YouTube FAILED The Act Man! - Glasses Off

[@TheActMan]

"This guy sucks" the delivery and simplicity of that line made my day. LMAO I CANT STOP LAUGHING! You had to blur the cucumber image

[@TMac2467]

Man I hope this all works out for the best for you in the end because God damn is this ever an awful shitshow. Also have a good day dude

[@theodorewilkinson8538]

Love your content hopefully youtube will remove it's head from it's ass soon

[@Haiburidu]

Too right mate

[@SteelerFan716]

I hope you are legitimately going to court over this.

[@tmerc210]

we're with you, action male!

[@MahDryBread]

I've got a friend who's entire channel got nuked for nudity once, even though tons of people had uploaded the game. She got an email saying that she just forgot to mark the video 18+ and that it's alright, they marked it, and there won't be a strike. Hours later her channel was terminated and she never got it back. All KZbin on twitter did was give her bot responses about how they made the right decision. I really hope things go better for Act Man

[@markfuston2714]

Damn dude, it's insane that you literally have to go viral to get a response from KZbin. Anyone with a checkmark that is making KZbin money should have a direct line, a guaranteed way to get a response to a physical person that can either make stuff happen or give them a definitive response on why they can't.

[@xrl1996]

Holy shit it's Mah-Dry-Bread

[@REO_Speedweed]

I hate that I've had to watch this platform go from a fun place to Broadcast Yourself to a genuinely disgustingly evil platform that cares about absolutely nothing, no exceptions, but money.

[@MysticClaws100]

That’s honestly disgusting

[@TheDeadAwesome]

Its nice seeing you here dry-beard. I usually see you on SFO. Hope you do another video with him soon. Good luck to you and your channel buddy.

[@pseudohippie55]

Never forget that Susan created and sponsored an award show, then gave her self a "Free Expression Award" last year. This is absolutely vile.

[@elias_xp95]

I find that woman to be most unpleasant.

[@Colddirector]

Holy shit ahaha. That's "power crazed dictator" levels of insanity

[@elibeeblebrox1084]

Her mother is on the board that gave her that award.

[@misterschlomo2378]

@@elibeeblebrox1084 haha of course she is... christ....

[@Aliens2Exist]

that photoshopped picture of Obama giving himself the medal

[@CAMELOT331]

I got claimed 5 times for a video about this. It's getting insane

[@williamswartwood86]

The hell? This dude just going on claiming rampages? A system so ripe for abuse is not a system at all. At this point google is going to err on the side of caution til no one is left, just forever taking the approach of "Wellp, nothing I can do about it!", throwing their hands up in the air and ignoring the fact that they could easily right these wrongs with 1 second of human attention. Reminds me a lot of the people who literally bought Quest 2's because it's the only way to talk to someone from Facebook about getting your hacked account back. Sad state of affairs.

[@NicholasLightTV]

Thank god you spoke about this situation. Your rants >>>>

[@rodtobam47]

Hey man love your videos.

[@NoRegs30]

Didn’t expect to see you here, nice

[@HExtraordinaire]

What a small world

[@angel__king]

Didn’t expect to see you here! Love your anime op reactions keep up the good work

[@Itsabl_r]

Are you gonna make some coverage on this?

[@BecomeTheKnight]

Not to downplay what happened to Act Man, but you calling out KZbin as a demoralizing place to create is 100% spot on. The last few years have been really difficult. It seems like no matter what I try I can't reach my own audience. And God forbid you try to create something original that's just good for its own sake instead of having to compete in this psychological Olympics called titling and thumbnails. Idk what they did to break the algorithm but most creators I know personally are not happy with it.

[@yungoldman2823]

At this point I genuinely believe they dont know what they did to mess it up and have no idea how to fix it

[@pickledparsleyparty]

This is going to sound like a non sequitur, but I promise it's a related take :) There's this supreme irony in the capitalist philosophy. When we advocate for it, we want to say that economic incentive drives innovation. Except as capitalism evolves, we chase our own desire to be comfortable without doing any work. And homo oeconomicus is a myth. Most human beings are irrational morons, most of the time. Put those together, and the longer capitalism evolves, the less useful products become. All of the incentives drive us to find clever ways to sell nothing for as much as possible.

[@Doomwolf82002]

@@yungoldman2823 Spot on, when the algorithm was created it worked fine, then over time KZbin began adding crap to it that slowly turned into the broken Frankenstein'd mess that it is and worst still is that those who originally programmed it have probably long since left (most likely with no intent of returning) and no they can't just hire people to unf*ck it because a programmer's way of coding is unique to them; they'd have no idea where to start. tl;dr: Too many cooks in the kitchen is what ruined the algorithm.

[@BrianRocksNow]

My subscription list has more dead channels than active ones now. Creators that still show their face rarely look happy anymore. I've noticed channels arriving after the 2nd adpocalypse tend to make me think of postmodern art. It exists - and that's about it. I worry that in 5 or 10 years, all of the (few remaining) OGs will be gone and KZbin will look like a virtual Amazon warehouse with bubble wrapped walls.

[@misterschlomo2378]

@@pickledparsleyparty I mean, you're not wrong, but I don't see a solution. Everything we humans will ever do will fail at us being irrational morons. At least capitalism kind of leaves most of the responsibility for being morons in our own hand...

[@connoro462]

They didn't just fail Act Man, they failed all of us, and their standing as they did not uphold even their own rules.

[@ADogNamedStay]

Lol they failed the fucking shareholders. Do they even know what they've done? They just cost me a fraction of a share

[@ADogNamedStay]

This could come to the SEC.

[@ADogNamedStay]

How much more are they gonna cost us, how many more bullshit will they fucking cost us.

[@gorilla5509]

So let them know that, if we don't let them forget their hypocrisy maybe we can actually get something to change

[@coryswanson2247]

Wow KZbin silences people they don't like, amazing. Remind me who has been saying that for nearly a decade now?

[@ChangelingLumin]

KZbin is trying to sweep this under the rug! Hold their feet to the fire, DO NOT LET KZbin GET AWAY WITH THIS! #justiceforactman

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

Psh cope and seethe harder bro. Rage which increases youtubes popularity lololol. That'l learn em!

[@jakehildebrand1824]

At this point the words "terms of service" mean "whatever excuse we can think of to ban people we disagree with"

[@jakehildebrand1824]

@don't be surprised go away bot

[@n0etic_f0x]

I mean yeah, especially seeing Quantum TV is scathingly anti-LGBT. Happy Pride!

[@victorbressler7156]

well by YT terms he was bullying QTV

[@informant09]

Its almost like living in China. Only the people over there go to jail instead of being banned.

[@eddietheunggoyslayer3904]

KZbin disagrees with Act Man about Elden Ring?

[@bartoszkrawczyk5921]

This is equivalent to getting fired from your long time job for complaining to HR because your co-worker, Steve, cannot stop talking about the damn blacks destroying his neighborhood, even though there are none in his neighborhood. And you could've sworn he was fired 3 years ago, so he shouldn't even be at the office.

[@takanuva6167]

When the internet needed him the most, he returned… Thanks a ton for covering this situation man. This entire thing has been really crazy and it is just baffling that KZbin has taken the course of action that they have. It is only gonna lead to negative press.

[@victorbressler7156]

youtube took this action because they dont want their contractors fight. actman was bullying QTV by YT shit rules.

[@LateNightTableCo]

Side note: love your username

[@cradio52]

It’s crazy that KZbin spends their time and resources doing a big, flashy announcement rollout removing the dislike button “for the protection of creators mental health” or whatever (even though creators still have access to all the dislike data on the backend…) while letting creators’ ACTUAL concerns and feedback languish for YEARS at this point. Literally what was the point of Susan meeting with H3 and dozens of other creators over the years? Wasn’t the point of those meetings to gather specific points of feedback that creators have, so they could be addressed? I’ve given KZbin the benefit of the doubt forever now, because it truly does take a ton of time and careful consideration and data analysis to launch sweeping changes that will affect millions upon millions of creators and viewers, but there’s just no reason why, at minimum, they shouldn’t have launched a comprehensive “Creator Service Center” or something at this point, so that creators can easily get in touch with actual people at KZbin to investigate and sort out situations like this. They could open a few call centers and hire a ton of people to be points of contact so that a creator can just pick up the phone and work with them directly. Think of how many new jobs they could create! I guess Google doesn’t have the money for that though.

[@nopunksalive8902]

Stuff like this makes me wish YT didn't basically have a monopoly on non social media video sharing.

[@nandohenriques2975]

@Don't read profile photo Please, get out.

[@ThatGuy-vi8ch]

Yeah but if everyone just stopped and showed self control, monopolies would fall easily. It's the lack of strong will from the masses that keep them rolling. They rise the same way they fall, the user base.

[@CoreUnderscore]

Then fucking be the change you want to see, or make your peace with it.

[@lostinuru7603]

One day they wont be anymore and karma wil collect, don't worry.

[@Tubeytime]

We have Odysee now, it was founded in 2020 and is a very promising youtube alternative

[@wario1226]

my fiancé is part of a sonic-based youtube channel. the whole category got nuked recently. no matter how graphic or adult the content, every sonic animation channel has been deemed "for kids": eliminating comments, limiting revenue, and stifling growth. several large channels seemingly overnight were hit all at once. when they grouped up on twitter to fight back like a union, they were met with silence. when you say "no one is safe", youre damn right.

[@dinkledord7026]

you're welcome from the good people at Sega :^)

[@macro3751]

@@dinkledord7026 youtube did that, not Sega

[@JUSTICE971]

@@dinkledord7026 Sega is cool with people making content of their franchises, they are known for being chill with copyright

[@chaoticgoodcreations947]

Finally, a crisis big enough that it gets Chris to upload.

[@fuckgoogle2554]

War? Pfft. Hyperinflation? Nah. Community guideline strikes? It’s on, baby!

[@smokinbonez420]

A Chrisis if you will

[@atillanandorfuri3343]

It was either this or a nuclear apocalypse

[@daswasich1147]

@@smokinbonez420 *angrily upvotes

[@SSSauceyBuns]

Never let a tragedy go to waste!

[@jakeking974]

I was convinced that The Act Man was a decent guy when Quantum threatened his family via direct contact with them, and The Act Man DIDN'T do what I would have done (which is track down Quantum and beat him within an inch of his life for even attempting to interact with my family)

[@grelwing47]

My understanding of a "manual review" isn't that an actual person goes through and watches the video and gives a "yea or nay" -- but instead they just double-check the algorithm didn't come back with any errors when it flagged the video. So in my opinion it is arguably worse. They don't even care enough to *double-check* when they destroy someone's livelihood.

[@LividImp]

That sounds just stupid enough to be true.

[@groundbreaker91]

Would make sense. The video was an hour long; it took the manual review process only 30 minutes to come back and say the strike was correct, meaning there's no way that whoever was "reviewing" the video watched the whole damn thing to be sure in the first place.

[@reallyanotheruser7290]

Maybe it was some underpayed dude at youtube who didnt even watch the video/clip and just checked the box "valid"

[@bonnie1020a]

That or they only look at the short section that’s flagged by the algorithm and ignore the rest of the video

[@callumpears1523]

Slightly different but I've had it so many times where a completely innocent comment I make on Facebook gets a 'manual review' to confirm that it's 'against community standards' within literally 2 minutes of submitting a request. Sometimes wonder whether it's someone who just clicks 'yes' for everything or if it's even a real person at all.

[@theliegeoflettuce854]

I saw The Act Attorney's video like an hour after it came out and went back yesterday wondering where it went. The fact that his channel lost all it monetization over this bullshit is honestly horrific. Thanks for covering this and I hope Act-Man gets justice.

[@enis1687]

Oh god Chris please don’t get a strike I’ve heard KZbin are taking down people who talk about the act man

[@Hotlog69]

I heard that if you say, "Act Man" three times in the mirror. Susan appears ends your account!

[@Mark-nh2hs]

It's just more evidence of YT bias if they are targeting individual who are speaking out.

[@brolapse69]

They didn't just fail Act, they failed us all.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

Good lol. No one care about you gamer gater phuck ups lololol.

[@pretzelcatgaming8494]

Actman:*gets demonitized* Chris:"now this is an avengers level threat"

[@kimorayn1733]

Them bitchasses ain't gonna do shit until Morbius arrives.

[@JUSTICE971]

I mean Quantum TV does put the entire platform in danger

[@KyloRenmcgoo]

Every passing day it gets clearer that KZbin desperately needs strong competition. Without any viable alternatives there’s nothing to stop them from unabashedly disregarding their community, as we’ve seen with such decisions as the removal of the dislike count and now this.

[@LateNightTableCo]

Deadwing Dork did a YT short pointing out that by going after Act Man, YT just backed and supported a creator who once said “I wish you had been Pulse victim.” #StayClassyKZbin

[@iansmith1369]

I don't normally subscribe to conspiracy theories, but I genuinely feel like there's a person at YT actively gunning for Act Man

[@TheSektorz]

Aw shi7, I know the act man's channel and he makes great long-form content. A much-needed type of content that KZbin is increasingly lacking. KZbin is indeed a fn mess, I've been harassed with copyright strikes by corporations, demonetized for absolutely unproven reasons... The fact that you're standing up for the act man, and hopefully your audience and other bigger KZbinrs will, is the only thing that might at least individually help him, although not fix anything beyond that, because we've all seen this play out many times before. Props.

[@DeadBaron]

I nuked my channel and gave up when I was copyright struck for creative commons classical music. Wanted to make documentaries on planes. That shit's out the window. Hasn't been "You"Tube in years and has only gotten worse.

[@TheSektorz]

@@DeadBaron Dude I make music, and was once given a strike for my own music by a company that doesn't own it. The copyright system is so easily abused, so unchecked by KZbin... Not that if a human checks it it makes any difference by the looks of things. Don't give up on doing vids if that's your passion, though. A lot of people found success moving onto Facebook Watch and other options.

[@TheAuron32]

I blame a lot of this on the fact there simply isn't a rival to them, when you are the only real provider of a service, you tend to be able do what ever the hell you like.

[@HankBaxter]

"I should be on TikTok dancing" - That's exactly what they want you all to be doing.

[@John_Notmylastname]

Someone is striking channels that talk about this situation too. Curious to see how many get their channels attacked from speaking out as well.

[@Flounderboy15]

It's not just creators. I think KZbin has an active disdain/apathy for both creators and viewers. The only people they actively work for are advertisers.

[@Dasaltwarrior]

No matter how bad my Wi-Fi may get during a storm, you can fucking bet the ads I get will be UHD quality Not the video I want to watch tho, those don't load

[@inanimatesum4945]

Its always heartwarming to hear about that one friend who genuinely checks in every now and then.

[@ToughCanadian]

Truly insane. I wish there were a big website that could destroy KZbin in consumer experience

[@Tubeytime]

Odysee

[@sakurasensations4786]

KZbin, from the last few years, has demonstrated that it does not give a shit about any of us. It is an utter disappointment and is lacking in all significant areas of management. #JusticeForActMan

[@nuclearmatt8119]

You're a real homie, Chris! Show no mercy!

[@Dakocity]

Yea as someone who really wants to give this platform my all this whole situation is so disheartening. If this can happen to THE ACT MAN of all people if can happen to anyone.... hell it probably already has... KZbin needs to get their shit together

[@chrimbus3442]

Thanks for spreading the word. This whole situation is absolutely insane. KZbin needs a reality check.

[@andrewbrown687]

KZbin didn't just fail the Act Man, they failed every single one of their clients, users, creators, etc. KZbin failed everyone who uses their platform by making the indirect statement that everything QuantumTV did and said was okay. #JusticeForActMan

[@Sam-hg7il]

What happened to The Act Man is so sad and rage inducing. He seemed like a cool dude who's passionate about videogames. I feel like even if KZbin brought his channel back? This alone would be a passion killer

[@OneWingedAngel2x]

KZbin's problem is they have no competition. If they did, shit like this with The Act Man wouldnt happen because they would have to actually confront issues such as this instead of throwing up their hands and going "Fuck you, we dont care"

[@Score_Magala]

I absolutely HATE how YT thinks Act Man is being the bully, but Quantum TV gets...nothing. Despite the fact Quantum is an objectively horrible person. So, YT likes homophobia, active threats, heavy bullying, slander, and doxxing while HATING people calling those people out. That's what this all means to me. Never ever forget and forgive them for this. Even if they fix it. They NEED to be held accountable instead of being able to just giggle and shrug like "whoops, we scewed up, we'll never dew it again UwU" constantly.

[@FF009A]

UwU

[@Malgus87]

Stop using the homophobic defense when they are both homophobic and he only apologized when people showed his receipts.

[@DeadBaron]

It's because Quantum's skin. If a white guy was half as bad as Quantum they'd be gone or permanently demonetized. You can't even pretend otherwise.

[@FF009A]

@@Malgus87 What

[@KagatoAsuka]

@@FF009A Ignore them its just QTV bots.

[@LaperLarden]

"This guy sucks." Never have truer words been spoken. Fuck QuantumTV.

[@DrDementia]

I’m glad to watch this with you all before quantum sends his goons to mass report this. I’m sorry chris

[@ShinFahima]

It's only because Quantum piped down Wojcicki.

[@aes1373]

As much as Quantum is the big buddy here apparently its not him flagging videos. Actman looked into it and said it himself.

[@DrDementia]

@@aes1373 that could be true, quite literally anything is possible at this point in time

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@aes1373 His fans said in his Discord server that they mass reported the videos

[@arlaux1099]

@@aes1373 His fans in his discord have been openly mass reporting videos, and he has advocated for them to do so.

[@miatunes]

While I have never watched Act Man's content, he seriously did NOT DESERVE THIS. KZbin has been doing this to creators for years upon years and instead of letting their creators thrive, they shoot them down for mediocre reasons. His content seems enjoyable, and it's really horrible and disgusting of KZbin to do what they did. Stay strong Act Man, and everyone else who has fallen before #JusticeForActMan

[@BubbyBoy]

Just know, this only enboldens EDP's comeback on KZbin. You know, the 500 pound cupcake chaser. Fun, right? I hope KZbin thinks so too

[@Acheeto]

I’ve been binging your stuff lately, so good.

[@insensitive919]

Wait until you find the stuff he unlisted

[@BleachDemon707]

SILENCE CHECKMARK

[@anthonysanchez7538]

This is insane what is happening to the Actman. His content is hilarious and we're losing a great content creator for no reason.

[@thebonelessone3107]

God I hate KZbin so much. How is it even possible for a social media platform to NOT LISTEN to its OWN CREATORS?!

[@erikhermansen3431]

Are you new here?

[@Butter_Warrior99]

KZbin really had to pull a KZbin and be a hypocrite.

[@the_echoYT]

The only possible explanation for incompetence and abject spite for The Act Man of this magnitude, that I can come up with at least, is that Quantum TV has friends in KZbin HQ. That's the *only* way this makes even a modicum of sense.

[@rynn_crdm]

FINALLY! I've been waiting for Chris to make this video since the beginning of The Acting Attorney saga

[@k_bsh]

KZbin has dynamite infrastructure, but the admin hates anyone that goes against their bias. Policies be damned, their bias is their policy.

[@DashCamSamVids]

YT creators need to get together and form an arbitration union for retaining full time lawyers to sort stuff like this out.

[@Steamboat2016]

Worth mentioning he got a response on his appeal 30min after it was filed. For a 54min channel. They somehow reviewed the whole video in half the time it takes to watch the whole video

[@irishempire9811]

Im glad Chris is finally covering this, it should be shown how incompetent youtube is with thier own rules.

[@creativemaster5876]

Thank you for covering this, this huge stupidity on KZbin’s part really needs to be seen and reprimanded.

[@reinhardswart753]

This video/news is most ABSOLUTELY important to viewers. He is part of a handful of creators that makes the type of content that he does at that quality. If KZbin in their incompetence or possible even corruption are taking down those channels then where is that gonna leave us, the viewers? We can't find this type of content anywhere else so once it's gone. We're all fucked

[@anxioustoad174]

I saw this in my sub feed and thought; “ I’ll wait to watch this until I work my way up my sub feed.”, and then I realized that the video may be taken down for even talking about this situation.

[@Nyarlarthotep9]

What!?!?! They demonitized his channel!?!?!? I remember watching this unfold, Quantum went after a really small youtuber for calling him out on his stupid takes. Like a grown man bullied a teenager with at the time like 2k subs, and KZbin sided with him!?! This is fucked man.

[@HerrDurkslag]

Happy you're talking about this. I don't really follow any of the channels involved but I heard about KZbin's actions regarding it earlier today. It's absolutely insane, and especially considering the person KZbin is inadvertently defending in this situation is a person who has abused their copyright system, doxed individuals involved and has REPEATEDLY made racist and homophobic statements. This is a man who wished a person defending Ellie's kiss scene in TLoU2 had been killed in the Pulse nightclub shooting, and who is now claiming the people criticizing him are "hetero-phobic", all this during *Pride month* where no more than a week ago KZbin put out a tweet claiming they support their LGBTQ+ creators. Hopefully this story keeps gaining traction, KZbin reverses their decision and this serial copyright abuser gets the ban he so rightfully deserves. This guy sucks.

[@D_Abellus]

At this point, people might get desperate enough to go after sponsors, since a lot of the worst stuff looks bad on them with QTV being still monetized fully.

[@gameboycolor47]

you know it's serious when chris makes a timely video on a subject

[@elliejohnson2786]

Every time I come even slightly close to maybe even considering taking up video creation in any capacity, something like this happens and it immediately reminds me why my talents are better put elsewhere.

[@Idlemage]

Chris came back for the act man!!

[@AK-es9dn]

You know it's serious when Chris sees it and makes a video about it IMMEDIATELY

[@maltezachariassen7496]

Counterpoint: The viewers SHOULD be interested in this. This situation is ultimately going to hurt everyone, except maybe shareholders or investors of KZbin. The whole economy of this platform is based upon allowing content creators to freely express themselves and bring content to the platform. KZbin pulling this stunt not only shows future content creators that their future as a creator is not safe here, but also shows future investors that this is a failing platform. And while KZbin is actively trying to sink their own ship, competitors are getting more and more attractive. In the end, if KZbin doesn't change, this platform will fail and companies will find ad space somewhere else. Also as a sidenote: Can someone tell me how this fucking loser Quantum has so much pull with KZbin???? Does he have someone hostage? Is he an owner of an emerald mine in Zambia or something? I don't understand it.

[@WorldsTallestLeprechaun]

Have you seen his page? I have. First thing that jumped out at me are 4 glorified television advertisements, MADE BY HIM, and three of them are in his “member’s only” section. I saw all I needed to see for a motive there. He’s a shill whose probably getting paid under the table by LG and SONY for his “content creation”, and money also goes to youtube for Quantum’s commercials disguised as content. One of the most insane things about him is that his channel and the comments on his videos are FILLED with people who do nothing except suck his dick, despite how much people hate him. Which means he has to be policing his comment section religiously to delete anything negative being said about him. But a man HAS to take breaks to sleep, eat, make more shitty commercials, so he CAN’T have the time to do that himself. Somehow, QuantumTV has enough money to hire people to moderate his comment sections. How the fuck could his lame ass get THAT much cash, when you compare it to the absolute garbage, niche “content” he’s creating? He’s getting money from somewhere, and KZbin is getting a slice of it. And that’s why KZbin is cutting off TheActMan at the knees, because it’s run by greedy after-births.

[@kidordoom]

KZbin responded that the reason his YPP was revoked is due to his satirical tweets about doxxing creators and KZbin employees referencing the fact that he was literally doxxed by Quantum TV and his followers without any repercussions. What an actual fucking joke.

[@Peebs]

Catching up on this the past couple days. Super dissapointing. Really enjoyed the Act Man videos that I've seen. Really hope someone at youtube wakes up and fixes this shit.

[@thescrublife9340]

I know right, it’s just sad…

[@JUSTICE971]

The fact that imo one of the best channels on KZbin (alongside you peebs) is getting shit on by KZbin themselves is terrible

[@BleachDemon707]

SILENCE CHECKMARK

[@BleachDemon707]

@@JUSTICE971 SILENCE WANNABE CHECKMARK

[@thescrublife9340]

@@BleachDemon707 what a sad little man…

[@thefirely1439]

i say it everytime it happens. It happens time and time again and no one does anything about it. More creators need to be talking about this for sure.

[@flapstick_101]

When you can't complain on Twitter because you're suspended from Twitter, literally you're stuck in limbo. It's horrifying lmao

[@doomroca8234]

Thanks for bringing more light to this. #JusticeForActMan

[@gogzy606]

All this bullshit has ruined the site. So many great creators either banned outright, demonitised or demoralised to the point it isn't worth their time making vids. It's truly depressing.

[@angstygoblinentertainment1097]

I live for that zoom in at his glasses at the "glasses off" part

[@Clyman974]

It's been so many years that KZbin have been fucking over its creators, I'm more baffled that a competitor hasn't risen up to replace it yet. I know the logistics of this website are insane, but so are most porn websites, so I think it could be doable to make an new less restricted KZbin by now.

[@PublicAwakening]

There is. It’s called Rumble. It’s free speech based, very similar to KZbin and growing really fast and it has monetization now.

[@AllyMonsters]

@@PublicAwakening Eww.

[@arlaux1099]

@@PublicAwakening Rumble bans people all the time for violations of their TOS (basically anything that would disagree with a hegemonic far-right view of the world).

[@brittoncain5090]

@@AllyMonsters Yeah, I hate market competition too, best to just have one massive monopoly

[@AllyMonsters]

@@brittoncain5090 That's an interesting assumption of three letters. Rumble is just one big old nft, bitcoin, right-wing scammers paradise that's unable to stop drug cartels from posting on it. But yeah sure. Ya know. Totally all for capitalism ran rampart. Porn sites control their content more then Rumble does. Also last I checked, isn't me disliking Rumble a sign of competition? But I guess you're not use to dealing with more then yourself in a room.

[@GraySlicerAnimations]

"That means a thinking human brain, somebody with a functioning prefrontal cortex, enough to apply for a job at Google and KZbin..." You've already given them too much credit.

[@dangospark1179]

Corruption is almost always dismissed as stupidity and ignorance. When in reality they purposefully create the scenario, this is no exception. KZbin purposefully demonetized, age restricted and on top that completely banned The Act Man. The Act Man didn't break guidelines, nor offend his audience or the larger community. No what he did was quite simply address another "creator" for doing the later, and asked why KZbin hadn't taken action against this other "creator". KZbin instead of investigating this other "creator", they responded by demonetizing, age restricting and banned The Act Man. This tells us three things one the "guidelines" mean nothing, two KZbin is incapable of acting on behalf of the community. And third KZbin as we have always known, are in fact more focused upon restricting/ harassing average well meaning content creators. Than they are in dealing with those who undeniably break the "Terms of Service".

[@CrimeFighterFrog]

Pure, utter injustice. The entire platform is against this, yet the big corporation ignores it.

[@bigpapacrusty4034]

It's strange that right when multiple KZbinr's get striked/demonetized/videos deleted that QTV hasn't said a single word about the situation or drama in general while he's been pumping vids out during the whole beef. Also YT hasn't lifted a finger at him. There's definitely something going on behind the scene on Q's behalf. He's got an insider on his side or something for sure.

[@nicolejay4153]

KZbin is getting thoroughly tickled with all this .

[@canadiangopnik7007]

can we get some people working for youtube who actually USE youtube? If any of us worked at KZbin, I guarantee QuantumTv would be gone by now, I genuinely cannot believe that there's apparently no one at youtube who's seen this situation and thought "oh wait now hold on a second..." like in the act man's most recent video on the subject, he displayed irrefutable proof that Quantum has been ban evading for like four years, among other things, like genuinely how has his channel not been sent to the shadow realm by now?

[@rowanweaver3241]

man came back from 2 months to fight for act man, now thats a good friend man.

[@rowanweaver3241]

@smelly paws what the fu-

[@Atticus113]

Chris's "this shit makes me want to fucking kill myself" smile always gets me through the tough times ❤️

[@Mom-cf2je]

KZbin doesn’t want you to watch what you want to watch: YOUR subscriptions. They want you to watch what they promote. Which is funny because the only reason I’m ever on this site is for my subscriptions, and if I’m not getting those videos then I don’t wanna be here

[@dinosaurbros8908]

#justiceforactman , also its good to see another Chris Upload content on this tainted platform.

[@livetonfnv3176]

Of all the ways youtube could have possibly handled this, this has to be the worst way possible

[@solblackguy]

All content creators need to join in solidarity and go on a content strike. No content uploaded to KZbin for 30 days. KZbin and Google can learn who really runs this platform.

[@TRIPP5_Shurikens]

Occurred to me when you mentioned to algorithm not getting videos to subscribers; I saw you say this was coming on Twitter earlier and was watching my subscriptions. Finally saw it after going halfway down my home page's miscellaneous recommendations.

[@roberthouse4817]

KZbin didn't just fail the act man, they failed their entire viewer base and website

[@idktbh8739]

“Arise now, ye tarnished!” #JusticeForActMan

[@MechMK1]

It's very simple: KZbin knows that there is no alternative to their platform, so they can do whatever they want. They know you can't go away.

[@TheTrueRandomGamer]

KZbin can burn in hell forever.

[@DJGamingSmash]

I've gotten a lot of strikes that made no sense, thankfully it never got so bad that it deleted my channel, punishments were always "no monetization" and "invisible to other countries" which is whatever because I don't get paid for KZbin anyways.

[@officernealy]

Before you get too excited that Chris is back, just know that because he said "Act" and "Man" in the same sentence, his channel will now inevitably get double-tap'd by KZbin.

[@mikecurry6847]

This situation honestly really surprised me and I don't even really expect these platforms to make good decisions. The only thing I can think of is that quantum has friends at KZbin because this is mind blowing.

[@manmanderson]

Nude yoga perfectly fine. Criticizing youtube lose your channel

[@ScottE-2]

Thank you for making the video Chris, glad to hear you are doing okay and working on something cool. I just hope Act Man gets the justice he deserves. I hope more people become aware of just what is happening right now. Even if they don't need the whole picture since it is a rabbit hole, the actions they've taken are setting precedent to more evil on this platform.

[@KevinKoolx]

Absolute BS. I feel Thanos just won after Infinity War. This is just so wrong and I just can't believe that this will stand as is. Eventually a human with a brain will see this issue and make it right. We just need to make enough of a problem to YT to make a change

[@roger7097]

youtube deadass like hide this from my subscriptions list wtf

[@Lomhow]

I never liked the Act Man. I don't like the way he does his videos and I find a lot of his tweets cringe. But he does not deserve this shit. This is some reverse racism that KZbin is protecting this Quantum Cringelord over a long time KZbinr. Smh

[@briany990]

No one deserves it, we need freedom of expression above all else.

[@thatguybrody4819]

reverse racism? this is just racism pure and simple.

[@bushmonster1702]

no such thing as reverse racism lol

[@RandallStevenson]

KZbin really needs to stop picking winners and losers.

[@kalypso4133]

....and this is exactly why despite wanting to do YT for years now I haven't made any real attempt.

[@wesley6571]

Thanks for covering this!

[@hihello-tp3wi]

Can't imagine or think of a single example where rules or protections on a platform were ever rolled back after being made. KZbin either collapses and reforms, essentially resetting the rules, or is overtaken by less.. lethargic competition eventually.