Dec. 6, 2016 - Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin
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| So I've got some rather alarming news. | |
| It seems that the channel of my friend Bering has been terminated without warning, and he hasn't been given any kind of explanation for it. | |
| He had 300,000 subscribers, so this is just a bolt of lightning out of the blue, especially as his YouTube account was his full-time job. | |
| He didn't have any copyright strikes on his account before these three were struck onto him, so he doesn't have any further information, and neither do I. | |
| I don't know whether it's a glitch or whether it's some anhero taking shots, but needless to say, it's a bit perturbing nonetheless. | |
| Because unfortunately, there is every chance that this is a political act of censorship. | |
| There's a petition in the description if you'd like to sign it and show Bering your support. | |
| But as I said, we don't know why this has happened yet, so there's no need to jump to conclusions. | |
| Unlike a bunch of SJWs on Twitter who are currently tweeting out to him to lord it over him, how he's just lost his livelihood. | |
| What wonderful people they are. | |
| If you'd like to stay informed with what's happening with this, you can use the free Bearing hashtag on Twitter where everyone's posting any information that they have. | |
| Since I am also a full-time YouTube content creator, you can imagine how I'm a little worried about this. | |
| It's given me the impetus to do a few things that I've been putting off out of laziness because I frankly didn't have to do them. | |
| So I guess now I will. | |
| The first one is I would strongly recommend following me on minds.com slash Sargon of ACAD with underscores. | |
| Because if I, for some reason, lose my YouTube channels, I will use the backup ones. | |
| But if I lose them as well, for whatever reason, this is a separate and ideologically neutral platform. | |
| I've spoken to Bill Ottman, who is the guy in charge of it, and he has been very clear on the, he is very pro-free speech. | |
| He is very concerned about ideological neutrality to provide an actual forum. | |
| And I can host videos on there. | |
| So if you want to follow me just in case, I would strongly recommend it. | |
| I do post other content on as well. | |
| Like I've said before, I really like it. | |
| And no, I'm not being paid. | |
| I just like their service. | |
| And I like the fact that they don't hate us, which I think is a great thing. | |
| You know, this is a platform that isn't already staffed with SJWs right to the top. | |
| He's not going to be Jack Dorsey, basically, which is brilliant. | |
| Or Mark Zuckerberg. | |
| But the second thing I've done is I've made a change to my Patreon account. | |
| It was per video that patrons would be donating on. | |
| But honestly, I set that up in advance. | |
| I set that up years ago as well. | |
| When I first started doing this full-time, because I didn't know how many videos I'd produce. | |
| And I didn't want it to be like I would produce like three videos a month. | |
| And then people give me like the amounts that they've pledged. | |
| Because if I've only produced three videos, I feel like I'm ripping people off, you know? | |
| So I thought, right, if I do it per video. | |
| But I produce a lot of videos a month. | |
| And people have been complaining at me because I'll upload all the videos on Patreon and then they'll get like 20 emails letting them know that videos they've already watched are up and yeah, I can appreciate how that would be annoying. | |
| And to be honest with you, I kind of felt like I was taking more from people than I'd really earned. | |
| I mean, maybe it's like imposter syndrome or something, but I really felt that like there weren't people capping their donations or something. | |
| And so I produce like 20 or 30 videos, or probably not 30, but probably like 15, 20 videos. | |
| And they might have been intending to give a dollar or something. | |
| And I end up with $15 from them. | |
| And I don't know whether they intend it or not. | |
| I I don't know and so it just seems easier if I just it just seemed easier to set it to one monthly thing Because then I know that people know exactly what they're going to be donating to. | |
| And if you'd like to support me, I'd really appreciate it. | |
| Obviously, I don't like shelling my Patreon. | |
| I don't put it in the bottom of my videos for a reason, because I don't want it to be the focus of anything that I'm doing. | |
| I don't want people to think that this is why I'm doing things. | |
| I do things because I think they need to be done, and I appreciate it when people support me, because they also think it needs to be done. | |
| I don't really like using incentives on Patreon either, because there's something about that makes me feel like I'm just trying to do it to get money out of people. | |
| Whereas, like, people have recommended doing a Patreon hangout once a month and stuff. | |
| And I was thinking, well, I mean, hey, I'm always really busy, but I'm sure I can make the time for that. | |
| But I don't want to, I don't want people to have to pay to get access to me or anything. | |
| I mean, I'm always available to people on Twitter or in the comments and stuff. | |
| You know, I read the comments and I reply if it's necessary for me to apply. | |
| And if people ask me questions, I do try to reply. | |
| I'm terrible at answering emails, so don't send me questions by email. | |
| But, you know, I try to be available. | |
| I don't want to just, I don't want to be just some guy that people have to pay to talk to, for fuck's sake. | |
| That sounds terrible. | |
| But I can understand if people who are donating money to me want to have a conversation with me. | |
| So I guess if you're a patron of mine, message me on Patreon and we'll talk. | |
| I've tried not to use Patreon to talk to people through, though, because I don't want to feel influenced by the fact that they're giving me money. | |
| But on the other side, well, these people are giving me money. | |
| How can I be like, oh, I'm not going to do a hangout with you? | |
| So I don't know. | |
| I'm all conflicted about the thing. | |
| And I have been since I started my Patreon, I've been conflicted about it. | |
| But I really need to have it now, so I can't exactly, I can't get a bit fucking late in that. | |
| But anyway, I'm rambling now. | |
| Sorry about my voice as well. | |
| I've been really sick. | |
| And sorry that this turned into kind of like an update video halfway through. | |
| These are things I've been planning to do for ages. | |
| I've just not had a kick up my backside. | |
| And Bering's channel being unjustly suspended is, of course, a kick up my backside. | |
| But yeah, the hashtag is freebearing, so please do use it. | |
| And do sign the petition, because even if it's a glitch and it means nothing, I'm sure Bering would really appreciate the support because the SJWs are going really hard at him on Twitter. | |
| And honestly, Tim, stop being a piece of shit. | |
| This is the man's livelihood. |
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