Simpson's corollary: Your success on KZbin can be directly measured by the number of trolls you have.
@thesavagekiwi34922 күн бұрын
Wise metric indeed from a man who knows a thing or two about both lower and upper echelon trolls. If YT were to include a Simpson's metric in there stats, would it be something like "trolls per 1000 subscribers"?
@carlosgaspar84472 күн бұрын
it's the terror of knowing what this world's all about, watching some good friends screaming let me out.
@sivalley2 күн бұрын
Dun dun du nu nun nun
@MandrakeDCR2 күн бұрын
@@sivalley Interestingly - "Dun dun du nu nun nun" - gives me the option to "Translate to English" ... which it then says it means "slowly slowly" :D
@lisasternenkind64672 күн бұрын
"Support real human creators."
@DadofScience2 күн бұрын
This.
@kurtn48192 күн бұрын
KZbin IS BROKEN. TIME FOR A CHANGE
@pong-sx9je2 күн бұрын
I recently saw that Mastodon became fast and responsive. It may be a good alternative to corporate media.
@comp20B2 күн бұрын
Publish to multiple platforms. And even host your own videos.. as a backup.
@star_man2 күн бұрын
You have hundreds of thousands of people who love you and your content, it's a pity some people want to spoil it for us. You're amazing, keep being amazing.
@dadzilla0072 күн бұрын
It seems to me that KZbin could spend a few CPU cycles doing totals on the trolls and ban them.
@RoySATX2 күн бұрын
They do. To what extent or scale, who knows, but KZbin and all other properties under the Alphabet umbrella would blink out of existence in a nanosecond without a means to detect and decrease activity that threatens the intended operation of the system.
@0xFEEDC0DE2 күн бұрын
Trolls and bots are excellent for business.
@mybigfartsreallystin2 күн бұрын
@@0xFEEDC0DESHADDUP... XD
@DadofScience2 күн бұрын
Honestly, KZbin is seriously fucked up and getting worse by the month. I'm yet to see an update that, as predominantly a content consumer, improves my experience. It is honestly a heap of shit and getting worse.
@ashtonsretrocomputerroom2 күн бұрын
Totally understand your frustration regarding the bots/trolls. Also, the Internet Archive thing is heartbreaking for sure, the library analogy is spot on.
@MVVblog2 күн бұрын
It happened to me three weeks ago as well. I uploaded a video where I was building a turntable, and it was going viral with 100,000 views in just a few hours. KZbin, as a "reward," disabled it. Flatline until the 6th day after publication, then they put it back online. I don’t think it’s possible to make a video invisible because it was still visible, but the views weren’t counted. The video ended up with 137,000 views in total. What can we do? NOTHING!
@patrickcardon16432 күн бұрын
They control the vertical algorithm ... they control the horizontal algorithm ... do not adjust your computer set ...
@mikesradiorepair2 күн бұрын
I see the sex bots still like your content. They never miss a opportunity to make a post on your videos.
@CARLiCON2 күн бұрын
so if I understand you correctly, and I think that I do...this video isn't about the video you had with 90s video-store footage & audio from Christmas Story that got pulled, but you re-edited & re-posted, & it's not about the video where you discussed why the Christmas Story audio video got pulled, which also got pulled...this video is about the video you just posted, which was about the video where you discussed why the Christmas Story audio video got pulled, which itself got pulled, but only temporarily, but yet still did irreparable damage to the success of that video...and I thought the Terminator story was complicated..
@kmg5012 күн бұрын
I think there are stalkers behind the scenes at KZbin itself.
@williamjones44832 күн бұрын
Good news for those that don't know yet. The Internet Archive is back up!
@captmulch12 күн бұрын
Nice analysis. No worries, we still love your stuff Fran!!
@charlessammons99872 күн бұрын
KZbin wants to be more advertiser friendly. Advertisers want videos that are viewed by as many people as possible. Mellow, uninteresting videos are very advertiser friendly, but not very interesting so people don't watch them. Controversial videos are not very advertiser friendly, but they draw a lot of viewers. The only way to solve this problem is to pick a side, if you try to balance you'll almost always choose the path of caution, fewer and fewer people will find the entertainment/education they are looking for from KZbin. Advertisement money goes down, and the cycle repeats. It's not my company, and I'll still come here to figure out how to install a new cabin air filter in my jeep, watch Fran, AvE and a few others, but so many have left for their own adventures or other platforms simply to ease the stress of dealing with KZbin.
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
YT shoots self in the foot, can’t see the forest through the trees.
@charlessammons99872 күн бұрын
@@Three_Random_Words Unfortunately the ability to create content for a living on KZbin might be coming to an end.
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
@@charlessammons9987 The Establishment was caught off guard when the ‘common people’ found a voice, then again it wasn’t too difficult to come up with better content than the drek of reality TV, the crap from the pseudo-science on Discovery, Biography, and History channels.
@GeorgeKauffman-w6g2 күн бұрын
Do not give in, do not give up!
@DarkGodSeti2 күн бұрын
"If I had a million dollars...." ugh... had to, now it will be stuck in my head... Need to be a program called 'Beowulf' that deals with trolls... How fitting would that be???
@numbr62 күн бұрын
You do have offline backups of your channel, I hope? Glad you have an "unknown YT advocate" helping to keep your channel alive. BTW: I have that same Heathkit clock I built in 1974, and it still works. It does flicker a bit. I've seen your video about the capacitor / refresh rate modification. I'll get on that one day. It has other odd issues, likely due to cold solder joints. I was quite young when I built that kit.
@brich29292 күн бұрын
Didn't get anything in my feed from you yesterday. Got this today 2 minutes after Posted
@lisasternenkind64672 күн бұрын
I got this feed immediately too. But I missed the feed of this and other channels, even though I have the top bell marked to inform me about every single upload. 😮😢 KZbin algorithm is total chaos! The worst problem are trolls using AI for their evil acts. 🤬
@lisasternenkind64672 күн бұрын
I just commented here about trolls and KZbin algorithm, but my critical comment doesn't even show up. 😮
@brich29292 күн бұрын
@@lisasternenkind6467 crazy, isn't it?
@Donna2302 күн бұрын
I'm the same way!
@HelloKittyFanMan.2 күн бұрын
"Condensed into an actual... video"? That doesn't make sense. Something can be any length (at least several frames) and be a video. Something that's really long isn't "not a video."
@atkelar2 күн бұрын
I am sure that YT is aware of automated flagging and reporting for trolling reasons; a channel of your size/reach would probably have a review of sorts happening, which is what I assume was going on after those 45 minutes... I'm more worried about smaller channels like mine getting hit by somebody stupid like that. YT can't have every flag manually validated.
@olipito2 күн бұрын
It's self destruct content. Makes it so much more precious. Be quick!!!
@michaelmiller6412 күн бұрын
Its like the days of amateur radio repeaters snd the pests who came up and interfered with the running of them
@RolftheRedКүн бұрын
"Support real human creators."
@bendafyddgillard2 күн бұрын
Trolls are sad, terrified people who feel insignificant, inconsequential, and alone in the face of the enormity of existence. Rather than getting therapy their maladaptive strategy is to spread their misery to others. Unable to bond with other humans as equals or to join any genuine community, they instead try to dominate and disrupt community. Too afraid to create and especially to put their creations into the world to be seen and potentially criticised by others, they can only snipe at those who do from the shadows.
@patrickcardon16432 күн бұрын
Asocial worthless people that prefer dragging others down instead of learning social and technical skills
@modularsynthguy66944 сағат бұрын
There is a NEW owner of KZbin, a change is coming!
@jameysummers15772 күн бұрын
Fran...Google pulled my business listing for no reason what so ever. It was a bot. You cant get help or answers. This is happening alot over many platforms. I am actually fighting Google by going to the press and talking to a lawyer. You work so hard and put in many hours so these platforms can control what you work for? I don't think so.
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
Russian bots trying weaken our economy - death by a thousand cuts? Or another axis country - North Korea, Iran, China? Or a delusional lone wolf extremist, sees your type of business as a threat? Or even a large corporate entity that your business is in competition with?
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
Russian bots trying weaken our economy - death by a thousand cuts? Or another axis country - North Korea, Iran, China? Or a delusional lone wolf extremist, sees your type of business as a threat? Or even a large corporate entity that your business is in competition with?
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
Russian bots trying weaken our economy - death by a thousand cuts? Or another axis country - North Korea, Iran, China? Or a delusional lone wolf extremist, sees your type of business as a threat? Or even a large corporate entity that your business is in competition with?
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
Russian bots trying weaken our economy - death by a thousand cuts? Or another axis country - North Korea, Iran, China? Or a delusional lone wolf extremist, sees your type of business as a threat? Or even a large corporate entity that your business is in competition with?
@Three_Random_Words2 күн бұрын
Russian bots trying weaken our economy - death by a thousand cuts? Or another axis country - North Korea, Iran, China? Or a delusional lone wolf extremist, sees your type of business as a threat? Or even a large corporate entity that your business is in competition with?
@robertbauer67232 күн бұрын
It's clear on principle and in practice that KZbin's goals don't align with yours. Have you considered an alternate platform?
@JimCoder2 күн бұрын
Hence the increasing demand for human curators. The IQ of AI is inversely proportional to the IQ of its observers.
@BlackDragon-xn2wwКүн бұрын
It may already be done at youtube but if they have so many strikes on youtube it get them bounced
@kc0lif2 күн бұрын
youtube censors are really getting out of hand they at random pick on people in my opinion.
@Scott-s9u3n2 күн бұрын
The mental image I have is a troll from the D&D Monster Manual in front of a laptop ..Does You Tube have a Troll Division monitoring situations like this? It seems like they would...or should, anyway..
@UpLateGeek2 күн бұрын
If you had enough patreons or members, you could do what other channels have done and just don't make public videos anymore. I do think the circulation shutdown is automatic based on some threshold of reports, it's the reactivation that's manual. But I agree, it's stupid that KZbin is incapable of differentiating between a concerted scheme by trolls to flag videos and genuine complaints.
@willcool713Күн бұрын
Generally, if I mention bot comments or content, or anything remotely approaching dead internet theory, the algorithms generally pull my comment. If I mention algorithm censorship, my comments might stay up. It'll be interesting to see what happens to this comment on this video.
@deadadam6662 күн бұрын
does this yet again boil down to YT not respecting creators in any capacity....... its as if they want to actively rob you of revenue or something
@juanmacias59222 күн бұрын
Oh wow, I'm sorry to hear that, I was even wondering if a video can get pulled because of the comments? But it does sound like you have some kind of force reporting your videos.
@wollaminfaetter2 күн бұрын
But why?? I feel like you're holding back on information. You have every right to hold back, but I'm just so curious 😁
@gargleblasta2 күн бұрын
What on earth could you have said that gets you banned? Don't let them get you down!
@j4BnSPUgdu2 күн бұрын
It's distressing that you're having to experience the stress, anxiety, and trauma of being targeted like this. If youtube fails to defend content providers from the bad actions of bad actors, i.e. trolls, then the platform doesn't deserve quality content. At the end of the day, Fran Labs is a one of a kind resource. If creative tinkering, ingenuity, and practical engineering were coins, Fran Lab would be treasure. We're fortunate to be living in the same world line as Fran Labs. I hope you take satisfaction in fighting the good fight for a matter that is well worth it. You're worth it, of course you are. Que vale la pena. Today, Fran Labs channel already represents an immense record of sustained, consistent achiement with a long, rich, and storied record. May you live long and prosper.
@MrDdefos2 күн бұрын
Sometimes it's not a troll, sometimes it's .......
@1diotwithideas2 күн бұрын
Random thought the video that are taken down do you have comments turn on or off?
@A3Kr0n2 күн бұрын
Must be fun having no control over your content. Just a random hit or miss. Exciting.
@rushymoto2 күн бұрын
Do, do, do do do. Do,do,do, do-do-do. Controversy!
@mistrrhappy16 сағат бұрын
Fran, would you consider Nebula or Odysee reasonable alternatives to KZbin?
@Legomanfred2 күн бұрын
Odysee, you own and control your content.
@Ryan-mq2mi2 күн бұрын
Can someone at least say what the topic is? Or is that band also? I think that’s the most interesting part of this.
@myleft93972 күн бұрын
Automated based on manual complaints??? You've got a hater. Be strong. You're awesome. Love your videos.
@volvo092 күн бұрын
Hmm, I wonder how many flags it takes. What a waste of time.
@jonjones6552 күн бұрын
It's hard for me to understand the troll thingie.
@sometimesleela59472 күн бұрын
People who have no control over their lives get satisfaction in seeing their actions having an effect, even if it's a negative one.
@CindyThornCraig2 күн бұрын
I like your channel, I watch it because of your genuine interest when you talk about you care about.
@mp67562 күн бұрын
Wow, a win. Sorry the original video momentum was washed away by a zero.
@Judsonator2 күн бұрын
We love your content Fran. I actively spread it to friends when I can
@DomManInT12 күн бұрын
You are probably wrong. But, I am not sure you are worth the explanation. There are "companies" out their attempting to "enforce" copyright on "behalf of others" that they do not actually represent. They also try to hold channels "hostage" until creators agree to be represented by them.
@alicemystery53322 күн бұрын
I wish i was a coder so i could make you a bot to block the bots.
@MothKeeper2 күн бұрын
My video could have beaten space x's in views... There's your answer... and you admitted it... but you go along with it...
@tmc2005272 күн бұрын
Someordinarygamers did a video about the archive being hacked again. If people click that flag don't they have to leave an explanation or a reason? I like watching the videos from the 90's that are out there and didn't see anything that would be against youtube guidelines in your videos.
@bruce4myfriend7 сағат бұрын
Don't you just love "free speech" her in the US? You would think we lived in the USSR
@the-fighters-club2 күн бұрын
Frau Fran, you are an awesome person with awesome content. Haters gonna hate, that's the way it goes. Keep on pushing and you'll win. Please remember, don't put all your eggs in one basket, so we can see you on whatever or whichever platform or app comes after ytb.
@sortoftubular2 күн бұрын
Don't worry, you have a lot of fans.
@FranLab2 күн бұрын
Wooh! We'll put that very generous donation to good use. Thanks for all the support!!!
@lezbriddon2 күн бұрын
The first rule of youtuube, you dont talk about the bad aspects of youtuube
@ernestschultz50652 күн бұрын
Trolls gonna troll
@ebx1002 күн бұрын
Look, between taking down anything that could perhaps maybe irritate an advertiser, to the infantile clickbait titles and fartwork, my watching time on this sinking ship is decreasing day by day. So many better things to do with my precious time!
@Blitterbug2 күн бұрын
Wow! w.t.actual.f is going on here? I watched that vid and there was _nothing_ that a human mod would block it for, regardless of complaints...? And it would have to be a human mod because, as I said, there was nothing that could auto-trigger anything.
@ggarber47632 күн бұрын
If someone were to post a list of your trolls, a troll hunt could be fun.
@myyahoo45372 күн бұрын
You're Fran so anything you produce is Fran lab content. : )
@EyalRotbart2 күн бұрын
Love you Fran! Keep going! My only suggestion is exploring other platforms besides KZbin that might care more about their content creators. Perhaps something community driven?
@prescribedburn2 күн бұрын
I saw a live streamer get swatted about a month ago, totally pointless. The trolls are the ones who should be penalized and banned. Also - maybe you don't get to flag things without some sort of karma system, some activity that shows you aren't just some hit and run a-hole.
@TD_YT0662 күн бұрын
SlashDot had a good moderating system, it punished trolls via meta-moderation. If you were a frequent poster, with good karma ,ie you posted useful information, you would periodically get moderation points that you could use. Mostly to upvote, but you could downvote and there are multiple categories, ie funny, insightful, troll, etc. Then after you'd moderated a few times, you would get a meta moderation point where you could review moderation on a post and agree or disagree with it. Best of all you could browse at whatever moderation level you wanted, but if you really wanted to see the cesspool, you could turn off filters.
@xvdifug2 күн бұрын
What flavor of Fanta?
@Spawn-td8bf2 күн бұрын
More and more content creators are starting their own channels. It may sound daunting at first but with the community you have here and crowdfunding, it may not be as insurmountable as one might imagine. Something to seriously consider. Take care and God Bless, Paul from Florida. 😍
@richardbrobeck23842 күн бұрын
I think ithe trolls are helping another channel but knocking your views !
@michaeltaylor88352 күн бұрын
You are a beautiful soul. keep up your content
@packrat-y7j2 күн бұрын
THe archive has been hacked now 3x :(
@portneuf572 күн бұрын
I enjoy your videos. I am nieve about how KZbin channels work. I just don't understand why anyone would flag any of your content. You don't have controversial content on your channel. What am I missing? I rarely read comments let alone write comments. So I come from a place of ignorance on the subject. I do want to express my support for you and this channel!
@CDanieleLudus2 күн бұрын
When you said, 'It is now the number two video, not the number one,' the clock behind you showed 12 : 12 : 12. (cue x-files theme music) Love your channel, by the way.
@LuManUK2 күн бұрын
Keep doing what you do, Fran. Stay on the air. I love your vids. And I sing "in the lab.. go bezerk!" way too often!
@zaub12 күн бұрын
I feel that as long as you keep doing good videos as usual you'll be fine, I hope I'm right! Keep up the good work!
@nickfletcher41322 күн бұрын
Fran I'm on your side.
@ohblahdeohbladah2 күн бұрын
Could it be…ELON?
@harrypitts73892 күн бұрын
Why do they (trolls) care?
@ScarabaeusSacer4352 күн бұрын
If it's the same video I saw of Fran working at a store in 1990 I can't imagine what people would object to? I've watched a fair number of videos on this channel and never seen anything even remotely objectionable.
@alextirrellRI2 күн бұрын
Fran said it was a section of audio from the movie A Christmas Story playing in the store that got it flagged -- for what it said in the audio, not even that it's from a movie. I've only ever seen it in bits and pieces since it's always on TV during the holidays so I can't immediately think of what it would be, but it's an 80's movie so it could be anything. 😑
@MySynthDungeon2 күн бұрын
Lov Fran! Keeps it real! Cheers!;-)!
@jmc17712 күн бұрын
I love your videos. Been a sub for years.
@4362mont2 күн бұрын
I blame accelerationists, generally; he-man woman harers; and anti-American bots who do not approve of stuff like enthusiasm over Western rocket launches... seriously. On the subject of the slim chances that your trolls are not members of any of those grouos, I remain adamantly unapologetic to those who are.
@UniqueVagueHope2 күн бұрын
We need a creators union
@dishmanw2 күн бұрын
What the heck would people be upset with your content for? Trolls be trollin'.
@0xFEEDC0DE2 күн бұрын
I can guess at the reason.
@xXAce_TnTXx2 күн бұрын
I love this channel and I hope you get all of this fixed
@dronelabs5562 күн бұрын
KZbin is dying. The crap the viewer bases spends their time watching is insane. Only very small audience is real and conscious to watch things that have a plot or story. They can’t keep track of someone talking for more than 5 sec. And it’s getting worse. Your videos don’t get shown to people who swipe away because they simply can’t understand. I don’t think anyone is attacking you. Just no one here.
@sn1000k2 күн бұрын
Frightening implications for our society tbh
@sn1000k2 күн бұрын
Frightening implications for our society tbh
@dronelabs5562 күн бұрын
@@sn1000k depends how you view it. Most people aren’t here, they r out doing stuff not watching KZbin. The people that do are small bunch that are usually loners and ppl just want to watch asmr stuff to fall asleep after slaving at work all day. Those viewers r sleepwalking onto KZbin so Good luck.
@HelloKittyFanMan.2 күн бұрын
Yeah, why would they do that? So dumb! Nice that a KZbin employee supposedly saw that situation and sort of fixed it.
@androcus2 күн бұрын
Fuck the Haters. Keep rocking and rolling.
@marcd51322 күн бұрын
We love you Fran!
@MickeyMishra2 күн бұрын
Is anyone else here like "I smile because I have no idea what's going on" ? Yea, that's me most of the time. I don't really get it. But I don't really get it either. 😊 I'm just here for the cool videos and mainly to have something in the background to have on the TV to go to sleep too. I mean, you have to admit, the Audio quality on this channel has always been spot on. Fran's channel is about the best example from WAY early on that still to this day, sounds just like a busy labs or work environment if you are into that sort of thing. It comforting. Do I do any of the projects, or build any of the cool stuff or even play the guitar very often? Nope. I just kind of like watching it just like I use to watch PBS, or reruns where you just put the TV on Autopilot and have it run through its paces, while I mindlessly waffle about whatever I was doing.
@philipcooke94572 күн бұрын
You are spirited, determined and brilliant at what you do. Please keep it that way and never let these jealous imbeciles take you down. We all know that you are far better than that.......
@resipsaloquitur132 күн бұрын
Thats an unfortunate situation. I think trolls have always existed. Only now, in modernity, there exist far fewer gardrails. And thats also an unfortunate reality.
@MothKeeper2 күн бұрын
Get rid of KZbin... go on another platform... time KZbin died.
@sn1000k2 күн бұрын
What other platform?
@Gin-toki2 күн бұрын
Its really silly that despite youtube already knowing the content of a video uploaded to the platform, the video can still be nuked by just a bunch of trolls flagging it. That really does not compute. And many content creators suffers from this. It should never be possible for random humans to automatically take down content on youtube, it should be flagged for internal review and be checked whether the flagging has any merit or not and only after careful consideration, should any action be taken. But as it is now, it's just complete garbage. urgh...
@jackhreha49072 күн бұрын
Thank you fran. For the millions of dollars that you make for KZbin it would be in there best intrest to watch your back. It would also be good for an adress of a troll. I could make a social call. Best Regards Jack
@dominicraso6522 күн бұрын
They not concern of your safety and/or well being or those around you, they are terrify of your success and the Truth!
@tedviens1Күн бұрын
You get lost in special words, like trolls, bots, any words that mean some special mean type of humans. Perhaps you think that humans, for the large part, exist with a tendency to be kind and caring which is marred by the cruelty from a smaller number of us. But, what if many of us have a stronger tendency to be kind and sharing? And what if many of us have a stronger tendency to be cruel and selfish? And, what if the kind and sharing people, as well as the cruel and selfish people, are born in roughly equal numbers? What would civilization look like? In pre-electronic times when we were constrained to speaking face to face, cruel and selfish people, individually and in small groups, were refrained from too much cruelty just to maintain some societal acceptance. Now, in our realm of remote communication, cruel and selfish people suffer from no such restraints to glorify in expressing their cruel and selfish nature. The numbers of people who find excitement in attacking you and anybody else is far, far greater than some number of trolls or bot managers.
@AlexBrandon.2 күн бұрын
I wish you the best with this frustrating situation
@bradleyfield39442 күн бұрын
I like your content ❤
@ThunderChickenBucketКүн бұрын
Fran you rock, keep chugging despite the frothing scum of KZbin algorithm