apologies for this being kinda long and a little incoherent as well as quite a fair bit late ... i honestly don't really know what words to say in response to everything ...
if you don't know , august 13 , youtube is going to be enforcing an ai-based system determining whether or not you're old enough to watch whatever the hell you want on the site - if you don't pass its check you have to submit your personal information via id , credit card or a selfie ... none of this is okay and i will NOT be complying and you shoudlnt either . myself and many others will be boycotting the site until this policy is removed , and i beg you to please please join in this effort and do NOT give in to these ridiculous demands . this shoudlnt be allowed and you should NOT be okay with this .
it's going to be hard . the stats on my screen time are evidence enough of how tough it's going to be at least for me ... youtube was the first place i really explored the internet , it has such an important place in my life for making me who i am , i've used this site for over 11 years now , more than half my life at this point , i use it all the time to relive nostalgia or listen to music or just have fun with whatever silly thing someone uploaded ... it's led to me discovering things i never wouldn't have heard about otherwise , i've met friends i wouldnt have ever met without it ... i've watched so many let's plays , discovered so many kinds of music and games ... it's really hard to find the words i want to say and it's been even harder trying to think of how to spend my remaining time ... there were so many things i wanted to do but didn't because i wasn't ready or motivated to do them yet ... i wanted to make ytps , i wanted to make more amvs , i wanted to make detailed character analysis videos , i wanted to make silly random bullshit like reanimating old videos i made as a kid or making terrible musical recorder covers or burning drawings of my blorbos over dramatic music and ... now i guess i can't ... not here anyway ....
in some part while it tells me 'use your time wisely' i really don't know how to do that i never did still don't .... and for me to have to give that all up ... it's definitely far from easy is all i can say ... but despite all of that , no matter how much i don't want to do it , i would rather never for the rest of my life touch the site again than fork over my personal info - if it means this is the end of my time on youtube , then so be it - i simply cannot let this stand without even trying to make a point
censorship protects absolutely no one . it only restricts and controls and does no good whatsoever .
please boycott youtube and any sites asking for your personal information and don't come back until these policies are removed . it won't be easy , and it's going to be tempting to come back and give in but please stay strong . even if it seems a herculean task with little hope of making a difference , isn't it worth a try that maybe if enough people rebel it might do something ?
i don't really know where i'll move to videowise since unfortunately youtube is a pretty tough competitor to beat as there's really nothing quite like it but we'll just have to try , i guess ... as for other social medias if you want to follow me , you can follow me on tumblr , that's where i'll be most active even if i don't really post much but im trying to let my thoughts out more ... i also have instagram but i don't really use it anymore but it's the same user both places (verittean) if you're interested ...
thank you to everyone who watched my silly little videos whether it's been a brief time or a long time it's been fun until we meet again in another time and place , i suppose ... i'd like it to be here , i'd like to hope for a happy ending where this bullshit is removed even if it means years but until then this is goodbye
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apologies for this being kinda long and a little incoherent as well as quite a fair bit late ... i honestly don't really know what words to say in response to everything ...
if you don't know , august 13 , youtube is going to be enforcing an ai-based system determining whether or not you're old enough to watch whatever the hell you want on the site - if you don't pass its check you have to submit your personal information via id , credit card or a selfie ... none of this is okay and i will NOT be complying and you shoudlnt either . myself and many others will be boycotting the site until this policy is removed , and i beg you to please please join in this effort and do NOT give in to these ridiculous demands . this shoudlnt be allowed and you should NOT be okay with this .
it's going to be hard . the stats on my screen time are evidence enough of how tough it's going to be at least for me ... youtube was the first place i really explored the internet , it has such an important place in my life for making me who i am , i've used this site for over 11 years now , more than half my life at this point , i use it all the time to relive nostalgia or listen to music or just have fun with whatever silly thing someone uploaded ... it's led to me discovering things i never wouldn't have heard about otherwise , i've met friends i wouldnt have ever met without it ... i've watched so many let's plays , discovered so many kinds of music and games ... it's really hard to find the words i want to say and it's been even harder trying to think of how to spend my remaining time ... there were so many things i wanted to do but didn't because i wasn't ready or motivated to do them yet ... i wanted to make ytps , i wanted to make more amvs , i wanted to make detailed character analysis videos , i wanted to make silly random bullshit like reanimating old videos i made as a kid or making terrible musical recorder covers or burning drawings of my blorbos over dramatic music and ... now i guess i can't ... not here anyway ....
in some part while it tells me 'use your time wisely' i really don't know how to do that i never did still don't .... and for me to have to give that all up ... it's definitely far from easy is all i can say ... but despite all of that , no matter how much i don't want to do it , i would rather never for the rest of my life touch the site again than fork over my personal info - if it means this is the end of my time on youtube , then so be it - i simply cannot let this stand without even trying to make a point
censorship protects absolutely no one . it only restricts and controls and does no good whatsoever .
please boycott youtube and any sites asking for your personal information and don't come back until these policies are removed . it won't be easy , and it's going to be tempting to come back and give in but please stay strong .
even if it seems a herculean task with little hope of making a difference , isn't it worth a try that maybe if enough people rebel it might do something ?
i don't really know where i'll move to videowise since unfortunately youtube is a pretty tough competitor to beat as there's really nothing quite like it but we'll just have to try , i guess ... as for other social medias if you want to follow me , you can follow me on tumblr , that's where i'll be most active even if i don't really post much but im trying to let my thoughts out more ... i also have instagram but i don't really use it anymore but it's the same user both places (verittean) if you're interested ...
thank you to everyone who watched my silly little videos whether it's been a brief time or a long time it's been fun
until we meet again in another time and place , i suppose ... i'd like it to be here , i'd like to hope for a happy ending where this bullshit is removed even if it means years but until then this is goodbye
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