No update from YouTube, Update from Anna and Ben *read until end plz* (Patreon)

hi guys! today has been what it has been. We have heard that other creators who have a much larger social footprint, had to wait a few weeks or more for YouTube to step in and help in any meaningful way in similar scenarios. YouTube is going to take the time that they apparently need before they clearly respond to a twitter dm asking for the account to be frozen so that a live stream doesn't hurt innocent people. (I for one had questions from my grandmother asking after the fact if she should donate to the stream tonight.)

This is predatory and wrong. This is a disappointment that not only we are facing in real time, but other creators have gone through. Whether they are channels with larger followings or more importantly channels that haven't ever had the chance to grow due to these complications. It is saddening coming from someone who has been an avid supporter of the platform starting with =3 introducing me to qwop and Cr1TiKaL 14 years ago (charlie the unicorn/shwoop da woop mention)

it is defeating. But what to do now?

Anna and I spent the last 6 hours and 14 minutes since learning about the account being hacked downloading 98% of our channels videos before they were able to take them all down. That is over 1000 videos. If needed, we will upload them all again.

We will continue our release schedule as well for you guys here on Patreon. Monogatari will be released tomorrow as we had previously planned.

thank you all for everything ^.^

-ben <3