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Episode 569 Scott Adams Why This Video Will Be Demonetized On YouTube

Episode #569 Jun 17, 2019 7:01 15,869 views

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Hey everybody, come on in. Got an interesting topic guaranteed to be shadow banned by YouTube. So we'll wait for a few more people to get in here. This could be a single-topic Periscope.

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MainContent Media & Fake News

I was just checking my YouTube analytics, and YouTube is really good at showing you all the different ways you can analyze who's watching and why they're watching and all that. There's one view where you can see that YouTube has decided to demonetize any particular videos that you've created. I was…

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MainContent Media & Fake News

So if you're wondering what is the slippery slope for, let's say, demonetization on YouTube, and of course I'm famously saying there's no such thing as the slippery slope. There are always limits that pop up to stop things from sliding forever. Now this is sort of a special case because it appears,…

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Closing General Commentary

So anyway, I've said enough. I'm going to leave it at that. We'll check in with you tomorrow. See you then.

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Hey everybody, come on in. Got an interesting topic guaranteed to be shadow banned by YouTube. So we'll wait for a few more people to get in here. This could be a single-topic Periscope.

I was just checking my YouTube analytics, and YouTube is really good at showing you all the different ways you can analyze who's watching and why they're watching and all that. There's one view where you can see that YouTube has decided to demonetize any particular videos that you've created. I was a little bit surprised to find out that my one demonetized video that I had before, which didn't bother me, I didn't see why it would be demonetized. I appealed it and I forgot about it because it was only one video out of many. But I just logged on and it turns out there are a number of demonetized videos now.

Those of you who watch me on Periscope may or may not know that I take this exact video that happens on Periscope and I just put it on YouTube. So if you've been watching me on Periscope, you have a real good sense of my content. Can you imagine that five or six of my videos in the last month would be inappropriate on YouTube? Think about it. Think about anything you've seen me do, because a lot of you watched all of these Periscopes. Think of anything I've done that would be inappropriate for advertisers.

Now, demonetized means that you can still view them but they're demonetized. However, through a little A/B testing I have discovered what demonetizes your video, and you are gonna go crazy when I tell you what it is. Said anybody? Well, I guess there is one topic that I mentioned that causes them to be demonetized automatically. And the one that I appealed, I lost on appeal, meaning that they looked at it, a human looked at it and said yes, this is something that should not be monetized. It's when I debunk the fine people hoax. That's right. Some of you already guessed it.

Now it's not language. There doesn't seem to be any correlation with anything except when I debunk a hoax. So when I debunk a hoax, I get demonetized. And let me tell you, this is a hoax that is not an opinion. This is just look at the transcript and see for yourself. It's right there. It's in the clearest possible language. I'm literally trying to repair a hoax with solid information which is easy to verify. You could look at it, you could listen to the video, you can do it yourself. And on several occasions it appears that just the mere mention of it causes it to be demonetized.

Now this will be the further confirmation test. So in theory this video will be demonetized. Yeah, and I'll let you know. It looks like it takes a week or so before they get around to looking at everything. But think about that. Think about the fact that all I'm doing is debunking a hoax that is a dangerous hoax because it divides the nation. I think that's just what's happening here.

And by the way, the other ones that are demonetized, they also don't seem to have any reason that I can determine. Now I do talk about topics in the headlines such as, I'm not going to mention that. I actually, I'm not going to mention another topic because I'm going to just keep it on this topic and that will be our confirmation that this topic is it.

So if you're wondering what is the slippery slope for, let's say, demonetization on YouTube, and of course I'm famously saying there's no such thing as the slippery slope. There are always limits that pop up to stop things from sliding forever. Now this is sort of a special case because it appears, and by the way the first one that got demonetized is where I said that if the fine people hoax, the only topic I'm going to talk about today, I said the first one that got demonetized, I said that if the fine people hoax were debunked in a way that the nation agrees it's been debunked, it would change everything about how people saw this president.

I've referred to it as the alpha hoax. It's the hoax that makes all the other ones believable because they're not believable by themselves. They contradict observed behavior. But if you believed that this president said what it is reported he said about Charlottesville and the neo-Nazis, if you believe he really said that they were fine people, well then you're primed to believe all kinds of stuff even without good evidence just because confirmation bias kicks in. So this is sort of a big flag. This is a big flag.

So we're gonna test this. I think I've done a pretty good job of keeping it on topic and so I didn't have much else to talk about in this one. I'd like to keep it on that topic. We'll put this up in a little while and we'll see if YouTube, which would mean Google, think about this. Think about the fact that Google might be preventing the public from knowing that what the biggest story that defines our political understanding is the hoax. And not only is it a hoax, it's the easiest debunked hoax in the history of hoaxes. Here's the transcript, look for yourself. Here's the video of the president talking, look for yourself. That's it. That's the whole debunking right there. The whole thing.

So anyway, I've said enough. I'm going to leave it at that. We'll check in with you tomorrow. See you then.

um hey everybody come on in here got an interesting topic guaranteed to be Shadow banned by You.

Tube so we wait for a few more people to get in the air this could be a single topic periscope so I was just checking my You.

Tube analytics and You.

Tube is really good at showing you all the different ways you can analyze who's watching and why they're watching and all that and there's one view where you can see that You.

Tube has decided to demonetized any particular videos that you've created and I was a little bit surprised to find out that my 1d monetized video that I had before which didn't bother me it I didn't see why it would be demonetized I appealed it and I forgot about it because it was only one video out of many but I just logged on and it turns out there are a number of deep monetized videos now those of you who watch me on periscope you may or may not know that I take this exact video that happens on periscope and I just put it on youtube so if you've been watching me on periscope you have a real good sense of my content can you imagine that five or six of my videos and the last month would be inappropriate on You.

Tube think about it think about anything you've seen me do because a lot of you watched all of these periscopes think of anything I've done there would be inappropriate for advertisers now demonetized means that you can still view them but they're demonetized however through a little a/b testing I have discovered what D monetizes your video and you are gonna go crazy what I tell you what it is said anybody we want I guess there is one topic that I mentioned that causes them to be demonetized automatically and the one that I appealed I lost on appeal meaning that they looked at it a human looked at it and said yes this this is something that should not be monetized it's what I do bunk the fine people hoax that's right so some of you already guessed now it's not language there doesn't seem to be any correlation with anything except when I debunk a hoax so when I debunk a hoax I get demonetised and let me tell you this is a hoax that is not an opinion this is just look at the transcript and see for yourself it's right there it's in the clearest possible language I'm literally trying to repair a hoax with solid information which is easy to verify you could look at it you could listen to the video you can do it yourself and on several occasions it appears that just the mere mention of it causes it to be demonetised now this will be the further confirmation test so in theory this video will be demonetised yeah and I'll let you know it looks like it takes a week or so before before they get around to looking at everything but think about that think about the fact that all I'm doing is debunking a hoax that is a dangerous hoax because it divides the nation I think that's just what's happening here and by the way the other the other ones that are demonetised they also don't seem to have any reason that I can determine now I do talk about topics in the headlines such as I'm not going to mention that I actually I'm not going to mention another topic because I'm going to just keep it on this topic and that will be our confirmation that this topic is not so if you're wondering what is the slippery slope for let's say D monetization on You.

Tube and and of course I'm famously say there's no such thing as the slippery slope there are you know there are always limits that pop up to stop things from sliding forever now this is sort of a special case because it appears and by the way the first one that got banned is where I said that if the fine people hoax the only topic I'm going to talk about today I said the first one that got deep monetized I said that if the fine people hoax were debunked in a way that you know the nation agrees it's been debunked it would change everything about how people saw this president I've referred to it as the alpha hoax it's the hoax that makes all the other ones believable because they're not believable by themselves they they contradict observes to behavior but if you believed that this president said what it is reported he said about charlottesville and the neo-nazis if you believes he really said that they were fine people well then you're primed to believe all kinds of stuff even without good evidence just because confirmation bias kicks in so this is sort of a big flag this is a big flag so we're gonna test this I think I've done a pretty good job of keeping it on topic and so I didn't have much else to talk about in this one I'd like to keep it on that topic we'll put this up in a little while and we'll see if You.

Tube which would mean Google think about this think about the fact that Google might be preventing the public from knowing that what the biggest story that defines our political understanding is the hoax and not only is it hoax it's the easiest debunked hoax in the history of hoaxes here's the transcript look for yourself here's the video of the president talking look for yourself that's it that's the whole debunking right there the whole thing so anyway I've said enough I'm going to leave it at that we'll check in with you tomorrow see you that

um hey everybody come on in here got an

interesting topic guaranteed to be

Shadow banned by YouTube so we wait for

a few more people to get in the air this

could be a single topic periscope so I

was just checking my YouTube analytics

and YouTube is really good at showing

you all the different ways you can

analyze who's watching and why they're

watching and all that and there's one

view where you can see that YouTube has

decided to demonetized

any particular videos that you've

created and I was a little bit surprised

to find out that my 1d monetized video

that I had before which didn't bother me

it I didn't see why it would be

demonetized I appealed it and I forgot

about it because it was only one video

out of many but I just logged on and it

turns out there are a number of deep

monetized videos now those of you who

watch me on periscope you may or may not

know that I take this exact video that

happens on periscope and I just put it

on youtube so if you've been watching me

on periscope you have a real good sense

of my content can you imagine that five

or six of my videos and the last month

would be inappropriate on YouTube think

about it think about anything you've

seen me do because a lot of you watched

all of these periscopes think of

anything I've done there would be

inappropriate for advertisers

now demonetized means that you can still

view them but they're demonetized

however through a little a/b testing I

have discovered what D monetizes your

video and you are gonna go crazy what I

tell you what it is

said anybody we want I guess there is

one topic that I mentioned that causes

them to be

demonetized automatically and the one

that I appealed I lost on appeal meaning

that they looked at it a human looked at

it and said yes this this is something

that should not be monetized it's what I

do bunk the fine people hoax that's

right so some of you already guessed now

it's not language there doesn't seem to

be any correlation with anything except

when I debunk a hoax so when I debunk a

hoax

I get demonetised and let me tell you

this is a hoax that is not an opinion

this is just look at the transcript and

see for yourself it's right there it's

in the clearest possible language I'm

literally trying to repair a hoax with

solid information which is easy to

verify you could look at it you could

listen to the video you can do it

yourself and on several occasions it

appears that just the mere mention of it

causes it to be demonetised now this

will be the further confirmation test so

in theory this video will be demonetised

yeah and I'll let you know it looks like

it takes a week or so before before they

get around to looking at everything but

think about that think about the fact

that all I'm doing is debunking a hoax

that is a dangerous hoax because it

divides the nation I think that's just

what's happening here and by the way the

other the other ones that are

demonetised

they also don't seem to have any reason

that I can determine now I do talk about

topics in the headlines such as I'm not

going to mention that I actually I'm not

going to mention another topic because

I'm going to just keep it on this topic

and that will be our confirmation that

this topic is not

so if you're wondering what is the

slippery slope for let's say D

monetization on YouTube and and of

course I'm famously say there's no such

thing as the slippery slope there are

you know there are always limits that

pop up to stop things from sliding

forever now this is sort of a special

case because it appears and by the way

the first one that got banned is where I

said that if the fine people hoax the

only topic I'm going to talk about today

I said the first one that got deep

monetized I said that if the fine people

hoax were debunked in a way that you

know the nation agrees it's been

debunked it would change everything

about how people saw this president I've

referred to it as the alpha hoax it's

the hoax that makes all the other ones

believable because they're not

believable by themselves they they

contradict observes to behavior but if

you believed that this president said

what it is reported he said about

charlottesville and the neo-nazis if you

believes he really said that they were

fine people well then you're primed to

believe all kinds of stuff even without

good evidence

just because confirmation bias kicks in

so this is sort of a big flag this is a

big flag so we're gonna test this I

think I've done a pretty good job of

keeping it on topic and so I didn't have

much else to talk about in this one I'd

like to keep it on that topic we'll put

this up in a little while and we'll see

if YouTube which would mean Google think

about this think about the fact that

Google might be preventing the public

from knowing that what the biggest story

that defines our political understanding

is the hoax and not only is it hoax it's

the easiest debunked hoax in the history

of hoaxes

here's the transcript look for yourself

here's the video of the president

talking look for yourself that's it

that's the whole debunking right there

the whole thing so anyway I've said

enough I'm going to leave it at that

we'll check in with you tomorrow see you

that