The YouTube Drama Never Ends...

[@TheActMan]

Time is a flat circle. Everything we have done or will do we will do over and over and over again-forever. KZbin can't seem to avoid controversy these days and I thought I'd take the time to talk about Cory Kenshin and what he's been going through. Don't worry, regular gaming content will return soon!

[@CarterSauceYT]

KZbin needs to wake up and put on their big boy pants

[@ryanadmns]

Smash

[@bobdoplay66]

Ok

[@logiixz6888]

Ily act man

[@pococorn2990]

Ok

[@Devon.with.an.i]

I gotta say, you got some balls stepping back into the ring after the whole Quantumtv situation, but I respect it. KZbin needs a new CEO

[@deathknight1239]

Let it be the acting male

[@thecommonman9524]

@@deathknight1239 as cool as that would be (and admittedly he'd be better than the current one). The Acting Male probably doesn't have the qualifications or know how to properly run a corporation like this.

[@Angrynood]

the biggest fucking balls. mad respect for it though

[@AnBlackhall]

@@thecommonman9524 Sounds like it's time for the Act Man to play the role of the Act Manager.

[@ritsuafk]

@@thecommonman9524 Neither does Susan , only paper degrees aren't enough to actually run a corporation well while keeping ur users happy. All Susan has done is ruin KZbin more each year .

[@MrSlendyMannn]

Mad respect for you. You got fucked over by KZbin (even if they eventually reverted it) and you still come back to talk about issues that need sorting or at the very least more attention towards them. Bravo, my man.

[@mavisbeacon6770]

Without a doubt, they re-age restricted it out of spite after he called them out. Someone went out of their way to do that.

[@TaddiestMason]

And petty, vindictive and targeted behavior like that will open youtube up to lawsuits

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

Its like when Mark in the other cockup Google made, when he pretty much went "Go on, prove you have no fucking ballsack by doing this." by telling them "do it." They fixed the previous problem, then somebody had a fucking meltdown and smacked down BOTH channels.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

Remember when KZbin was like Newgrounds and didn't give a fuck what type of video you posted unless it had or was copyrighted material

[@ardantop132na6]

@@The_Blue_Otaku At least Newgrounds is still same as it is, Awesome hub. KZbin... It's no longer itself.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

@@ardantop132na6 True

[@SplendidCoffee0]

I’ll never understand why KZbin goes out of its way to be the worst platform possible. I genuinely can’t believe anyone at KZbin is really doing any of this in good faith, nor can anyone convince me otherwise.

[@Subarashii_Nem]

Because there's no one to challenge them, no competition in the market so they don't have to try or do anything because it's all we got. Such a sad reality but true.

[@mesadrums375]

Cause it can. Where else are you gonna go, storyfire? They know this, and unless you can affect their bottom line they’ll never change.

[@wolfshade5020]

Money!

[@Hitchagood]

Because they know they can get away with it. None of these big name creators are threatening to leave for alt tech platforms so there's no incentive for youtube to do better. In fact. Its a permission slip to keep being a crap platform. They have no competition because no one threatens to leave

[@QuarianGuy]

They take courage from knowing they have no true competitor.

[@brandoncobb5352]

In a way, Quantum saved KZbin because you're a household name now and even though I'm 38, I look up to you for keeping it real! Others do too and it's started a fire. 🔥

[@elizabeththepop7040]

You’re a very cool guy hopefully everything goes good for you in the future

[@SkyTied]

@Adolfizzz0 Truly one of the stores of all time

[@fort809]

@Adolfizzz0 based schizoposter

[@3deanimations557]

@Adolfizzz0 this is one of those storys of all time

[@Ajaws]

@Adolfizzz0 that is probably a good comment but I’m not reading that shit

[@horrorpleb249]

@Adolfizzz0 EHM TL;DR

[@MoonWielder]

So great to see Cory’s message spread around like this. He started something that needed to be addressed way long ago. That being said, I feel like KZbin should need to have new employees who aren't biased because they clearly show tons of favoritism.

[@salineaddict9850]

KZbin needs to check the boxes, and make sure they meet the diversity quota. They don’t care about hiring people who aren’t biased, they simply want control and to push a message.

[@keeganhooker8448]

@@salineaddict9850 Are you sure, normally I would agree with you in that they just hire people to fill boxes, however in this case they’re going after a minority for no reason so unless one of the new hires was an asshole who Trojan horsed his way in for this one case I can’t agree.

[@salineaddict9850]

@@keeganhooker8448 honestly, I have no clue. That’s the only thing I could come up with that made any sort of sense. But at the same time it doesn’t even make sense.

[@keeganhooker8448]

@@salineaddict9850 To me it’s just the same thing that always happens, KZbin has a couple people who either like or dislike someone and act upon it and honestly KZbin needs to wrangle their employees in and tell them to cut it out but KZbin is more lazy than a middle schooler during the summer so that’s never gonna happen.

[@thekraken1909]

@@keeganhooker8448 This argument is poor. Remember, Quantum TV is also black and KZbin wrongly defended him. It's not that yt is going after "a minority", it's that youtube just can't be f*cking consistent and just wildly flails around striking anyone unfortunate enough to get in the way.

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

Act Man.. I must say, I'm impressed with your patience with this site. It's incredible how reasonable and understanding you still are after everything that's happened

[@danielhavoc889]

He always gets hit when he's trending because there's an entire discord community dedicated to striking his videos whenever they do well. The fact these people can continually abuse the system with zero repercussions is absurd.

[@RyoLeo]

You’d think they be able to fix the issue of mass spamming reports? Like a weight system that decreases the worth of a report from frequent false flagging accounts or freshly made accounts. How long would that take to program, test, and implement? Or factor in the thumbs up to thumbs down ratio to determine the threshold for the amount of reports needed to get a video age restricted. There are so many possible solutions to this very issue that its mind boggling its still an issue.

[@mariomaker69420]

there’s a whole discord community for that? dude the server needs to be reported

[@GokuBlackRose978]

Let Cory see this, maybe we can help takedown that community, I need the name.

[@CryoJnik]

That for real?

[@bipbop3121]

Ah yes, report brigading abuse, YT is happy. Downvote brigading abuse YT can't have that. I guess we need to mass report some big commercial bullshit, too see if YT will fix this sh*t. Yet a bad ratio is far less damaging than a video takedown

[@santiagoherrera1853]

Sometimes it feels like both Twitch and KZbin compete with eachother to see who's the worst and most out of touch platform on the internet

[@godofwar234regi5]

I think both are in on this honestly

[@12ealDealOfficial]

At least people aren't having sex for favors on KZbin. ... I hope.

[@TheActMan]

Unfortunately I can't have sex and stream it to Twitch or post it to KZbin. Life is rough

[@Mrhellslayerz]

@@12ealDealOfficial No, but YT definitely has a few dead dogs and cats killed in the name of a few seconds of fame. Not to mention those terrible family channels that abuse their kids before putting them up for adoption.

[@SingeScorcher]

@@TheActMan True, but if you're a mid-large tier streamer on YT that cheats at YuGiOh video game speedruns, you can apparently get away with mooning your audience on stream. xD

[@Heartwubbs]

Thanks for covering this, I feel like this is a big problem that's been around for way too long and yet is so easy for youtube to just sweep under the rug

[@JC-qd3ss]

It's alright, just say it with me: They don't want you to know. If you know you can critique and they could potentially lose control. This is the method KZbin uses to maintain control over what they want you to see. It's a narrative control issue, not a technology issue.

[@ShwappaJ]

The fact that this comment with few likes was buried under hundreds of comments with thousands of likes is evidence in my eyes.

[@razorsharp5643]

I absolutely agree. It's always been about that. Quantum was a good example of that as well, he was clearly at least partially in the wrong but he got no punishment at all. Just because it didn't fit KZbin's narrative in terms of the optics of the situation.

[@NaisanSama]

interesting...

[@Hank_Amarillo]

like covid and the vaseens..............

[@Borisam]

@@ShwappaJ so true!

[@GhostIsAYandere]

What we need is The Act Man, CoryXKenshin and bungie, to all come together against youtube

[@kevind3974]

or an actual longform protest at youtube or google hq. none of this crappy complaining from behind their computer bullshit that youtubers been doing for actual years (almost a full decade now). newsflash guys this makes them money and money alows them to not give to shits about you. you want change you need to hit their wallet, if you dont nothing will change

[@matthiasdassler7500]

bring the firehose. Or the watermelon

[@randybobandy9828]

@@kevind3974 KZbin doesn't make money tho... They actually lose money

[@chaoticgoodboi793]

@@kevind3974 You do understand that if KZbinrs don’t make money on videos- by extension, neither does KZbin since it’s a hosting service. And it’s income/revenue comes in from said KZbinrs, as of right now though? You’re right. KZbin had made enough money to not give a shit, but too much collateral damage will cause them to care. I.E massive KZbinrs being hit over and over by copyrights, age restrictions etc.

[@Surepeacooler]

And USAirsoft

[@jinxysaberk]

It's almost comedic how bad KZbin demonization is

[@CAMELOT331]

Will it get better or get worse? Ever since I talked about the OG Act Man situation my channel got killed off. A necessary causality I suppose haha. KZbin has a long was to go and honestly I don't see it getting better.

[@bingbong1966]

WTF

[@onomatopoeia7505]

@Adolfizzz0 Why.

[@cecollins68]

Wait Holy shit they killed your channel!!? Why!! I was following you ever since the gamestop debacle was wondering why your video were no longer recommended. WTF is going on at KZbin!!?

[@taitia8619]

@Adolfizzz0 officially the weirdest bot I've ever seen

[@CAMELOT331]

@@cecollins68 I'll make a comeback one day

[@onejediboi]

I've been watching Cory since 2016 and seeing him being treated like this is so dumb, he is literally the last person who deserves this

[@aikothetrap905]

Facts.

[@LowResLeafa]

Totally agree but him assuming it has something to do with race is where he lost me. YT fucks over everyone regardless of race so it confuses me how he could come to that conclusion?

[@afroartist1086]

@@LowResLeafa Racist individuals and entities tend to be hostile to everyone in general despite their distain for a particular group. Not saying he's right or wrong, just saying we can't immediately cross it off. It would also make sense for a racist entity to target people in general to hide a racially motivated attack.

[@danialyousaf6456]

@@LowResLeafa doesn't matter tbh cuz it helps ruin KZbin's already piss poor reputation even more of they get labeled as racists. Imagine if some of their advertisers hear this and pull out of KZbin. That'll force some change at the very least.

[@Seority]

@@danialyousaf6456 You dont hang a thief for murder. Yes, Cory doesnt deserve this treatment but he shouldnt falsely label KZbin because of it.

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

For a middle aged man going through a mid-life crisis and dumping almost 10k into a set up to begin my own channels, making content and streaming, this video has terrified me to begin uploading videos. If people who are successful and know what they are doing are experiencing stuff like this, I feel like what hope do I have as someone starting at the absolute bottom?

[@TVHorrorArt]

I say go for it! The possibility of something like this happening will always be there unfortunately, but if it’s something you have a passion for, I wish you nothing but the best!1

[@leveluppupgaming7207]

@@TVHorrorArt I forgot I made this comment. But you're right. Thank you for the encouragement!

[@TVHorrorArt]

@@leveluppupgaming7207 lol no problem! ❤️

[@ParisPK]

You know that KZbin is in trouble when even CoryxKenshin, who has never made videos like these and is know for positive vibes had to make a video on KZbin’s Racism and Favoritism

[@Madstar-hg1wr]

Your bad at English

[@TuTataElDaddy]

Racism & favoritism

[@Cheeki_breeki6]

Its always race with black people.

[@JK-vy8vh]

He pretended like act man didn’t exist when he got demonetized.

[@ncrranger8449]

@@JK-vy8vh what do you mean

[@aquelgamermexicano]

The whole "KZbin is a Big platform" argument has turned into an excuse the more time goes by. It's been over a decade and not only copyright is still a very easy to abuse system, but the algorithm has been the reason why ad-friendly and Made for Kids became a thing. You said it right, big issues need big solutions, and KZbin took the easy fixes because they couldn't bother trying, and again, it's been 10 years. Time has been at their disposal. On the topic of "people finding loopholes", that's still risk worth taking if it means having communication with those who provide content to your platform. In any media related business, if you don't actually tell your employees what's right or wrong, then the quality of the business will always be inconsistent. So if that was an option, it's so much better to have transparency and deal with the loopholes as they present themselves, than to not have any transparency and have everyone scared of even trying to be creative

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

When someone uses that argument, all I hear is, "I'm a sucker for corporatism" which doesn't sit right for me, or for that matter, anyone else with common sense.

[@Chihirolee3]

Defending a company doesn't excuse a company's practices.

[@aquelgamermexicano]

@@edgarbanuelos6472 On my end, the main problem is that it's used to justify the lack of attempts. Like, it becomes a point where even TRYING was too much to ask. Which granted, yes, is a big ask, but when the lack of trying also affects people's lives, then it's actually a fair request to put as much effort as they demand.

[@aquelgamermexicano]

@@Chihirolee3 You're right, but in the case of KZbin, that defense is an excuse. The "KZbin gets 500 hours of content per minute" is becoming an excuse at this point, simply because it's not a good thing that in 10 years, KZbin has done way less for the platform than its users.

[@kavinh10]

it's not an excuse it's the truth, twitch hasn't gone through the lawsuits yet they'll have a similar if not more draconian system when they do

[@Nyctonaut]

It's def not just gaming channels, it's the whole youtube Horror niche... now this is my community and this year I started my own horror/urban legends/true crime channel... this channel has basically saved my life due to some rough stuff I was going through and giving me this opportunity to do something I love has made a HUGE difference in my life... so it kills me that all my favorite horror channels are struggling so hard from Horror narration to True crime to horror gaming channels... there all under threat here. If youtube kills the Horror niche it will absolutely break my heart. We got to fix this guys, please. 🙏 we gotta fix this.

[@justinstoll4955]

As a lawyer, I would guess KZbin's clarity in providing guidance is because if they began providing more specific guidelines and explanations would have them arguing all over the place based on prior precedent. Think of a specific explanation as KZbin painting themselves into an ever smaller and smaller corner. Or take the US Constitution as another example. It's purposefully vague. KZbin's vague language and lack of explanations leaves them a ton of latitude to do what they like.

[@rehfeldt12]

KZbin is run by idiots who only care about 2 things. Money and Political Correction.

[@Mr_DE_0395]

It's crazy that they go after him, HIM , of all people, He's the one more family friendly than most of the people out there. He would be making them more money than a lot of people. Yet, it happen. Can't blame him for thinking it's racism or favoritism.

[@necro5430]

KZbin literally BEGGED the man to come back to their platform. When he took another 3 month break (like he normally does) they strike one of his videos before the 3 month mark so he had to have come back early.

[@zionoffiong9937]

Yep

[@roboticvenom1935]

@@necro5430 no they ddin't, show me where they begged him. don't be an idiot, let me explain it, coryxkenshin represents 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% of youtub'es revenue, understand? he means nothing. no racism, just favoritism, shit loads of black people uploaded videos on obituary assistant mant with over million subs, no issues

[@wile123456]

Yea, they should go after act man since act man constantly says the n-word, f-word, is bigoted, defends rape, and constantly breaks TOS on twitter. The act man is the opposite of family friendly

[@roboticvenom1935]

@@wile123456 exactly it's not a racist thing

[@iedutul1]

Just leaving a comment and a like here to support Act Man. You go king

[@kvproductions2581]

You give youtube way more patience than they're worth, I feel like they're legit just scheming assholes who like the secrecy because they enjoy the power of being able to bend and unfairly apply rules depending on what they feel beneficts them at the time

[@Hepheat75]

KZbin is running itself into the ground and is living up to the phrase "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain."

[@zacharypaterson1278]

I really am routing for the platform to have some changes because a lot of my favorite creators aren't putting on a fake performance for monetization. I really appreciate how committed to being straight forward an honest you are. if you need some videos like this to rant about the issues on the platform keep doing it.

[@AEUGH426]

Act man always brings a video in response to something bad, when can we see happy act man 🥺

[@bluegolisano7768]

Minor heads up, demonetized videos can still have advertisements on them. You just don't get paid as a creator afaik.

[@matejtrupina1244]

That is bullshit

[@wile123456]

Act man shouldn't be paid. He is a bigot who says every slur imaginainable and he also defended rape recently with a tweet he made september 20. If anyone deserves to be demonitized it's the act man, because he is more hateful than your average kid in call of duty lobbies.

[@jacobtuttle4311]

That's some bullshit

[@bradhaines3142]

@@matejtrupina1244 still a sad fact

[@tedtheodore5715]

Because of course

[@nosferatu1474]

I love the act man. Hope he succeeds more in life.

[@alejandrocardenas9385]

My dude, youre the epitome of my favorite quote ever, "If you wanna walk that righteous road, you gotta take the lumps."

[@davidstaffen6783]

They don't want creators to know what violates community guidelines so that way they can continue to strike videos without having to be held accountable it lets them hear the whiny people strike down a video that they don't like and not have to answer for any of it

[@oliversherman2414]

I would've thought you'd get some rest after the whole Quantum TV situation but nope. The KZbin drama never ends. At the same time, I hope you never give up on delivering great content #JusticefortheActMan

[@Sin3134]

It doesn’t help Quantum just tried attacking Act Man again.

[@oliversherman2414]

@@Sin3134 Quantum needs to be deleted from KZbin

[@EmpyreanSoul]

Looking for something to brighten my day. Thank you @The Act Man for dropping this banger that I can't wait to get into! Have a great day, and thank you again.

[@maxpayne4107]

What, tf

[@walkwithoutrhythm9858]

@Adolfizzz0 that is a tome my dude...

[@fetus_yoda6961]

@@walkwithoutrhythm9858 it's a bot

[@grawman67]

Man, I've said it before but I'll say it again. I'm genuinely really happy you're still on this platform. The videos are rad and you're a good dude, homie.

[@skyhighnightlight]

Thank You Act Man. You are helping me with being a real man. That big wild guy. Like a grizzly bear. Thank You.

[@CarterSauceYT]

It’s always a W when Act Man uploads! 😎👍

[@cosmogcrusader5546]

@Adolfizzz0 wow, homeboi made a goddamn novel in the comments 10/10 good story, would read again

[@CarterSauceYT]

@Adolfizzz0 ok

[@lanfrog3395]

amazing vid Act Man. never stop making your content, on whatever platform is best for you. we will be here.

[@ultragodzillafan]

So, to my understanding, the issue is KZbin puts to much faith in bots and algorithms to determine what gets age restricted and demonitized, rather than let a team of humans do a more accurate job of it and communicating with creators to resolve issues. Hope that gets resolved at somepoint. Also, if Quantum ends up making some kind of response to this to taunt or insult you, over something he had no involment in(even less than last time) I'll be annoyed.

[@shard7549]

At the very least bots should only be able to recommend videos get demonetized or age restricted to the humans who should actually be the ones to decide this. Bots should have no actual power, it should only go to actual humans.

[@andrewlynch4126]

The problem is they would need literally thousands of humans to review every video on the platform hence the use of bots. I am not a fan of KZbin policies but I can understand their logic since their revenues are almost entirely dependent on advertising so they have to be overly cautious since adpocalypse.

[@ardantop132na6]

Don't think the Tickled Man have time to deal with Act Man. He's too busy dealing with small content creators, which ultimately resulted him getting into the *Worst Comment Reply Thread Ratio in KZbin ever* that they have max the replies limit. (It's in one of stream video in MinxyOne's channel)

[@ultragodzillafan]

@@ardantop132na6 I'm aware of that. But if he thought it necessary to taunt Act Man on his second channel for barley mentioning him in the last video he did, then there's a chance he'll find some reason to do so again with this video.

[@Blackemperess]

@@ultragodzillafan He was grasping for attention. It didn't work.

[@UltraCookie1997]

Man I'm just glad you have the drive to really pursue this, if no one speaks up nothing ever changes

[@Guyver2391]

I love this channel. Act man you’re wonderful

[@noahjester8471]

Corey's reaction to the Ghost Stance in GoT is still insanely relatable. I remember being just as shocked and impressed with the moment

[@gothimaya2776]

Thank you for making this video, dude. Just painful to see KZbin turn itself into cable tv when majority of the reason people loved KZbin was for the endless possibilities within reason (aside from the obvious). It’s just depressing.

[@Everl997]

Just know ur fans got you bro like idk if u have a patreon or something but i can guarentee there are plenty of people like me who appreciate what you do and would be willing to support you and your work. We are here for you and the other creators not youtube and they need to realise that sooner than later.

[@F4Wildcat]

One of the major issues with todays social media society, has become favoritism. The whole actman vs 'you know who", corey's situation, massive youtubers not getting punished for offences but small ones are (and then the massive youtubers get in trouble when speaking out about it) Actman, i am just so glad, you are still doing these video's. Hope i can ever buy you a belgian beer

[@zer0527]

acting male vs he who must not be named

[@Edax_Royeaux]

This is the flaw in privatization of social media is that they can reserve the right to refuse service to anyone. It's a right all private businesses have.

[@greekd00d69]

I think to call them racist is overboard. I imagine trending brings haters , false claims and reports which then get sent through a broken system which is overseen by incompetent people. That being said there is definitely favoritism and letting things slide for highrollers and uber popular channels like tv networks. Good vids mr acting man. Keep up the good stuff my guy 🙏🙌

[@axelanderson2030]

Yeah I think the racism card can sometimes be drawn too quickly.

[@Shitposter-yp7dj]

But muh reeeecism 🥺

[@axelanderson2030]

@@Shitposter-yp7dj I mean yeah, but if you say it like that then it comes off as hateful. sadly in current year you have to choose your words carefully otherwise you get dismissed faster than a crackhead working in sales.

[@TechAndBeyond381]

@@axelanderson2030 yeah cory is a cool youtuber but he’s obviously one of those people who pull the racism card. Which i hate with all my life.

[@axelanderson2030]

@@TechAndBeyond381 look, I don't think it's out of a bad place. To be honest it's quite telling of the situation at KZbin, that racism is even a question that has to be raised. The problem is that we don't actually know why.

[@Saith516]

I think something's going on with youtube behind the scenes. They seem to be "encouraging" youtubers that they deem as non-conformist (hard to control, raises concerns, inspires others to think critically, etc.) to leave, giving them a harder and harder time as time goes on until they just give up.

[@supermutant963]

This man has been using quick revive and juggernog against YT lately, stay strong man 💪

[@LoopyDreamz775]

What’s a joggernod?

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

The male of the acting variety returns to drop steaming hot factoids on us. In the words of Anakin Skywalker himself: “This is where the fun begins!”

[@naoxi9673]

@Adolfizzz0 broski made an essay in the comments lmao A good essay too

[@thegrayyernaut]

You might want to recheck the meaning of the word "factoid"

[@ramenbomberdeluxe4958]

@@thegrayyernaut Just did, and you know what? Fair enough, I accept the L

[@DaRealKovi]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 Real life character development, you earn big props from me, a random guy from the internet

[@Poohwrldgaming]

You and Corey are both my dawgs fr been fans of the both of y’all for awhile hope Y’all come out on top

[@thewicked1862]

Man I’m just glad your back me and my son felt like we lost family when we thought you were being canceled but blessed be your here to give us the very best content on this platform stay strong push forward and don’t you dare go hollow

[@L1mp1nB1zk1t]

The bullsh*t that happened to you yet QTV got away seemingly unscathed is damnable for KZbin. There absolutely is favoritism. #Justice4ActMan

[@Shitposter-yp7dj]

Yeah but this guy was calling it racism. Like if they were racist they would have sided with the act man. It's just the boy the cried wolf.

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

@@Shitposter-yp7dj Because racism only goes one way right?

[@Shitposter-yp7dj]

@@EnigmaEnginseer so they were racist against the white man and racist to the black man. That's just favouritism, not racism.

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

@@Shitposter-yp7dj Takes a lot of people to run a company. Who’s to say the same person that handled Act Man handled Corey?

[@Shitposter-yp7dj]

@@EnigmaEnginseer so KZbin isn't racist then.

[@bradmoshenko7733]

This is exactly like working in a CS department and having to deal with a Quality department reviewing your actions. This was years ago but I had a case where I used a line from the Quality website on a perfect interaction, used it for like two years, and then was told it was inappropriate. When I disputed that and even gave them a link to their own site they told me I was wrong, when my manager tried to dispute he was told to stop because he was making them feel bad. >.>

[@christophervanoster]

#justiceforactman

[@variantgamer9885]

@Adolfizzz0 I’m not reading all of that

[@taitia8619]

@Adolfizzz0 This is an Act Man video, writer dude

[@zappiestlynx9567]

@@variantgamer9885 considering that man’s comment is gone, I’m guessing someone said some stupid shit?

[@iamlucidess]

@@zappiestlynx9567 it was deleted because hes been spamming the same gigantic block of nonsense text.

[@zappiestlynx9567]

@@iamlucidess KZbin doesn’t delete anything for that reason lol. So my answer was that he was saying stupid shit, got it.

[@masterchef4474]

Mate I love your content. Hope your okay, and that this drama doesn’t discourage you

[@DJMichaelMcClain]

Favoritism is one thing I will 100% agree. it doesn't matter what channel size you are it's always happening. and it's happening with all types of channels my channel has been targeted before with favoritism. that I had to erase over 95% of my videos because of it. it's a surprise to me that it's now starting to be noticed because it's happening to bigger channels as well. I guess it was only a matter of time.

[@Johnzen03]

I’d chalk it up to just blatant incompetence at the highest level.

[@user-Jay178]

Yeah KZbin can never be out drama and glad you are talking about this act man

[@scottcarroll3017]

"when you call someone or something racist you better have some good evidence." 😄😂 Good one Actman.

[@MrSpartan993]

Not anymore you don’t, unless your white, then you can’t call someone being hateful against you no matter what ever.

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

He should tell this to all of Twitter lmao

[@roboticvenom1935]

yeah obv no racism, cory had negative proof lmao

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

@@roboticvenom1935 I get his frustration though, he's a big enough channel to where he's getting treated like shit. But it isn't racism I agree, KZbin does this usually to the "smaller" channels & let's the bots handle it all. They did the same with me & I'm a White Latino. I've gotten videos taken down or age restricted for content I see on others channels

[@roboticvenom1935]

@@iDeathMaximuMII I agree, but I definitely wish he gave more thought to it as it doesn't make any sense. KZbin is definitely not racist/anti-black creator, if anything they're the opposite. Act man is a good example of this, it's just favoritism and a few shitty employees Bring back the trusted flagger!

[@thenovicewhispers]

Speaking out for what's right despite the overlords trying to silence you. Respect.

[@PUBBYDO]

It's a damn shame that KZbin is too big to fail, at this point. Like, there is no one to at least give them a slap on the back of the hand when shit like this happens.

[@ntmfalloutproductions4713]

no one is too big to fail eventually they will make a slip

[@jfug4501]

Thank you Actman for such awesome content I’m going thru my first big breakup so thank you for the amazing content as always

[@dabombmaple]

As long as KZbin exists there will always be drama!

[@kevind3974]

and that drama will allows youtube to not worry about changing as that drama makes them money

[@return4590]

Cory, I've been watching him for so long, 2016. God why does KZbin treat their celebrities and Legends like this? KZbin needs competition because without it they can get away with this.

[@arthurl9949]

@Adolfizzz0 lmao tl;dr

[@deathknight1239]

@Adolfizzz0 Cool story, didn't read it

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

@@deathknight1239 Its a spammer being fucking annoying and posting that copypasta at random.

[@matthiasdassler7500]

"corykensin" "legend" try again penis breath.

[@return4590]

@Adolfizzz0 yeah and then Walter Jr starts junioring all over the place

[@Greggo24]

My two favorite content creator shouldn’t have to deal with KZbin’s issues, better yet no content creator should put up with this.

[@annoyedbipolar7424]

Not sure if this entirely falls under the same claims but I feel like this would fall under BusinessCasuals' lawsuits against YT and RT over copyright claims and enforcement. They need more content creators for the class action. YT is sick and needs The People (aka individual creators) to hold them accountable before it gets better.

[@jojokaiser69]

It honestly annoys me that KZbin continues to be a broken system that makes me very concerned as a new content creator on the platform...😒

[@julianstewart1409]

Love you Act Man. Your videos have been part of my routine since I started watching KZbin. Monetized, demonetized, still my favorite channel.

[@james8078]

Love you act man!

[@Qunia]

Bro, i swear every single time youtube gets called out, they’ll try to nuke anyone who even tries to talk about.

[@ayeejiff9847]

you're honestly a pioneering legend

[@logansunny4]

the fucking Dead rising mall theme in the backround 💯💯💯

[@kylevernon]

Cory: KZbin is racist n sheet Quantum TV: 😅

[@kryoruleroftheninthcircleo4151]

11:05 That video effect is so odd to look at but mesmerizing.

[@dustinrobbins7313]

Act Man! You're a legend for continuing to speak up!

[@kchalu]

KZbin will inevitably fall if they’re too busy to take care of their customer. They are too lazy to deal with their golden gooses. I would love to see the creators build a service that they control.

[@waggsbannin99]

i wouldn't they would ban people randomly just as much and have equally retarded rules

[@ArkenTheAmerikan]

I've had three of my videos in a row age restricted (managed to successfully avoid the third of those, but only barely), and man, I feel this so much. The system they have with copyright claims is actually quite intuitive and smart, it shows you exactly where and how you violated copyright, and whose copyright you violated, and gives you multiple options to fix it... so why do they leave us completely in the dark on age restriction? They already have the exact system we want in place for copyright claims, so why not replicate it for age restrictions, or limited monetization? It's so infuriating, and the worst part is that KZbin doesn't do this out of malice, it's not censorship like so many people claim. Quite the opposite, KZbin just don't give a fuck, and that's the real kick in the pants.

[@TheRealPAX]

KZbin demonetized me for 'reuse" content when all my videos are fully mine and now KZbin is refusing to send me $43,000 for the month of July and August.. I have no idea what to do

[@absol_lute_zero9083]

I avoided this drama until your coverage. Glad to see it now

[@Turvold]

This just shows the integrity and honour of the Act man he just almost lost everything trying to do what is right for the platform, and now even despite the risks he is once again doing what is right. Thank you Act Man for your endless determination to make KZbin a better place.

[@ScrubRekker666]

With all the shit that KZbin’s done, it’s no wonder why Business Casual is suing them (even if it’s for a different reason)

[@isaiahgarcia7456]

Ah yes. War, death, taxes, and KZbin ineptitude. Things we shall never be rid of.

[@ShwappaJ]

Don't forget human stupidity as well

[@thisisakodibox2635]

My man you need to spread your bets. If YT is not monetizing your video, pull it and put it on rumble or some other platform. YT is not the only game in town. If they don't want to monetize your content make it exclusive elsewhere that does. Is it more profitable than YT? No but they need to be sent a message. Youre the ACT man. ACT an take your content YT doesn't want to another platform

[@ntt2146]

I love you Act ❤️

[@Slash2xx]

I said this when I first saw all this going down, the review team is based in a country that still has a Caste system, it has members who treats Cory like he is an untouchable. Black people in India are immediately assumed to be in the lowest caste and treated like dirt. The longer this has gone on the more I think it is true since I found out he is openly Christian as well, you know double outcast.

[@abadenoughdude300]

That is a plausible theory, it actually goes in line with another theory I like that the team reviewing videos is outsourced to some 3rd world country and they have daily quotas to meet, so they're not gonna be doing the review the "proper" way but in a way that gets them their daily wage. They probably don't even know the language they're reviewing. Because we always need to assume a corpo will do things in a way that costs them the least money and effort.

[@-ryanlats-7854]

I’ve been watching from your halo videos from your past. I loved it and considered you my go to halo channel . You have grown your channel too bigger things and I’m so happy you’ve blown up the way you did. Cheers

[@MBdynamoBostik]

Cory is 100% on one thing and that is: 'There is definitely some shady business going on'

[@KaiserTrigger]

While it isn't racism as far as I'm concerned, considering what happened with you and Quantum, it's always favoritism. There are a few things that will keep you in their good boy list. 1: Mainstream media like talkshow hosts, old media news sites like CNN and Fox, etc. 2: Being their chosen good boys like Logan and Jake Paul in their old days. They were chosen to be the faces of KZbin, and did mainly, as Logan called it, Hooligan stuff. 3: Being big, but only if you tow a narrative. Political narrative or not. Towing the narrative being popular. Look at Twitters own narratives, and how Elon Musk went from beloved creator of electric cars for green energy, and then, he goes and says we need free speech on Twitter, and all the elites nd blue checkmarks are hating him like he's Hitler 2.0. And look at Markiplier. He got punished for trying to do the right thing. If that doesn't scream type 3 of good boys, then I don't know what is. And Cory falls within the 3rd one, but he doesn't tow the narrative. IIRC, he would start videos or end them with bible quotes. Google, who owns KZbin, despises anything religious that isn't the current protected class. It's obvious. So he easily is getting targeted because he's clearly open about himself in ways they don't like. And google are elites. What do they hate? What they view as NPC grey matter getting big over time. They want to gate keep success. Cory has been around as early as 2009 if what I've heard is correct. He didn't pop out into youtube being the best of the best. He spent time making content, and got here eventually. KZbin will try to stop that. Like how they, a while ago, tried to block views from coming into your video if you have what they call "a lack of creator history". If your video is gettign viral, they'll stiffle views. It was talked about. Look up "This video is popular, due to limited creator history". Google it. Their policies are always being designed to take a dump on smaller content creators, and people they don't like. Elites look at us not even as people of our own heritage if we're not rich or elite in any way. We're all NPC grey matter. Meaning that's the only genuine form of racism you can really bring up, other than them trying to prop up black creators. At the end of the day though, it can't be the kind of racism you think, because if you're not a minority, you're on your own. Look at how badly they messed up Mumkey Jones, and didn't stick to a fair system. His whole career was assassinated by them, and only the fans were able to keep him up. His own "employers" decided to cancel him by using slanderous claims about his videos and their intentions behind said videos. Corys case is far from unique. And it blends in with the dime a dozen cases. So it's not racism. It's classism to a T.

[@ShwappaJ]

That's what I was saying. If KZbin truly was racist, then Act Man would have won from the start with no repercussions. Not to mention Cory wouldn't be here to tell us about the problems he's facing. It's definitely favoritism.

[@KaiserTrigger]

@@ShwappaJ And also Act Man would more likely have gotten more views than Cory on his videos. IIRC his video where he played the role of youtube attorney and talked about Qauntum didn't even REACH half of Cory's views on his video.

[@ryugurena3901]

It can still be racism. . You forget that at the end of the day, people are still people. You can’t rule out all the possibilities with logic. . Because not all humans are logical.

[@KaiserTrigger]

​@@ryugurena3901 And you can't go around accusing someone of such a personalized evil. So the most likely case is human nature when given undue power, which is what elites have. You don't need to rule out possibilities to have a most obvious conclusion. In case you didn't know, evidence is a thing, and evidence says "not racism", just classic classism. Or are you going to tell Act Man that KZbin is racist towards whites because they sided with a black man when said black man was guilty of actual phobia's? Just because you can't rule out the possibility? The evidence is obvious that KZbin has classims issues, and they get to pick and choose who joins the rich boy club, or who has their blessings to be a total prick. So still not going to call it racism, or even entertain the idea that they just hate blacks. Sorry, not sorry, that I don't think someone being black and getting dumped on by corporate greed and elitism, is automatically racist. It is however classist. Or do you think classims isn't bad? Because it's the worst, and it's why the country of America is actually so divided, under the guise of racism, and every other ism, when the ones pulling the strings on all this division are elite wealthy freaks of every color and race, but only having one creed.

[@fotis4044]

You were doing great until you brought up classism for whatever reason. You yourself aknowledged that even if you are a big creator you are not safe from youtube's policies, but for some reason chose to ignore this when drawing a conclusion. It has nothing to do with class, it has everything to do with power. I dont know if you meant classism in a marxist way but i will still mention the following. KZbin is a public corporation, it is the internet state within a state that controls and regulates the private creators. As you pointed out, if a private creator happens to be out of favor with the establishment, then their channel will be demonitised, age restricted, striked or deleted all together. This is not done because of "class discrimination", this is done in order to maintain power, the same motivation behind goverment regulations.

[@Lancer78x]

Thanks for sharing your experiences

[@S4BRETOOTH]

12:39 This gives me the impression that KZbin censors are fighting against their own algorithm as well. The fact that the video was monetized again could have been an automatic pass made by the algorithm, and I can picture the power hungry human censors mad because the video is gaining traction all over again.

[@ShwappaJ]

It could also be the opposite tbh. It might be the algorithm is going bonkers because it hasn't been updated or reworked since 2005.

[@truth6191]

“Welcome to mr bones’ magical ride, THE RIDE NEVER ENDS!”

[@mihit2352]

I have been watching your content since the lockdown, and don't back down, cause you WILL pull through.

[@jomoney1017]

KZbin never ceases to amaze me.

[@chrisgoescross9252]

Love how you’re stepping up to KZbin. Keep it up!

[@alanamileras2329]

Great job on keeping on with the truth. I have endless respect for you and the way your do your work for this reason

[@BusinessCasual]

Act Man, I love you!

[@notvisibleconfusion]

How's the lawsuit going?

[@NepuSoggyMango]

Ah yeah, the one who thought Google was going down the rabbit hole without a harness They found themselves too deep, and they're not a climbing tiny surfaces human either Anyone can get the Anticitizen One labeling now

[@motivatedtoscapechildsupport]

​@@notvisibleconfusioncan I remind you of business casual crimes?

[@notvisibleconfusion]

@@motivatedtoscapechildsupport I know. Fuck him. The copyright system here on KZbin needs a reform

[@MT24155]

I'm really getting tired of these types of videos. I know you needed to say it but I never imagined the channel going in this direction. I am waiting very patiently for the gaming content because you do have some absolutely fantastic opinions. Every game you have covered, I have gone back and played over again because you brought up something that I didn't even think of. So thanks Act Man.

[@lankycide77]

Your takes here were reasonable and moderate, Mr. Acting Male. I don't want to see KZbin go up in flames. I sincerely want to see it succeed, and the Content Creators I've grown to love, thrive. Clearly, something has to change. The ball is in KZbin's court now, and it'd be pretty darn simple for them to start fixing their issues. Starting off with better communication seems like a good idea.

[@LedYouAshtray]

I like how you don't immediately jump on the race train saying "oh this is racist" but it's at least reasonable to speculate that could it be(?) or something like that. Otherwise, I do find it odd that this kinda stuff keeps happening to Cory, I don't know much of him but I hope he gets this sorted out in the coming days.

[@IAMSONICTH3H3DG3H0G]

I dont see how it could be racist? Actman got into drama with a person of colour and youtube chose the POCs side despite QuantumTV being in the wrong

[@axelanderson2030]

I think hate comes from being popular, not from being black. I really do hope it's not racism

[@SingeScorcher]

To be fair, Cory gave that as a last option. And I think he did a good job of pointing out in his own video that he only brings it up because all he can do is speculate.

[@fotis4044]

Why would you speculate that it is due to racism? KZbin doesnt consistently target black youtubers so where is the evidence? "I am black and i am being targeted so it might just be because i am black" its stupid and makes no sense.

[@axelanderson2030]

@@fotis4044 yeah that's what we are saying.

[@Shadowdrives]

How is the youtube ceo still lasted this long is beyond me

[@crazycoffee]

Since Susan was given KZbin's keys she's been doing a good job destroying it.