Friend of Dorothy's

You'll notice this week that I'm changing my thumbnails a bit, but don't worry - the content of the videos are the same. I'm just trying some new things to reach a broader audience

1 month ago | [YT] | 68

Friend of Dorothy's

Spent two hours with the utterly useless "help" option which is clearly just an AI chatbot. The "agent" states they will help me, put me on hold then comes back to say they can't view videos that were already decided on. What's the purpose of the help option if you can't challenge an appeal decision that's clearly incorrect? How does the YT system flag a video for nudity if it contains none and it's confirmed on appeal within 30 seconds of the appeal being submitted? There's no way a human being reviewed the video being appealed within 30 seconds of me pressing "appeal".

And the chatbot AI is convinced they are human! The Help chatbot uses generic responses and doesn't simply answer my basic question: "Did you take a second look at the video like you promised?" Instead it talks around the issue in circles; telling me "It seems your video was removed for violating the nudity policy". When asked if it's a chatbot, the "agent" insists that it's human, but keeps offering generic answers without addressing my questions!

So frustrating!

1 month ago | [YT] | 70

Friend of Dorothy's

This is getting old! Youtube AI flagged my video once again for containing nudity - this time removing the video... but the music video I featured in my video is still on youtube and monetized - how is that possible?

And as before, I appealed it and youtube "reached a decision" within 30 seconds of me submitting the appeal - clearly no human being took a second look at my video.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 101

Friend of Dorothy's

As suspected! There's no way a "human reviewer" watched and reviewed an 8 minute video in under 3 minutes. They claim the appeal is rejected because a human reviewer watched the video and found it to contain nudity (which it doesn't). Here's the kicker - the YT human reviewers must have super powers because the appeal was rejected within 3 minutes of me submitting them. Only the Flash can watch an 8 minute video in 3 minutes. If the video was sped up by the reviewer, this is unfair and bias practices on the part of YT. How can you make an informed decision based on what you THINK you saw in a video that was sped up x6 times?

1 month ago | [YT] | 108

Friend of Dorothy's

This is the nonsense we as creators have to deal with. I posted this video in APRIL 2025 and all of a sudden it's being slapped with an age restriction for containing nudity. Age restrictions = no revenue generated and this is worrisome to someone whose main source of income is Youtube. The video does not contain ANY nudity and simply discuss the shows. I've appealed the decision, but the appeal option has no option to explain WHY you disagree with YT, so, as always, they'll probably just dismiss my appeal once again

1 month ago | [YT] | 79

Friend of Dorothy's

What type of videos would you like to see on Fridays?

2 months ago | [YT] | 43

Friend of Dorothy's

Last night's video is only being uploaded now as we had a power outage for 22 hours. Better late than never I suppose? I just hope the viewers who enjoy my "Hunks you may have forgotten about" video series see the late upload

2 months ago | [YT] | 38

Friend of Dorothy's

Woke up this morning to find out Youtube removed my thumbnail because apparently it violated their nudity policy... WTF? Since when is Tom Daley's speedo's considered nudity? I obviously appealed it, and to my shock, Youtube reached a decision within less than 30 seconds from me submitting my appeal - their decision stands. This sounds to me more like AI decisions than "human intervention" like they promise when you submit something for an appeal.

2 months ago | [YT] | 125