The Youtube crypto purge is a serious concern for all of us crypto enthusiasts. This past few hours as Christmas approaches, numerous crypto Youtubers were all banned, censored, blocked, or whatever you want to call it. This is bad news.
Youtube might be a commercial and centralized entity but many crypto enthusiasts were using it mainly because of the “reach” it provides. But with the purge recently, something is up. What’s going on? Many of my favorite crypto Youtubers are off. I don’t know if it is Youtube itself, or Government, or is it individuals who dislike certain channels? I doubt it is individual viewers calling for a block on their hated crypto channels who “dis” their alts. Not if so many channels are going down simultaneously. I looks like something bigger, like overall Youtube algos, or some overlord from the government or whatever, performing censorship.
And why did some channels go down and not all? Crypto Zombie is still up and streaming. As well as others. Chris Dunn however, who had a following of around 200k subscribers has been hit badly. He lost two years worth of videos – all deleted by YT. He was one of my very first YT crypto teachers. Max Keiser was my original crypto guru though, thanks to Russia Today News channel.
Many of us learn most of our knowledge about Crypto from Youtubers. Fortunately there are alternative sites or platforms for uploading video content, like Twitch, LBRY, Dtube, Steemit, Bitchute, Periscope, Flote and others. Even Uptrennd has a video upload option.
Has Bitcoin and Crypto met its nemesis? Is big brother aiming to cull the crypto herd? Or is it something less ominous? All these questions. I wonder if anyone knows, but it is a cause for concern. Crypto has been severely targeted, all of its short 10 year life – going on 11 years in a few days, based on the Genesis blockchain launched by Satoshi Nakamoto. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is an attack by the mainstream financial industry or the government against crypto.
Thanks to our crypto websites and platforms like this one, we can still read articles and blog posts on crypto to stay informed, learn and share ideas. Their is a saying: “The dogs may bark but the caravan will pass.” Similarly Bitcoin will go on despite the mainstream animosity or purge. A “voilation of community guidelines” as mentioned by Youtube seems lame. “Harmful or dangerous content” is nonsense. I know there are scammers regularly in crypto but any informed crypto enthusiast can see that the channels purged are good, informative educational channels.
It’s the centralized global powers that are fighting crypto. The elite mainstream are clamping down. That may be the main cause for the Youtube purge. However, there are scammers who shill ponzi schemes on Youtube and they need to be purged, so it could just be the YT algos making a big swoop and throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Fortunately Twitter still allows crypto content for creators. So check out the alternative and especially decentralized platforms on which speech is free and truth is available. Reclaim your sovereignty as a free agent. We may be the last generation born free as the world powers shift toward "dictatorship mode".
Any ideas guys, on what is going on with the YT crypto purge?