.
After much careful though, I have declined this offer because
I don't want my videos hosted on multiple platforms at this time.
Another site a few people mentioned was Steemit, which is
this convoluted cryptocurrency reddit-like blog site. I had a
really hard time wrapping my head around this one, but have
since declined it as well because it's largely about
money. You make a post, people like it and upvote it, and you
can make money just by people positively rating your new
posts. The problem is, it's not that simple. There is much more
involved with to maximize the money you can make on there. So
much to the point that I do not want to devote that amount of
time and effort into it. Not to mention that since it's largely
money based, it goes against my stance of doing what I love for
free. Of course I need money to survive in this currency-based
world. I love to get paid by my supporters as they help me
continue on doing what I love, but this site seems a bit too
out of my league. Now onto censorship, YouTube has ramped
up its policy on what it considers "advertiser friendly."
I understand that there needs to be measures in place to avoid
advertisements being placed on inappropriate content. But the
type of content they deem as "not suitable for all
advertisers" is censorship to the fullest, especially since if
your video is hit, and you get less than 1,000 views on it in
the past week, they cannot approve it. This censorship only
applies to you and me, the small people, not the big corporations
which I am exposing now. According to YouTube's
advertiser-friendly content guidelines, videos that discuss
things like war, political conflicts, as well as the use of
illegal/regulated drugs or substances, and even sex toys,
devices, or sexual conversations are all not advertiser friendly
and will not display ads. Yet, let's do a quick search and see
what we find from major television networks to
completely disprove this.
Alright, so here I am on YouTube right now. Completely new
window. As you can see there is even an ad here for birth
control. And let me just show you some of the searches here.
So...
If I search up 'Comedy Central sex toy.' Ok...
This one right here, 'Women Sitting on Vibrators.'
Let's take a look if there's ads on it.
Sometimes there's ads, sometimes there's not. Sometimes you have
to refresh it multiple times. Here we go. An ad.
30 second ad, unskippable. Ok.
'Squirting Stories,' ok, uncensored. Ad.
'Sexual Bucket Lists.' Ad.
I mean this is...'Female Orgasms.' Oh, surprisingly not
an ad. Let's refresh. There we go, ad. Almost every single time
you see an ad. Let's continue on.
'Sex Toy or Dog Toy.' Ad.
'How to Make a Sex Tape.' Ad.
Look at this.
'The Cure for Hysteria.' "The Bellacourt women undergo orgasm
therapy to rid themselves of their feminine ailments." Ok,
let's see if there's ads on it. What do you know. Ads.
Hmmm...this video literally has women having orgasms
in the video. I will show that to you.
As you can see, I go right to the video here.
I go throughout the video.
They're doing things.
As you can see.
This is advertiser friendly. Hmmm...yes,
this is advertiser friendly to YouTube.
But we're not done yet, no. Not just searching up 'Comedy
Central sex toy.' No, we're going to search up 'Comedy
Central bong' now. Drug related stuff.
Let's take a look at what comes up.
This one, I know this one doesn't have any ads, Time
Traveling Bong. Let's look at this one, Broad City 'Underaged
Bongs.' Promoting the use of underaged smoking.
Let's take a look if there's an ad.
Uh no, there is so far not an ad, but I did see an ad earlier.
Sometimes you don't always get one. Sometimes you do. It all
depends. I've refreshed it multiple times, I don't really
see one. But, sometimes it'll be there, sometimes
it won't be there.
Let's see about this one, 'High, Higher, Highest.' Oh, what's
that? There's an ad on here. This is drug related.
Let's go back to this one now. Nope. So far there's nothing,
but I can assure you I saw ads on this earlier today.
You don't always get it.
Even other late night talk shows, like Late Night with
Stephen Colbert, that are heavily politically based,
on the Democrat side, are allowed to play ads.
They are heavily politically based. So, let me actually show
you here what I saw.
If I go to Late Show with Stephen Colbert's channel, it's
not all political stuff but there is a lot
of political stuff here.
You know...but right here, look at this. You have someone
dressed as a member of the KKK and someone dressed
as a Natzi. Guess what?
There are ads on this video. Hmmm...how are you allowed to
play ads on a video that has that as its thumbnail? Hmmm...
Do you see the problem here? There is something much more
major going on than just what is acceptable and
what is not acceptable.
As you can see, this has nothing to do with advertiser friendly
content, but rather censorship. If they really cared, none of
these videos I just showed you would display ads. Furthermore,
if you also noticed, it was the full 30 second unskippable ads
which make more money than the skippable ones. I've watched a
fair share of those Comedy Central shows on television, and
I enjoy them for the most part. But, that doesn't mean they
should be permitted to run ads on YouTube. If all those videos
I just showed you are suitable for advertising, then all of
mine are as well. They literally hit my videos stating that they
are "not suitable for all advertisers" when they are.
A video about how to cope with a condition is not suitable?
What about a live stream where I answer my viewer's questions? Or
worse yet, a video on my other channel titled "Stay Focused
(Dealing with Distractions)?" These aren't suitable? I can
understand videos about surgery or sexuality, but when you look
at it, if people having orgasms in a video talking about
squirting are eligible, then all of mine are too. It has nothing
to do with what is friendly or not, but rather, how much the
little person can be screwed over so the corporations can
make money. Let's look at a clear example of incompetence on
YouTube's part. A recent video of mine about autism was
detected as not suitable, confirmed as not suitable, then
allowed to be monetized. The process by which this happened
is quite shocking. I uploaded the video, and it was unlisted
for about a day before YouTube determined that it was "not
suitable for all advertisers." I immediately requested manual
review of the video. If the video is not public, they seem
to review it quicker since the limit of 1,000 views over the
past week is sometimes not required. About 24 hours after
I requested manual review, it stated that it was confirmed by
manual review that it was not suitable for all advertisers.
There was no explanation as to why, just manually confirmed as
such. I then send an email to YouTube partner support and
within hours after sending it, for some reason, it was eligible
and everything was all good. The reason I know there is something
more going on is because other videos of mine that were listed
as not suitable that have been approved, I received an email
telling me that it was acceptable. I didn't get any
email for this one. I think they felt pressured since I reached
out to them and posted this on social media. It doesn't end
there, it gets worse. About 24 hours after I sent the email to
partner support, someone replied back to me saying that they took
a look at the video in question, and can confirm that
monetization is enabled and that ads are serving, even going so
far as to sending a screenshot. He then went on to say that any
video that doesn't comply with the advertising policy will not
run ads. Here is what I responded back with:
"Hi Frank, thanks for the information! You know what is
strange? The system detected my video as "not suitable for all
advertisers," which then I requested manual review. After
about a day, it was manually reviewed and said, "Conformed by
manual review - not suitable for all advertisers." I sent the
email to you that you just responded to and within hours it
was monetized. Please explain what is going on? Something is
not right with this. As for your comment about "any video that
doesn't comply with the Advertisers policy will not run
ads." This is very untrue and I'm bringing this to your
attention. According to the "advertiser policies" you linked
me to, content that is not eligible for advertising
includes use of illegal/regulated drugs or
substances, as well as sexual simulations, and even political
conflicts. There are videos posted by major television
networks, such as Comedy Central for example, that show women
sitting on vibrators and talking about orgasms, etc. as well as
others where people are smoking marijuana out of a bong. Even
political shows on Comedy Central and late night talk
shows that are politically based. All these videos are
monetized! So while "any video that doesn't comply with the
Advertisers policy will not run ads" is true, it doesn't seem to
apply to major corporations which is extremely misleading
and unacceptable."
Then another YouTube employee responds with
the most ludicrous nonsense:
"Hi there, I am glad that your video is now monetizing. However
I would like to explain that our automated classifiers also pick
up on changes made to a video's title, description or thumbnail
and will make a new advertiser-friendly decision
based on the changes made. We cannot provide you specific
details on what guideline your content has violated. But can
say that we're taking advertiser concerns seriously to protect
creator revenue across the platform for the long term.
While we wouldn't be able to comment on the content of other
creators, we would like to assure you that YouTube uses
technology and policy enforcement processes to
determine if a video is eligible for advertising. We continually
work hard to make our algorithms as accurate as possible and to
understand nuances, including for categories like music,
gaming, and news. Our intention is to treat each video based on
context, including content that is clearly comedic, educational,
or satirical in nature. Appreciate your understanding.
Hope that helps !"
Oh there is no understanding here YouTube. I even asked about
the women sitting on vibrators and he said that their automated
system classifies that video as advertiser friend and it's
allowed to run full ads. Your employees seem like
unintelligent robots. I don't think these are real people.
I genuinely think these people I was speaking with are automated
bots. They frustrate you until you just give up since the don't
comprehend a single thing you say. First the reply states that
changes made to the video's title, description, or thumbnail
can change the advertiser-friendly status. Yes,
that's true. But guess what, I didn't make any changes to any
of those and it was only after I sent the email that it was
approved. Then they tell me that they can't tell me which
guidelines my content violated. What type of nonsense is this?!
I violated no guidelines with that video, and they know this,
which is why they can't tell me. Since they know I am aware of
their agenda and am exposing it, they monetized the video but
have enforced a new tactic on my channel, which is making it so
my own subscribers aren't aware when I post new videos. The
video only reached a small audience. Each and every video I
publish is getting less and less reach. This one I'm making now
might get more since it's a hot topic now, but think about this.
A video that tons of people requested over the years,
autism, struggled to get 1,500 views in 24 hours, and two days
later, it still didn't even reach 2,000 views. And it was
only three days after publishing it that it reached 2,000 views.
Tell me how a video that was so requested, has a great catchy,
colorful thumbnail, perhaps a clickbait title of "cure" in it,
could reach such a minute audience? I'll tell you how,
because YouTube severely censored it because of the
content that was presented in the video. They don't want you
to know about alternative thinking. I can guarantee you
that if I bought into the stigma of the condition, talked about
all the scientific evidence for the genetic factor only, and
said it has nothing to do with GMOs, pesticides, and heavy
metals, which have all been shown in studies they do and
covered up, then it would take off. I don't buy into that and I
don't teach that. Everything in the video is public information
from credible sources. But the main reason people denied every
single detail in the video is because they have been
conditioned to believing in just one side of the argument,
because all the other views are censored. As with anything,
there are opposing views which is why I speak up and make my
voice heard. I spoke up against the corrupt industry poisoning
the population and causing these conditions, and people put their
fingers in their ears and said, "Blah blah blah. You are wrong.
I am right. Science is always right." Despite the fact that
scientific finding have shown what I've discussed to be true,
but are covered up from the mainstream. This mentality is so
concerning, which is precisely why I speak out against it.
People commenting trying to shut me up because they can't hear
any opposing view. When have we become so sensitive and critical
to the point that we can't even hear someone else? Anyone who
has a different view we call ableist, racist, fascist,
sexist, cissexist, transphobic, homophobic, xenophobic, and so
on. We close our ears, don't listen to what the other person
has to say, and shout out one of these terms because we are too
scared to face reality. We can't even have a proper discussion or
debate. It is so sad to see this. I've dealt with this since
I started my YouTube channel in 2013, but over the past year
it's increased tremendously to the point that there is not a
single thing I could make without being called one of
these terms. The whole point of my YouTube channel since day one
has been to educate and teach, not only others, but also
myself. You all have learned from me, I've learned from you,
it's been a rewarding experience for all of us. But, when you put
so much time and hard work into what you love, and are heavily
censored to the point that these social media companies are
trampling on your success, it's time to shift perspectives.
My view now is that I no longer make YouTube videos. But rather
that I make helpful articles, including a video, for my
website. All YouTube to me now, for this channel at least, is a
place to host my videos until I can host them on my own website
myself. The videos on my website just so happens to be hosted on
YouTube as it provides excellent options to enhance playback on
my website. Of course, I'd rather host my own videos, but
this is not something I can currently afford but am paving
the way to doing so. If you really want to support me, and
like the work that I do, please follow me on my website and
other social media besides just YouTube. I know my true
followers and supporters have already done this or are going
to do this. In the description to everyone of my videos on
YouTube, there are links to my other accounts. You can find all
my media on my website, AutumnAsphodel.com as well.
Don't let YouTube be the only source, since it's no longer my
primary focus and with the increased censorship, it's
unlikely that you'll even get notified when I post something.
Some of you may be wondering, "Why are you so concerned about
demonetization if you're not in it to make money." True, I don't
make videos for the sole purpose of making money, but I also need
money to survive in this economy based world. I love what I'm
doing and love that I have been able to get paid for what I do.
And despite the fact that I make about a third of what I use to
make on YouTube, it won't stop me from putting content out.
However, the problem I have is discriminatory actions YouTube
has implemented so anyone with opposing views gets hit. Not to
mention videos that aren't controversial in the slightest
are also hit. And worse of all, the censorship they have placed
on my videos so they don't even reach the audience I have built
over the years. I've built up an audience of over 100,000 people
since mid 2013, and now they have manipulated who gets my
videos to the point that many of my followers thought I stopped
making content months ago. The very least that can be done is
to fix this so when I post something, my subscribers are
aware. The fact is, my subscribers are not aware, even
when specifically set to receive notifications. Some do, but it
appears the majority do not. Which is clear, and sneaky,
censorship on Google's part, intentionally done because they
don't want me getting the truth out there, and especially not
make a single penny off of it. So that's it. I'm so sick of the
blatant censorship and will expose it as much as I can with
posts on my other social networks. I love what I do, and
I want to continue, which is why I'm changing my focus to be more
on my website and other social networks. What would you like to
see on my website? What don't you like about it? I have full
articles of all my videos, accompanied with images,
comments, sharing, and so on. It's been increasingly
successful with thousands of unique visitors each day. I'm
impressed by how much it's grown and want to see it continue to
grow so please use it and interact with it, comment and
I'm more likely to reply to you on there. I've put a lot of hard
work into it. Everything you see and the functionality is
practically all my own original work. I created the design, the
layout, the features. And before I go, I want to let you know of
a new thing I'm working on, which is completely independent
and doesn't rely on YouTube. I will soon be starting my very
own online counseling service. As much as I would love to help
people individually for free, I do need to charge money for it
since it will take a portion of my time. It will be one-on-one
where I will listen to what you troubles are and can help you
out and give you my suggestions and advice. I've helped so many
people on the path to natural health and healing, and now it's
time to go on an individual basis where I can make such
a bigger impact. Thank you for supporting me.
I'll see you around very soon!
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