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Aug 5·edited Aug 5

Boy the old content really holds up. 2018. I can't beleive it's been 6 years.

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Well, that video was pretty dumb and absolutely filled with your irrational fears you were trying to rationalize by coming up with some wacky theory why some people are transgender (it's actually a genetic variant of humans and that's basically it), but I wouldn't say it deserved to be a reason for account removal. Too bad it happened to you. I wish people just fucked off already.

Where to now, Max?

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I appreciate the extremely qualified support as always. I guess I'll host my stuff on Rumble and embed it on my website for now.

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"qualified support"

lol, yeah, that's me in a nutshell

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Do you have any plans to reupload the supporter streams from April 8th and earlier aswell? They no longer exist on Substack.

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Yeah, I have to get the website working again and I'm traveling next week so it might be a week or two.

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Beyond disappointing. I can only imagine the frustration you may be feeling. It’s like irrational whiplash. If you’d like any info or support in hosting your own streaming site, I can share what limited info I have and/or labor to spare to get you started. There’s lots of open source resources that could significantly reduce start up costs. Just a thought because I would be happy to help.

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I appreciate the offer. I'm going to switch to Rumble as a host and see if it works first, since it would be free.

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dope, I’ll make an account to support 🤘

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I imagine these bans are probably automated once something is flagged enough. Wouldn't be surprised if nobody on the vimeo staff ever actually reviewed the video. I can partly give that a pass due to the sheer man hours that kind of thing probably requires, though a better appeals process would be nice.

The folks I feel the real distaste for are the ones who do the flagging. Someone needs to put the rest of us out of their misery.

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I emailed back and forth with them. It was not automated and their decision is final.

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Well, that's even more depressing! I suppose the absolute last resort in this day and age would be hosting your own site, but that doesn't come cheap.

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Yeah I think that would be really expensive.

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I tried watching some of your videos from your site earlier and I hoped this wasn't the case for why they weren't working. It sucks to see this keep happening. I hope they are back up soon.

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Damn, that sucks man. There's something about your content that hits deep for people at the edges of society, many of whom are unheard, hurt and vulnerable. They respond in many ways. Some want to give you exorbitant amounts of money, and some react in extreme defensive fear. Ultimately, it's these media sites that are broken in that they can't handle this type of response. It just sucks all around...

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This is a nice framing of the situation.

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Just so you know, you have my continued support. I hate that this happened.

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I appreciate it.

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