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there are tons of cool ww2-era training films on yt, one of my favorite things to put on in the background

• CamperBob2 8y ago
  There used to be a channel devoted entirely to stuff like this, run by a guy named Jeff Quitney. YouTube recently yanked his account for reasons they (apparently) didn't disclose, even though he (apparently) had no copyright strikes at all, and wasn't breaking any other rules as far as I could tell. Sadly, unlike some of the more popular YouTubers, he was unable to raise enough of a shitstorm on social media to draw the attention of anyone at Google who could look into it. His channel is now on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney https://vimeo.com/jeffquitney . Even though Vimeo sucks in numerous ways compared to YouTube -- no captions, no variable speed, no user comments -- they do seem to provide a valuable refuge for victims of the Google star chamber. It's well worth checking out for those who like this sort of thing.
  • inverters 8y ago
    One gets the sense that YouTube is downranking and filtering content according to a branding effort that projects a certain image. Thus, anything in conflict with the desired YouTube brand (especially if not feeding the financial flow), regardless of real trends, gets smothered. HN actually operates the same way, albeit as an aggregator, and thus with greater subtlety.
    • dang 8y ago
      How is it that you're saying HN operates?