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seems to be some russian guy who calls himself Maxim Sakulevich (from youtube's url https://www.youtube.com/user/MaximSakulevich/community https://www.youtube.c

by u0a92 6y ago

seems to be some russian guy who calls himself Maxim Sakulevich (from youtube's url https://www.youtube.com/user/MaximSakulevich/community https://www.youtube.com/user/MaximSakulevich/community which you'll get by clicking on the 'SpaceX' channel name and on community)... instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxim_sakulevich/ https://www.instagram.com/maxim_sakulevich/ ... and some blog https://maximsakulevich.blogspot.com/ https://maximsakulevich.blogspot.com/ ... definitely a modern way of making/stealing money

detaro 6y ago
That guy likely is a victim here: Channels get hacked and rebranded for those scams to get an initial subscriber base.
- u0a92 6y ago
  Good point. So who should be responsible? Mr. Sakulevich/channel owners? Youtube/platform provider? Scammer (probably won't take responsibility)? Victims who fail for it? Educating all people (including channel owners and scammers) probably won't work/ won't be fast enough against fast paced internet technology and 'I want to use it now without effort' mentality.
  - anonymousab 6y ago
    Sometimes the channels are derelict - someone created the account, maybe to leave a comment, then never really used it again. Maybe you could argue that people should be responsible for shutting down unused accounts. I wouldn't agree but that's not unreasonable. But it is often the case that the owners of these accounts try to get access back from YouTube, to no avail. Several animators I subscribed to had their accounts hacked (maybe poor passwords) and filled with crypto scam nonsense and the process of getting them back was hopeless and took many months of concerted effort from them and their fans. At that point, though the scammers are of course primarily at fault, I'd also place blame on YouTube for allowing the scam-turned accounts to remain. Protection for user content that is sometimes illegal should cease when a host repeatedly fails to remove that (specific instance of) content in good faith.
    - hckr_news 6y ago
      Also probably shouldn’t use your real name on any site nevermind YouTube. From that alone we have almost a clear idea of his life, his Instagram page, his children. Very scary stuff. I’d hate to be this public about my own life.
hckr_news 6y ago
Someone should notify him that his account was hacked.

by u0a92 6y ago

detaro 6y ago

That guy likely is a victim here: Channels get hacked and rebranded for those scams to get an initial subscriber base.

u0a92 6y ago
Good point. So who should be responsible? Mr. Sakulevich/channel owners? Youtube/platform provider? Scammer (probably won't take responsibility)? Victims who fail for it? Educating all people (including channel owners and scammers) probably won't work/ won't be fast enough against fast paced internet technology and 'I want to use it now without effort' mentality.
- anonymousab 6y ago
  Sometimes the channels are derelict - someone created the account, maybe to leave a comment, then never really used it again. Maybe you could argue that people should be responsible for shutting down unused accounts. I wouldn't agree but that's not unreasonable. But it is often the case that the owners of these accounts try to get access back from YouTube, to no avail. Several animators I subscribed to had their accounts hacked (maybe poor passwords) and filled with crypto scam nonsense and the process of getting them back was hopeless and took many months of concerted effort from them and their fans. At that point, though the scammers are of course primarily at fault, I'd also place blame on YouTube for allowing the scam-turned accounts to remain. Protection for user content that is sometimes illegal should cease when a host repeatedly fails to remove that (specific instance of) content in good faith.
  - hckr_news 6y ago
    Also probably shouldn’t use your real name on any site nevermind YouTube. From that alone we have almost a clear idea of his life, his Instagram page, his children. Very scary stuff. I’d hate to be this public about my own life.

hckr_news 6y ago

Someone should notify him that his account was hacked.