Anyone else going to stop using YouTube?

[Fosty 2.0]

I tried a while ago and got sucked back into it, but after this new wave of censorship I need to try again.

If anyone else is switching platforms; what are you using?

Obviously for gun videos there is Full30, but what about everything else?
I hear that a lot of people are going to BitChute.

 

[TX OMFS]

I hope not. My channel is starting to grow. I don't want to start over.

Although I do hate the censorship.

 

[Younggun]

I still watch, but I tend to watch things the lefties hate.

If the channels I watch move then I will move with them.


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[TexasGunAdmirer]

I try to use Full30 but YouTube is more convenient since I watch other types of videos too. Some places are hosting videos on their own sites. Eventually the government will have to step in because of the bias and censorship of the large websites restricting free speech (one would think).

 

[toddnjoyce]

I won’t stop, but I haven’t started, either.

 

[easy rider]

I hate that YouTube has bowed to Vox, but the videos I watch that are in opposition to this are still on YouTube. I hate seeing that the government may have to step in, but I don't really see a way the bias can be stopped otherwise.

 

[Surplus Guy]

Been using You Tube. But will try Full 30. Thanks for the info

 

[Big Green]

I still use YT, though would prefer not too. I did go on a spree last night and start reporting videos as hateful or harmful or something. One of my favorite channels is Crowder so I used their tactics against them. Of course it won’t have the same effect unless we do it en masse.

 

[Dawico]

I only go to YT when I need something which isn't very often. I am not one to sit and watch video after video. See what I need and get out.

I don't have any other recommendations.

 

[txinvestigator]

I try to use Full30 but YouTube is more convenient since I watch other types of videos too. Some places are hosting videos on their own sites. Eventually the government will have to step in because of the bias and censorship of the large websites restricting free speech (one would think).

A private site can restrict whatever speech it likes. The government " stepping in" would be a 1st amendment violation.

 

[Younggun]

A private site can restrict whatever speech it likes. The government " stepping in" would be a 1st amendment violation.

It’s possible.


There has already been a court ruling that a state can not prevent a person from accessing and posting on sites like Twitter and Facebook because they have become relevant to public discourse and doing so would be a 1A violation.

It seems as if things are moving towards the idea that once I site achieves a certain amount of influence it may no longer be as simple as “private sites do as they wish”. Just as the phone company can’t kick you off their lines for disliking what you say. All the discussion about the last election supposedly being influenced via Facebook is a good example. We also have court rulings the prevent politicians from blocking people on the Twitter and Facebook accounts because it violates their right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It’s not very much of a stretch to say that removing someone from the site altogether has the same effect.


That said, I doubt it would get as far as requiring that your speech be monetized or promoted.


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[kbaxter60]

..... I hate seeing that the government may have to step in, but I don't really see a way the bias can be stopped otherwise.

This was the second such mention in this thread and it got me thinking: "How would that even work?" I am fully on board that the bias and censorship are bad, but I have a very hard time coming up with a scenario in which the government would be "fixing" this.
Maybe there are some simple approaches that could help. But my experience is that our government does not prefer simple. Anyone remember the CAN-SPAM act that was to eliminate SPAM in our email boxes? Yes, I NEVER got any more SPAM after THAT.
But it's an interesting question, and one that likely will need to be answered soon. I am on Twitter a little and it is basically USELESS now when you open a tweet only to find huge long string of "This Tweet is Unavailable". Waste of time. I think it ruins the site for almost everyone.
Except maybe the snowflakes?
Okay, end of pondering for this morning.

 

[Bozz10mm]

As much as I hate their anti gun policies, I can't avoid Youtube. Too many good gun reviewers to miss out. I have used YT countless times for "How to" and DIY projects. And alas, now I'm hooked on Scotty Kilmer.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Anyone remember the CAN-SPAM act that was to eliminate SPAM in our email boxes? Yes, I NEVER got any more SPAM after THAT.

And let's not forget the "Do not call" list. How's that working out.

 

[kbaxter60]

And let's not forget the "Do not call" list. How's that working out.

Oh, don't even get me started on that one.
But good example.

 

[avvidclif]

No problem for me. I avoid YT, haven't joined FB or Twitter.

 

[MTA]

Whats going on with YT now?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I only go to YT when I need something which isn't very often. I am not one to sit and watch video after video. See what I need and get out.

I don't have any other recommendations.

Same here.

 

[FireInTheWire]

YT is 75% instructional learning tool and 25% comedy entertainment for me. Don't plan to stop using it.

 

[easy rider]

Whats going on with YT now?

A guy at Vox got upset with Crowder and has tried to get him banned. Steven Crowder has been demonetized, but as a result many, many other smaller sites have too. (A series of Tim Poole videos has been following this). Not only are they targeting so called hate speech, but even words that come close to what might be considered an improper moniker in a video is being demonetized or removed.