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Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. Imagine the furor and outrage of th

Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. Imagine the furor and outrage of that. One of the most popular, meaningful, and impactful channels done in by YouTube's (and the DMCA's) ridiculous policy [1]. The public outcry from this might motivate real policy changes both within Google and other FANNG companies as well as with lawmakers. Until a big channel gets stricken, this will continue to plague smaller creators with no recourse. We need a symbolic gesture of this magnitude to effectuate real change. [1] And it's not like YouTube would actually delete their data or we wouldn't have a way to restore it. This is such an important channel that there's no way it wouldn't be restored by Google or archivists.

JoshuaDavid 2y ago
> Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. Does the "3 strikes" policy apply to large channels that bring in a lot of views and ad revenue?
- gsich 2y ago
  I would assume so, until proven otherwise.
- bb88 2y ago
  I don't think it does. Keep in mind though that 3blue1brown is peanuts compared to Mr. Beast. I would not be surprised if Youtube has a team dedicated to keep Mr. Beast happy.
  - VBprogrammer 2y ago
    > Keep in mind though that 3blue1brown is peanuts compared to Mr. Beast. Well, there is a thought which is not helping keep the January blues at bay.
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    Imagine being on that team, and going home every day and reflecting on your career choices.
    - kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
      But the free sushi...
      - bb88 2y ago
        Until you piss off the whale, and the whale says you should be fired...
edanm 2y ago
I love 3blue1brown and have followed the channel for years. One of my absolute favorite content creators. But I think you're vastly overestimate how popular he is compared to other channels that have gotten copyright strikes, or how much YouTube/Google care. I also don't love YouTube's policy, but are you so confident there's a better policy out there?
- hn8726 2y ago
  Out of curiosity I checked, and he's at 6.83M subscribers. According to https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/3blue1brown https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/3blue1brown (not sure how trustworthy the site is, but I believe it should give a general idea) it's 706th channel by subscribers.
- RandomBK 2y ago
  On the other hand, 3B1B's audience tends to heavily bias towards the tech crowd. I'm at a FAANG, and a decent number of our senior engineers know the channel. I agree it's not enough to directly push policy, but the impact is certainly larger than what the subscriber count might otherwise suggest.
cyberax 2y ago
> Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. > Imagine the furor and outrage of that. Nothing will happen. Nobody cares about relatively small groups of geeks. People will write angry posts at Youtube, but there's nothing anybody can do. For example, RZX Archive channel (that hosted replays of ZX Spectrum games) was taken down by fake copyright strikes. Its author died several years ago, so nobody could fix that.
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JoshuaDavid 2y ago

> Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. Does the "3 strikes" policy apply to large channels that bring in a lot of views and ad revenue?

gsich 2y ago
I would assume so, until proven otherwise.
bb88 2y ago
I don't think it does. Keep in mind though that 3blue1brown is peanuts compared to Mr. Beast. I would not be surprised if Youtube has a team dedicated to keep Mr. Beast happy.
- VBprogrammer 2y ago
  > Keep in mind though that 3blue1brown is peanuts compared to Mr. Beast. Well, there is a thought which is not helping keep the January blues at bay.
- pavel_lishin 2y ago
  Imagine being on that team, and going home every day and reflecting on your career choices.
  - kevin_thibedeau 2y ago
    But the free sushi...
    - bb88 2y ago
      Until you piss off the whale, and the whale says you should be fired...

edanm 2y ago

I love 3blue1brown and have followed the channel for years. One of my absolute favorite content creators. But I think you're vastly overestimate how popular he is compared to other channels that have gotten copyright strikes, or how much YouTube/Google care. I also don't love YouTube's policy, but are you so confident there's a better policy out there?

hn8726 2y ago
Out of curiosity I checked, and he's at 6.83M subscribers. According to https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/3blue1brown https://socialblade.com/youtube/c/3blue1brown (not sure how trustworthy the site is, but I believe it should give a general idea) it's 706th channel by subscribers.
RandomBK 2y ago
On the other hand, 3B1B's audience tends to heavily bias towards the tech crowd. I'm at a FAANG, and a decent number of our senior engineers know the channel. I agree it's not enough to directly push policy, but the impact is certainly larger than what the subscriber count might otherwise suggest.

cyberax 2y ago

> Contrary to this, I'd like to see 3blue1brown actually get two more strikes and get deleted per YouTube "3 strikes" policy. > Imagine the furor and outrage of that. Nothing will happen. Nobody cares about relatively small groups of geeks. People will write angry posts at Youtube, but there's nothing anybody can do. For example, RZX Archive channel (that hosted replays of ZX Spectrum games) was taken down by fake copyright strikes. Its author died several years ago, so nobody could fix that.

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