Why your support really matters (Patreon)

Folks,

I would like to thank you all for your support on Patreon. I really cannot do what I do without your help.

Above is YouTube's assessment of my most recent video. They deem that it's covers a "Controversial issue". Their examples of controversial issues include suicide, sexual abuse,, child abuse or domestic abuse. It seems that my topic of choice (scams and scammers) are not Disney enough for their platform and the video is demonetized. This happens to a lot of videos and I can't quite fathom why some are allowed and others aren't. I could blame it on a faulty algorithm, but this is apparently the result of human review. I have no come-back either... when the decision is made, it's final.

It's also the reason why I've been too afraid to give up my day job and concentrate on YouTube. The videos take a long time to put together and I spent a number of weeks with a writer to make sure he had enough material to confront not just the scammer you see in the video, but another top-level scammer who has made millions in scams. It's a subject for a future video. I don't get paid for this time, I make no money from the article in the NY Times magazine and my only source of revenue from the video is literally YouTube and Patreon. I do not get sponsorship from 3rd parties - I don't want to make this channel a commercial one.

So this is simply a 'thank you' for allowing me to be able to continue to be able to help others become aware of scams and help close them down when I can. You are all stars.