Please Read: 7 years of my work could be lost overnight (Patreon)
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Hello everyone, hope you're doing well today!Unfortunately I'm here to share with you some quite upsetting news.What's happening:Over the last couple of days I've been seeing Twitter posts from YT creators losing their channels overnight, for no clear violation, no warning, and no way to appeal the decision. The reason is pretty clear - YT's AI detection system that has been banning AI Slop channels, which in and of itself is a good thing, but because this system is not perfect, hundreds of authentic channels with real people have been incorrectly flagged and terminated as well.Due to the nature of reaction content, I'm very scared that the same may happen to my channel as well. That one day I might wake up and see 7 years of my work deleted off YT like it never existed. And as most of you know, running YT and Patreon is my main job, and so my livelyhood and the livelyhood of my friend who works with me as my editor greatly depend on it. And like I said, unlike with copyright strikes, where you first get a warning, and then you need to get 3 strikes to have your channel terminated, from what I've been reading on Twitter, there's no warning whatsoever. Bam, and the channel's gone. What you can do today:If you care about what I do and wish to stay connected, make sure you subscribe to my Patreon for free, even if you don't plan to subscribe to any of the paid tiers (if you're already subscribed to any tier, including the free one then you're fine). Since I don't have my own website, this Patreon page will always be my main hub, my home base, my main platfrom where, if anything were to happen to my YT channel, I will be posting my regular reactions that would usually go to YT, share updates on the situation and potentially ask for your help.Also, please follow my Twitter (X) account at aaron_freemanYT. It's blank, I just created it, but history shows that YT support is a bit more active on Twitter, so if I have at least a little following there, there's a chance they might notice me.And lastly, potentially inform your favorite reaction creators of the possibility of termination so they can also take all the necessary steps.I genuinely want to stay positive and hope that everything's going to be ok and that I'm blowing this out of proportion, but with the real cases of unjust terminations I can't just stay silent. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so so much for all your continued support through the years! Let's stay connected no matter what happens to my YT!Thank you for taking your time to read this and have a great time of day wherever you are!