Another Good Youtube Channel Screwed Over. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 05:48:06 am
content: I apologise up-front for the off topic rant but I felt that this disturbing and tormenting policy which youtube fabricated and implemented should be once again brought to the attention of as many people as possible.In addition to a number of electronics channels which I follow on youtube there are also a few other channels which I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to, one of which is ZipZapPower who simply records the audio and video of boats entering and exiting various marine harbours in the United States.This excellent creator has declared in his current video that the channel has just been demonetised for no good reason by the infamous youtube algorithm. I find this rather disturbing and feel for this creator who does an outstanding job, he and many other creators do not deserve to be treated in this manner.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 06:34:40 am
content: Watched up to 1.14. Do people in the USA not know about Life Jackets?

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 07:07:11 am
content: Quote from: sleemanj on August 01, 2019, 06:34:40 amI don't know what the regulations are over there and they probably vary for different regions and waterways anyhow. Here in Victoria life jackets are compulsory for each individual aboard any vessel less than 4.80 meters in length, common sense based on the conditions should be considered regardless.

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 07:23:56 am
content: You have to have enough life jackets on board for everyone on the vessel but as far as I know there is no law that says you have to wear one. Personally I find them uncomfortable and typically only wear one when conditions are dangerous, rough seas, bad weather, walking around on deck where there are not adequate handrails. That's how it's always been here, life jackets are typically seen as being for children, the only time I see adults wearing them pretty much all the time is activities like water skiing and wakeboarding where it's easy to hurt yourself and be potentially unable to swim. I've spent a lot of time on boats and never knew anyone who drowned. It's not like cars where hundreds of accidents occur and people die every day.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 08:27:20 am
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on August 01, 2019, 05:48:06 amI think there is more to it than "an algorithm". I like to follow the channel ofShawn Woodswho tests mousetraps. His videos have been demonitized and he is always having problems. I think it is not YouTube itself but rather that PETA and other snowflakes have started a war against him and will report his videos. YouTube receives the complaints and automatically demonetizes the video. A channel with many complaints will just be demonitized altogether.Shawn woods catches mice and rats in traps, the videos do not show the moment the animal is killed, he then shows videos of wildlife eating the dead rodents. But A bunch of haters have taken up a vendetta against him and he is suffering the consequences.There are other similar channels where you can see rodents caught in cruel traps where they suffer for a long time before dying. Those channels are fine with YouTube because nobody has started a campaign against them.In other words, it's mostly the viewers and not YouTube. If YouTube gets too many complaints about a video or a channel they will demonetize it.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 01, 2019, 09:46:40 am
content: Quote from: soldar on August 01, 2019, 08:27:20 amI'm pretty sure there are others here who also enjoy Shawn's videos including myself, in fact I was going to mention his battle as well in the opening post but as you mentioned there could be other factors and influences at play.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 02, 2019, 02:13:40 am
content: All Sorted Out.The ZipZapPower channel is now back to normal, apparently someone from Google or Youtube has sorted it out after they were alerted to this fellows dilemma.