Youtube tightening noose on gunsmithing/reloading vids?

**bluetrane2028** · March 21st, 2018, 01:33 AM

I work in IT for an advertising agency. I do not know the full particulars and am surely oversimplifying in an attempt to make things clear, however...

Google has an almost complete lock on the internet.

They make money on 90% or more of the advertising you see on the internet. They own the content creation companies and the ad placement software. They have also convinced just about every site on the internet to add special code from Google to "help them (the site owner) with their advertising" which really means developing a complete picture of what every person who uses the internet does.

Google owns you, or at least your browsing history and habits... and Youtube.

The Left was worried about net neutrality? I'm worried about Google.

Oh, and Comcast has done similar things with TV. They are the utility that brings the service to many households, they own several channels, and they own the biggest TV ad placement software in the country, which is called Strata. Strata was recently acquired by a company called Freewheel, which is a Comcast company.

I'd love to time machine John Rockefeller to the present day. He'd marvel at how these executives have managed to make antitrust rulings simply not apply. It's amazing.

**Hodgie** · March 21st, 2018, 02:06 AM

Facts and Numbers

The very first YouTube video was uploaded on 23 April 2005.

The total number of people who use YouTube – 1,300,000,000.

300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute!

Almost 5 billion videos are watched on Youtube every single day.

YouTube gets over 30 million visitors per day.

More here.
https://fortunelords.com/youtube-statistics/

**cephas** · March 21st, 2018, 03:40 PM

In range TV working around YouTube. "At this time we are currently publishing content simultaneously on YouTube, Full30, Facebook, BitChute and now PornHub." Interesting choices.
https://www.facebook.com/inrangetv/p...71030276257244

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**Stooperzero** · March 21st, 2018, 03:59 PM

Othais and pornhub on the same screen makes me giggle sickeningly .

**Hodgie** · March 21st, 2018, 04:00 PM

I support In Range on Patreon and love their content but I'm not a fan of the porn hub choice. To me it caters directly to the anti's who would be more then happy to demonize and categorize legal safe gun ownership with fringe XXX porno.

**Emptymag** · March 21st, 2018, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Hodgie

I support In Range on Patron and love their content but I'm not a fan of the porn hub choice. To me it caters directly to the anti's who would be more then happy to demonize and categorize legal safe gun ownership with fringe XXX porno.

Seriously. That was an asinine move on their part.

**raxar** · March 21st, 2018, 04:30 PM

I am disappointed that none of you have suggested we all start making "illeagal" videos and posting them on Youtube.

**Hodgie** · March 21st, 2018, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by Emptymag

Seriously. That was an asinine move on their part.

Apparently they aren't the only ones.

They posted this today on Patreon

was contacted directly by Bloomberg Media via email regarding our recent move to PornHub as a distribution point asking for further information.
This was my reply to them verbatim, with no edits.

~Karl

"Hello,

Thank you for your interest in InRange and for looking into this issue deeper as it is obviously an important one that deals with far more than just our content on InRange, but touches at the core of social media’s control over what has become increasingly “the public sphere of conversation”.

YouTube’s recent update on their policy towards firearm content is extremely poorly worded and open ended. It is unclear what their goals are directly, as well as what content is (or might be) actually effected. YouTube’s actions against firearms related, as well as some other, content over recent history has been increasingly arbitrary and capricious so there is little reason to believe that this new policy is not going to be used to hammer content creators into whatever corner they see fit. Over the last year or so we’ve seen our content be de-prioritized, flagged erroneously, demonetized by AI bots with little recourse, subscribers lose their notifications and subscription status without warning and more.

InRange has taken a number of steps to partially mitigate this attack against our legal and responsible content: we deleted our AdSense account entirely and moved to a crowd sourced funding model wholly via Patreon, have posted a number of videos in regards to digital rights and issues above and beyond that of just firearms related content, and we’ve decentralized the distribution of content to multiple delivery networks. At this time we are currently publishing content simultaneously on YouTube, Full30, Facebook, BitChute and now PornHub. We will not be seeking any monetization from PornHub and do not know what their monetization policies are, we are merely looking for a safe harbor for our content and for our viewers.

I would like to point out that a very simple search on YouTube for marijuana and bong reveals substantial results of people explaining, teaching the use of, advocation and actively using a Federally illegal schedule 1 substance:

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...marijuana+bong

While I personally believe that people should have autonomy over their own body and be allowed to make personal choices about what they intake into themselves, I can’t help but find it hypocritical and disturbing that clearly illegal activity is acceptable while clearly legal activity, such as the content we distribute via InRange, is being actively persecuted.

In summary, we are looking for a safe harbor for our legal content and viewers, monetization aside. YouTube has the global dominance over the public narrative and it is unacceptable, in our opinion, for them to threaten livelihoods and legal content regardless of whatever current moral panic is in play.

If I can be of any further assistance, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Karl Kasarda
&
Ian McCollum"

**762xIan** · March 22nd, 2018, 12:06 AM

The purge is in progress, old stuff I had bookmarked is disappearing from youtube, it's not just gun vids either.

Good thread on the subject over on AR-15 about folks downloading vids to "save" them from being lost.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/...093593/?page=1

**Hodgie** · March 22nd, 2018, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by 762xIan

The purge is in progress, old stuff I had bookmarked is disappearing from youtube, it's not just gun vids either.

Good thread on the subject over on AR-15 about folks downloading vids to "save" them from being lost.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/...093593/?page=1

Thanks for sharing this. I'm going to check out the links for downloading tomorrow when I have access to my lap top. If I can get it all going then I will spend the weekend downloading the greater majority of my "save for later" folder. I just went through it and realized how many instructional and build videos I have in there for so many different.

The suppression of information is very sad.