Big YouTube Players Increasingly Promoting Steemit/DTube In Lieu of FB/YT ‘Boots’

in #life6 years ago (edited)

Recently, I’ve been hearing more and more of the ‘serious’ YouTube players say how they’re getting booted off both Facebook, and even YouTube.

In the same breath, they swiftly mention where they can now be found; most notably Steemit and DTube! They’re also endorsing Twitch and BitChute; but ne’er a mention of Twitter.

Ha!

This reminds me that there’s no such mechanical boot in the decentralized world. Of course, nothing is perfect; and decentralization is most definitely a two-edged sword. As with anything life, decentralization is a constant balancing act of good and evil.

The majority of people on the STEEM platforms are harmless creatures; however, there are some vipers that will rob you senseless if you ALLOW them to. This world, including this platform, is not for the impoverished person with a scheme to get-rich-quick. I can’t think of anything as such that would yield a fruitful harvest.

Do your due diligence. Evil exists; but, the beauty of decentralization is, that unlike centralized venues, censorship isn’t so blatant as to say, you’re no longer welcome here because of a politically controversial agenda. Yes, one can be flagged to oblivion; and, that’s a good thing in most cases.

Keep your eye on the Steem economy. It just may gain traction in the years to come if the various platforms remain a viable refuge for YouTube whales.

The more I hear the words “booted off” one platform, while clearly hearing endorsements/promoting of Steem venues, the more I receive a tangible ray of encouragement that the value could soar without the current gravitational dips, so common with soarings toward the moon.

In addition, it’s quite exciting times, as recent rumors persist that the FB CEO is considering a blockchain adaption of the app.

For some strange reason, I’d feel a huge sense of naivete if I ignored the possibility of @ned and the FB CEO planning a ‘let’s be friends’ collaboration of platforms…

And, just like that…an instant…lol…

I’m reminded…lol…that this is Steemit…bwhahahaha…

And the only change that occurs, has the prefix ‘ex-’ in front of it…..i.e. an exchange of words…an exchange of SP, etc...now, rofl.

Best regards.

Peace.

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A well known Youtuber was how I first heard about Steem, so I really hope more Youtubers let their audience know about this platform.

more Youtubers let their audience know

I think it's inevitable, considering YouTube has totally derailed some lucrative channels.

Btw, I also learned about Steemit via YouTube. I heard someone mention Steemit in one of their vlogs. In turn, I put Steemit in the YT search engine; and, the rest is history.

Best regards.

Peace.

You're spot on. It's not just controversial Youtubers that are getting demonetized. David Pakman who is mostly just a milquetoast liberal was demonetized heavily, but he's not doing bad on Steem at all.

For those having to start over, the decentralized platform is definitely a safeguard to prevent losing years of hard work. Some were able to grab their vault of videos; but, many lost everything.

This should be a wake-up call to new vloggers. Upload every YT vid to Dtube as a backup. Nothing's 100% hack-proof; but, multiple layers helps prevent getting blindsided. For added convenience, it's good to have a private YT channel with every vlog in an unpublished vault.

Peace.

Yeah, but it's still quite unsecure. I mean when you're hosting a file on a primarily centralized server there's always a chance of either a hardware failure or Youtube removing your content because they don't like it. Dtube is very different because it runs off the IPFS network, but it's still best to have backups of your content on a hard drive. internal and external ideally.

Youtube removing your content

The thought of this is haunting...Anyone reading this, and vlogging on YouTube would do well to follow your suggestions:

Dtube and...backups of your content on a hard drive

For sure about the hard drive backups.

Thanks for the explanation!

Peace.

No problem. I've been in the internet content creation scene for years. I've seen so many great Youtubers get screwed over I'm really sick of it.

Thankfully, most are bouncing back after 90-day strikes. And, others are resiliently, starting over with new channels.

I'm reminded of AMTV, who was able to privatize his channel (saving his work); and others, who underestimated the major changes, and lost. They tried to take their projects to FB; but, found themselves with even less power on that platform.

It has definitely been an eye-opener.

Peace.

Do your due diligence.

Your post makes the case for this statement. You are one of hundreds on the platform feeling duped by what I presume are 'bot' campaigns.

It is important for all to voice a bad experience, leaving it for others to decipher the details. I leave you with a quote of your own words:

It's really my fault, had I looked into it more I would have seen all the comments...

Best regards.

Peace.

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