YouTube Update -- Recent Content Removal
Hi everyone, hate to be posting this, but YouTube has for the second week in a row removed my latest video and rejected my appeal. I now have an active community guidelines strike and will not be able to post for one week. For now, all new YouTube videos will be posted here for free. This is super sad and really unfortunate, especially because the two videos removed are genuinely wholesome comfort content.
I will do my best to get back on YouTube soon (especially since I'm so close to 100k subscribers :x), but I will need to be extremely cautious to avoid having my account suspended which would be a nightmare.
Thanks for your support everyone,
love you all
Alex
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That is straight up sucks and I just discovered the channel too
I'm reminded of that "They hated Jesus because he told them the truth" meme. On a serious note, it seems like YouTube support doesn't understand you Alex, especially if they are taking steps which severely punish you when you have done nothing wrong. A real shame, since the videos removed besides being super wholesome, have that magical/special quality that you give to all your audios, which makes them a joy to listen to. I'm rooting for you returning to YouTube, but supporting you here through Patreon now has a whole new meaning. 馃檹
Pooptube strikes again on ASMRtists. They really have a tooth against your community of creator.
That is awful you are not doing anything wrong
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YT as a whole has been a complete disgrace for quite a while. I've seen multiple ASMR channels get videos taken down for absolutely no reason, because YT simply decided that the content was not ToS compliant due to alleged sexual content, when there was none present. And it's not just the AI used for detecting supposed ToS violations, the DMCA system is a complete disgrace that enables anyone to take down videos who are classified as "Fair Use". Buddy of mine is a journalist and has a YT channel with a little over 100K subs, and got a copyright strike for a video that under my country's laws would be considered fair use. Then there's the automatic EQ that is applied to uploads completely messes up a lot of ASMR videos, because YT just decides to reduce the output gain on the videos so that the ads sound louder. The end result is that a lot of quieter videos become nearly inaudible even when using a good DAC/Audio interface.
It's an awful situation. I've seen this happen to other creatures and it can feel so helpless, but trying alternative titles on videos might help, or avoiding uploads for a while
Let me guess, both struck vids were F4F? SuccuBites got hit last week for the last second of silence on the F4F version of a video that was identical to the F4M version except for the pronouns.
That's insane if true
YouTube has been complete and utter trash with how it treats content creators these days
Join Alex on Patreon She's worth it.
YouTube has been an asshole with the ASMRtist lately, it鈥檚 crazy when there鈥檚 content that鈥檚 actually harmful out there. I truly hope nothing happens to the channel :(
I'm so sick of this! You're the fourth ASMRtist I've seen yt bully, I feel helpless. Well, I'll always be supporting you here. Hang in there o7 (and yeah, those last videos were incredibly wholesome and comforting)
Can鈥檛 stand YouTube. So much double standards. I鈥檓 happy to be here supporting you
YT AI is as retarded as it's ever been, that's some absolute bullshit! The double standards are crazy. YT hasn't been the same since adpocalypse, and it's been enshittified more since coronavirus and pandemic. We can't have jack...
Please don鈥檛 use the R word. YT is indeed complete shit, there鈥檚 a whole slew of words we can use to describe how messed up it is without bringing slurs into it.
Gosh considering the amount of child grooming videos and very questionable content you see on YT... It's absurd!
YouTube is crazy, people can freely report anything and get away with it! Keep going, and thank you for everything you鈥檝e done to help myself and many others.
Ffs! I truly hate that YouTube does that to you and other asmr artists. It makes absolutely no logical sense as to why other than it鈥檚 the ridiculous ai that they use. There stuff on there that鈥檚 10x worse with actual violence but that seems to be ok to leave up. Anywho I hope things can get back on track for you and you hit that 100k marker
Damn YouTube AI acting braindead. But you'll get back on your feet. I know it
Vote for Alex the queen of asmr
Sorry to hear YT is being a pain to you
I鈥檓 srry to hear about that fuck YT and don鈥檛 worry I and everyone else knows you will get 100k keep your head up high Alex 鉂わ笍
Yeah same here. I hate that YouTube are being so nasty about it
That genuinely sucks to go through and we will fight for you Alex! We need to spread the good word of your asmr!
Bro YouTube is literally the most bullshit platform on this planet wtf
I vote Alex for asmr president
Seriously, YouTube鈥檚 algorithms are so borked, it鈥檚 insane. So sorry you have to deal with this!
I hope this gets all resolved. Keep up the great work don't mind this minor set back!
So sorry to hear that Alex! Hopefully this gets resolved and you can reach that 100k milestone 馃憤