My @DRutter DTube account is inaccessible, perhaps permanently. Recently, they "upgraded", forcing all users to re-register their names and create new accounts.
I went through this re-registration process today, creating yet another private key, to be saved in a secure offline location (a slip of paper inside a safe, for example). Then I had to provide Hymendanger/DTube my Steem blockchain private active key, which is a security risk, especially since it must be entered through another 3rd-or-4th-party service, "steemconnect". Steemit itself has warned users not to use this service (and instead use the new Keychain plugin). But there was no alternative, so I jumped through those hoops, and took the security risks.
(I'll allow the embarassing programming error/oversight in the text to slide.) The "Please Wait" icon just turned and turned, for an hour. Nothing ever happened. I tried logging in, but it said my account doesn't exist.
So, I rebooted and tried the whole thing again. Same result, I jump through all the hoops and then the site fails to create my account. DTube suggests "Read our game changing v0.9 update article!", but it's a bad link, taking me instead to the Steem profile page of 
Hopefully DTube gets their act together soon, but after the past 2 years, I'm not holding my breath.
I recently signed up for Bitchute, a censorship-resistant video site, but my account won't accept video uploads. They either don't process completely, or they're reduced to a single frame (0 minutes 0 seconds).
Even stranger, there's a 24-minute video on my BitChute channel that I never put there. It's a video I did for YouTube. How did it get on my BitChute channel, and why didn't it show up there until a couple days ago?
And why is there no way to edit or delete videos on my channel?
EDIT: Now a day later, my YouTube upload has just appeared on my BitChute channel! See here. Apparently BitChute 'grabs' all my YouTube uploads automatically? I'm not sure what's going on.
I signed up and finally got my BitTube account working recently, but when I logged in today, the site informed me that it has been closed and replaced by an all-new site called "BitTubers".
The other big new website for deplatformed vloggers is 3Speak, and I went through the application process last week. A few days ago, I was accepted!
Sadly, the Thumbnail button (to add a thumbnail to your post) doesn't work. Clicking it has no effect, and there's no other way to add a thumbnail. Since a thumbnail is required, there's no way to upload a video to 3Speak until this is fixed.
I tried the "live help" box, but it took them over a week to get back to me, and it was an auto-generated response informing me that thumbnails should be under 300kb. I feel a bit insulted at being treated like I don't matter, but I could get over that, if only the site worked. It currently doesn't.
UPDATE: By switching to a new browser, I was able to complete the upload process, and get my first 3Speak post up! Click here to check it out. :) If you're trying to get started on 3Speak, and have a similar problem, download a new browser and see if that solves it.
If you have any advice for how to make the above sites work for me, please comment.
I would also appreciate hearing about any other sites for vloggers using desktop PCs and internet browsers (not a smart device), that don't censor opinions they disagree with, allow cannabis-related content, and actually work?
I have several hundred videos and documentaries that need a home, and I'm constantly creating more content which is in demand. I have several videos waiting to be uploaded, and lots more being produced all the time. If someone other than Google figures out how to run a video site, content-creators by the millions will flock there. All it really needs to be able to do is:
Everything else is gravy. If somebody figures out how to do those 2 things, please let me know!
Until then, I've had to upload this particular video to Google:
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