
Itās been well over 72 hours since YouTube issued a ācommunity guidelinesā strike to the Main Channel. Which means I canāt add new content for 14 days. Well, 11 more at this point. Not a video. Not a post. Not even a playlist.
All over a link to Wikimedia Commons. All over its bot police enforcing its ridiculous, vague ācommunity guidelinesā and āadvertiser-friendlyā policies.
And if the appeal is rejected? One more strike and YouTube will remove my channel. All my hard work will be for naught. Over links to art photos.
Long story short, Iām tired of this shit and hate YouTube right now.
Sorry, but I needed to say thatā¦in print. I know itās ridiculous to hate Artificial (un)Intelligence. Especially A(un)I employed by overly-powerful global corporations like Google that has more dollars than AdSense.
But YouTubeās scaleā¦theyāve earned my ire.
For reacting so quickly and responding so slowly.
Now that thatās off my chest, here are a few viewsā¦for your consideration:
Feel whatever way you want about Joe Bidenās decision to exit the race and endorse Kamala Harris. But, based on my unscientific social media feed, it seems Kamala has finally added energy and urgency to the race. Only time will tell. Since weāre all political pundits now, my only note so far (besides encouraging the extremists in the party to CALM DOWN) is the campaignās official logo could use more energy (and effort) too. I prefer this approach much better:
I wonder if any tea companies sent Drumpf a yearās supply of tea bags for his ear. Or is he done with that piece of flair already? Not making light of his assignation attempt. But I am making light of the ridiculously unhinged Republican National Circus convention last week. Elephants and clowns and felons, oh my!
Good thing I donāt watch much news anymore. But the clips I have seen lead me to believe RNC event planners had a movie night, rewatched Idiocracy, drank one too many Brawndos, and decided to turn a cautionary-tale satiric film into a reality tv show gone very wrong.
Kid Rock AND Hulk Hogan? Seems very patriotic and presidential. Not.
But what do I know? Iām just a cranky creativeā¦whoās got a video to finish.
NOTE: I am excited about this new video! After spending most of yesterday doing image research, I have (I think) the right mix of artistic AND educational to make it fun for (most) everyone. Look for another newsletter when itās ready.
Wishing you and yours a smooth start to your day and week.
Thanks for reading!
Clint
CHAT āSUPPORTā = WHATāS THE POINT?
For anyone following along/interested in the trials and tribulations of a YouNoober, the transcript below is a good primer in what dealing YouTube Creator āSupportā chat is really like.
Complete with bad attitude, grammar, and typos on my part.
Complete with chatbot auto-replies and delay tactics on theirs.
After waiting āin lineā for almost 20 minutes, this was the alleged āsupportā the chatbots providedā¦NONE. In total, nearly an hour of time wasted.
Way to go, YouTube. Thanks for literally nothing.
Jul 22, 5:13āÆAM (Pacific Time) 5:30:41āÆAM Collide Press: Collide Press joined the conversation 5:30:41āÆAM Llana: Llana joined the conversation 5:30:44āÆAM Llana: Hi my name is Llana, how are you doing today? 5:31:17āÆAM Collide Press: Hi. Clint here. Honestly, I'm frustrated a. Need my appeal reviewed. 5:32:04āÆAM Llana: Hello there, Clint. 5:32:22āÆAM Llana: I see that you're reaching out about your appeal. 5:32:27āÆAM Llana: I know how important it is for you to have this issue sorted out. No worries, I got you and I'm more than willing to check this out for you. 5:32:41āÆAM Llana: Can you tell me more about it? 5:33:17āÆAM Collide Press: Well, I gotta strike for linking to a Wikimedia Commons source of art photos. Seemss dumb to me. 5:33:31āÆAM Collide Press: Appealed on Friday morning and have heard nothing. 5:34:20āÆAM Collide Press: External links are a problem. And so is the overzealous bot policing. Please stop treating creators like children. 5:35:13āÆAM Collide Press: Got it? I'm tired and frustrated. This has cost me time, money, and sleep. 5:35:17āÆAM Llana: Alright, thanks for bringing this up to our attention. 5:36:24āÆAM Llana: I understand that this is frustrating you. Rest assured that I'll look into this here. 5:36:33āÆAM Collide Press: Ok. 5:37:34āÆAM Llana: For me to better address it out for you, may I ask for a screenshot with your appeal? 5:38:26āÆAM Collide Press: Screenshot 2024-07-22 at 5.38.12āÆAM.png 5:38:50āÆAM Collide Press: Seems like an unnecessary step, but whatever. Please look into this. 5:39:30āÆAM Llana: Alright, thanks for the screenshot. 5:39:40āÆAM Llana: To help you better with this concern, I'll go ahead and check this matter further on my end. Is it okay if I place this chat on hold for a few minutes while I look into this? 5:39:48āÆAM Collide Press: Fine. 5:40:39āÆAM Llana: Great! Thank you. Please stay connected while I check it out here. 5:41:01āÆAM Collide Press: ā 5:44:42āÆAM Llana: Thanks for patiently waiting. I'm still looking into this for you. Will it be fine if I ask for a few minutes more? 5:45:11āÆAM Collide Press: ok. Chat support always asks for more time. It's part of the script. 5:45:54āÆAM Collide Press: Also, all the auto replies are annoying and unhelpful. Cut to the chase and please don't make this take longer than it needs to. 5:46:43āÆAM Llana: I completely understand your point here. Thank you, please stay on the line while I look into this. 5:47:02āÆAM Collide Press: š 5:48:21āÆAM Collide Press: brb 5:48:40āÆAM Llana: Alright, please take your time. 5:50:14āÆAM Collide Press: Back. Please don't take any more than necessary. 72+ hours seems more than enough to get this reviewed. 5:50:46āÆAM Collide Press: YouTube reacts swiftly and responds slowly. 5:52:35āÆAM Collide Press: We're at over 20 minutes and you've literally shared no information. Seems...efficient. 5:54:23āÆAM Llana: Alright, thanks a lot for patiently waiting and we apologize for the long hold. 5:54:52āÆAM Llana: We completely understand that you need urgency for this issue. 5:55:44āÆAM Collide Press: If you did, you'd drop the auto replies completely. 5:57:07āÆAM Llana: As per checking here, I can confirm that you already have submitted your appeal. However, we cannot provide any specific timeframe on when you can receive a response. 5:57:41āÆAM Collide Press: Great. So you're as useless as the other bots. Thanks for wasting more of my time. 5:57:42āÆAM Llana: We'd like you to know that delays may happen as our backend team has been receiving bulk requests. 5:57:58āÆAM Llana: Rest assured that our team is doing their best to get back to you as soon as possible. 5:58:06āÆAM Collide Press: Maybe it's because you're bots over police some ridiculous policies. 5:58:36āÆAM Collide Press: Yawn. End ths so I can get the transcript. Docunmenting all this bullshit. 6:00:37āÆAM Llana: Alright, I'm sorry if you feel that way. Please know that we also have limitations here. Also, we are just following are terms here. 6:00:51āÆAM Llana: Anyways, thanks for reaching out. 6:00:59āÆAM Llana: Have a good one! 6:01:03āÆAM Llana: Llana left the conversation 6:01:04āÆAM Llana: Thanks for contacting YouTube. Have a great day. 6:01:04āÆAM Llana: Llana ended the conversation
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