Bit of a less than awesome update. There wont be a video Tomorrow as I've had a lot of my time taken up lately trying to deal with the insane amount of people stealing and reposting my content as their own.
YouTube and Instagram are the only platforms I'm active on, but some unscrupulous individuals have been stealing my videos to then make up random AI voiceovers and post these to TikTok and Facebook.
I've tried reporting, but these big companies just ignore me, and why wouldn't they? From Facebook and TikTok's perspective, I'm not a user of theirs, I'm not making them any money, but these fake accounts are. And that seems to be all that matters to them.
When people DM me and tell me that they saw my content on TikTok I always pretty much just say that if I spent the time trying to take them all down, I'd have no time left for actually working on cars. But I also know that if I let them keep getting a way with it, then it may turn into a bigger problem.
The really brutal thing is that I put so much time and effort into these videos, and I make just enough to get by with YouTube, but these accounts on Facebook will get millions of views off my videos, and some even make more off them than I do, and that's a real kick in the nuts.
And that brings us to where you guys can help me.
I'm going to something pretty radical, and look at posting my own content on Facebook and TikTok. Hopefully if I build my channels up enough, maybe that will make them actually listen to me. I know a lot of you probably don't even use Facebook anymore and if you like my videos, you probably can't stand TikTok either, but it would really help me out if you could go over there and give me a follow. Once I've got enough followers and can apply for monetization, I believe that they might actually stop just throwing all my reports in the trash and actually listen to me.
The second thing I'd like to ask for is if you do come across my content by anyone pretending to be me, hit the report button, and drop a comment so that people know who really made it. I'm insanely lucky to have honestly one of the best fan bases on the internet and a lot of you are already doing this and it really means a lot.
I love making these builds even though filming them more than doubles the time it takes, but if I'm going to keep this up I need it to be worthwhile, and I can't do that when I'm working 70 hours a week and having my only source of income at the moment be stolen from me on these other platforms.
And if you've read this far then obviously this matters to you and I really appreciate it. You guys all mean a lot to me and I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you, and so if this is something that you car about as well, you can also consider supporting me over on Patreon. Lately I've been getting a few more Patrons and so I've been posting some more regular updates and behind the scenes of the latest builds.
Tofu Auto Works
Bit of a less than awesome update. There wont be a video Tomorrow as I've had a lot of my time taken up lately trying to deal with the insane amount of people stealing and reposting my content as their own.
YouTube and Instagram are the only platforms I'm active on, but some unscrupulous individuals have been stealing my videos to then make up random AI voiceovers and post these to TikTok and Facebook.
I've tried reporting, but these big companies just ignore me, and why wouldn't they? From Facebook and TikTok's perspective, I'm not a user of theirs, I'm not making them any money, but these fake accounts are. And that seems to be all that matters to them.
When people DM me and tell me that they saw my content on TikTok I always pretty much just say that if I spent the time trying to take them all down, I'd have no time left for actually working on cars. But I also know that if I let them keep getting a way with it, then it may turn into a bigger problem.
The really brutal thing is that I put so much time and effort into these videos, and I make just enough to get by with YouTube, but these accounts on Facebook will get millions of views off my videos, and some even make more off them than I do, and that's a real kick in the nuts.
And that brings us to where you guys can help me.
I'm going to something pretty radical, and look at posting my own content on Facebook and TikTok. Hopefully if I build my channels up enough, maybe that will make them actually listen to me. I know a lot of you probably don't even use Facebook anymore and if you like my videos, you probably can't stand TikTok either, but it would really help me out if you could go over there and give me a follow. Once I've got enough followers and can apply for monetization, I believe that they might actually stop just throwing all my reports in the trash and actually listen to me.
My official pages are:
www.facebook.com/tofuautoworks/
www.tiktok.com/@tofuautoworks
The second thing I'd like to ask for is if you do come across my content by anyone pretending to be me, hit the report button, and drop a comment so that people know who really made it. I'm insanely lucky to have honestly one of the best fan bases on the internet and a lot of you are already doing this and it really means a lot.
I love making these builds even though filming them more than doubles the time it takes, but if I'm going to keep this up I need it to be worthwhile, and I can't do that when I'm working 70 hours a week and having my only source of income at the moment be stolen from me on these other platforms.
And if you've read this far then obviously this matters to you and I really appreciate it. You guys all mean a lot to me and I wouldn't be able to do any of this without you, and so if this is something that you car about as well, you can also consider supporting me over on Patreon. Lately I've been getting a few more Patrons and so I've been posting some more regular updates and behind the scenes of the latest builds.
www.patreon.com/c/TofuAutoWorks
Sorry for the huge post, people ask me why I don't talk and I guess it's because once you get me started I don't shut up haha.
I'll try and have the next video up for you guys as soon as possible, until then thank you all for the support!
Cheers 🤙
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