Without revealing details -- I worked for this company at this time. I was privy to certain financial details. Google did not destroy them. A combination of

Without revealing details -- I worked for this company at this time. I was privy to certain financial details. Google did not destroy them. A combination of poor business decisions and possibly corruption did. I watched these decisions unfold in person and I won't provide certain details because I don't want to say anything that might be considered libelous, but this guy is straight-up throwing a pity party for himself. It has nothing to do with reality. Google was not actually evil back then. Did they offer contracts to content creators? Maybe. No reason Live Universe couldn't have done the same. There actually was lots of adult content on the Live Universe network of sites. Just -- everywhere. Content moderation was ineffective because so much of the community was driven by porn: Users wouldn't flag adult content because that's what they were there for, so massive amounts of it just piled up. Google had every reason to stop doing business with them. This guy straight-up admits there was child porn on the site and they were engaged in shady SEO tactics then bitches that Google delisted them. "I literally [built a YouTube competitor" -- no you didn't, man. You were just an employee for someone who did.