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Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by heavenlyblue »

stickfigure wrote: post #476
pdkl95 wrote: post #344

> I run a YouTube channel that is over 10 years old , has over 770,000 subscribers , almost 600 public videos , 120,000,000 views When writing software involved in managing a live, public, massively multi-user system, the traditional unix-style commands that are immediate, often silent, and capable of damaging effects become a really easy way to shoot yourself in the foot. Worse, some commands might let you accidenta…

Two days ago I restored a customer's data from backup because they typed "ALL" and hit OK on a dialog that said "This will change ALL of your things, type ALL to confirm". This dialog only pops up if N > 100, and normally makes you type the number (ALL is a special case). I just do not know how to make this more idiotproof short of making them fax in the request. No matter what you think is sane, some insane person w…

The bigger question I have, why did you not delete the data when asked to?

I understand idiot users, but what about users who actually want to delete it?

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by pndy »

jennyyang wrote: post #566

The fact that Google/Youtube has zero support infrastructure should be evidence that they are a monopoly and engaging in monopolistic activity. If Google/Youtube were NOT a monopoly, they would have invested significant amount of money in customer support. However, there is zero. The only reason they get away with this is because they have a monopoly. They are saving hundreds of millions in support costs by not deliv…

> The fact you can get all your work taken away because of fraud, and have no recourse is unacceptable.

Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Google/YT TOS saying that by uploading materials user gives away its rights to these (or at least some rights)?

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by C1sc0cat »

segfaultbuserr wrote: post #616
humaniania wrote: post #494

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Require a different user's authentication or admin code to approve an "ALL" transaction.

Yes, it works. But when the sample is large enough, it still happens once in a while. In 2004, a CSB investigation showed that an entire chemical plant exploded after the interlock was bypassed by the supervisor password [0][1]. > The explosion occurred when maintenance personnel entered a password to override computer safeguards, allowing premature opening of the sterilizer door. This caused an explosive mixture of…

Why would you ever ever have the ability do this "allowing premature opening of the sterilizer door".

Ironic it was air quality regulations - that did for them.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by dannyw »

heavenlyblue wrote: post #671
stickfigure wrote: post #476

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Two days ago I restored a customer's data from backup because they typed "ALL" and hit OK on a dialog that said "This will change ALL of your things, type ALL to confirm". This dialog only pops up if N > 100, and normally makes you type the number (ALL is a special case). I just do not know how to make this more idiotproof short of making them fax in the request. No matter what you think is sane, some insane person w…

The bigger question I have, why did you not delete the data when asked to? I understand idiot users, but what about users who actually want to delete it?

GP mentioned restoring from backups. You generally don’t delete from backups outside of the normal cycling policy, because otherwise they’re not backups.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by amelius »

pndy wrote: post #672
jennyyang wrote: post #566

The fact that Google/Youtube has zero support infrastructure should be evidence that they are a monopoly and engaging in monopolistic activity. If Google/Youtube were NOT a monopoly, they would have invested significant amount of money in customer support. However, there is zero. The only reason they get away with this is because they have a monopoly. They are saving hundreds of millions in support costs by not deliv…

> The fact you can get all your work taken away because of fraud, and have no recourse is unacceptable. Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't Google/YT TOS saying that by uploading materials user gives away its rights to these (or at least some rights)?

There is an extortionate component to the ToS, yes.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by bsder »

wlll wrote: post #295
bsder wrote: post #280

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You either overthrow The King, or you depend on his largesse and submit to his whims. "We don't care. We don't have to. We're Google." https://vimeo.com/355556831

What does "overthrow the king" look like when the alternatives are uploading your videos to other sites and getting a handful of views? It's like the alternative really is "depend on his largesse and submit to his whims beacuse you can't overthrow the king because he is too powerful". Like it or not YouTube is in an extremely solid position that is unlikely to be shifted by anyone at this point.

> What does "overthrow the king" look like when the alternatives are uploading your videos to other sites and getting a handful of views?

Twitch somehow seems to do a pretty good job of competing with YouTube.

If you move and only get a handful of views, do you really have a channel? If you can't take your viewers somewhere else, do you actually have viewers or are you simply one of the interchangeable nobodies that YouTube uses to keep YouTube viewers engaged?

I'm reminded of the "influencer" who couldn't sell 10 t-shirts to her "thousands" of viewers.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by segfaultbuserr »

IggleSniggle wrote: post #639
segfaultbuserr wrote: post #606

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In electrical engineering, the saying is "Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool." Also, in computer folklore, there are numerous stories of how non-technical users purposefully destroy foolproof mechanisms by brute-force, e.g. cut the slot on a DDR3 socket to insert a DDR2 RAM module and fry everything... And I wonder whether "don't use brute-force, if you have difficulty getting it in, it means you ar…

I think this is a good analogy for software. To the typical user, some software is easy and sensical, while other is obtuse and requires significant jiggering just to do the thing it was ostensibly designed to do.

There is a difference, however. The connectors that require a lot of force for insertion and removal have some true advantages, they are usually the simplest, cheapest and generally reliable components. Almost nothing can go wrong with a simple wire terminal, it's just a piece of rectangular or round metal. Although it can be difficult to disconnect for servicing, but you're only expected to do that once per year. On the other hand, "easy" connectors are designed in a way that, instead of requiring the mating force necessary for a good contact , it's provided by the connector mechanism itself, and as a result, they're often more complex, expensive, or fragile, such as a USB connector or a ZIF socket.

A software analogy for an "easy" connector would be, "fancy software with good user experience often has a lot of complexity hidden behind of scene, and can be fragile". But I'm not sure what would be the analogy for a cheap connector. Perhaps, a shell script?

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by C1sc0cat »

asdfasgasdgasdg wrote: post #561
Thorrez wrote: post #532

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>he believes that not profiting from the videos directly, on YouTube I don't see where he says that. He says he's never profited from selling other people's material. I think he considers putting up content for free with ads to not be selling content.

You are probably being more precise about what he said than I was, but I think the two claims are roughly isomorphic, and also roughly equally incorrect. If I use someone's song in my advertisement I didn't "profit from selling their material," but it's still a commercial use and they will succeed if they sue me or take down my ad.

Yes if we used copyrightable music on the TTRPG shows I play in for musical cues - we would need a licence.

Which is a pity as it would be nice to be able to use music cues to set the mood and enhance the experience.

Id have loved to used a clip from Bettye Swann's "then you can tell me goodbye" at the end of our recent Expanse one shot.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by kwanbix »

ta2234234242 wrote: post #551
dperfect wrote: post #529

I'm not a lawyer, and I definitely think the whole copyright system needs reform, but I believe there could be legitimate issues with the legality of publicly posting guitar covers as this person is doing on their channel. I'm not very familiar with the channel, but from the little I've seen, I believe the educational nature (and thereby fair use defense) could be debatable. Even if some of his videos are clearly edu…

> but I believe there could be legitimate issues with the legality of publicly posting guitar covers as this person is doing on their channel. In a legal sense, it is illegal unless they've paid the compulsory licensing fees. That said, Youtube was once a place to find new stars who did covers, and many of them got famous. And now people who got famous like KHS do covers without any kind of issue. https://www.youtube…

I am not from US, and I imagine you are, but it doesn't seem right that I cannot teach people to play instruments by playing a song.

Re: They're deleting my channel, but they don't know why? [video]

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Post by bluGill »

C1sc0cat wrote: post #673
segfaultbuserr wrote: post #616

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it works. But when the sample is large enough, it still happens once in a while. In 2004, a CSB investigation showed that an entire chemical plant exploded after the interlock was bypassed by the supervisor password [0][1]. > The explosion occurred when maintenance personnel entered a password to override computer safeguards, allowing premature opening of the sterilizer door. This caused an explosive mixture of…

Why would you ever ever have the ability do this "allowing premature opening of the sterilizer door". Ironic it was air quality regulations - that did for them.

There needs to be something in case the implementation forgot something. These are dangerous of course, but they can also save the day when something unexpected happens.
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