Banned From YouTube

[ezman604]

Hey Brian, sorry to hear this. Seems some folks have a knee-jerk reaction to current events and are taking "steps" they deem necessary. Bunch of bunk if you ask me. They are taking the WRONG steps that will then give them a false sense of "doing" something.
I received a message a bit earlier today from Rick Eusler that they have terminated his airgunweb site also. I will be getting with him shortly since we had already discussed his having a GTA area last year but we never finished the setup. If you would like such an area on our forum to post your videos, you can always use your vendor gate or get with me and we can set you up a seperate area to post them. This forum was originated to help airgunners and get all information out to the community. And we will continue to do so as long as we are able!!!
Let me know how we can help. Thanks for all you do for us airgun nutz!!!
SAFE & Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave
 

[Wayne52]

All my hunting videos for the hunting gate are unlisted, evidently it's ok if you have them unlisted.

[oldpro]

Hey Brian, sorry to hear this. Seems some folks have a knee-jerk reaction to current events and are taking "steps" they deem necessary. Bunch of bunk if you ask me. They are taking the WRONG steps that will then give them a false sense of "doing" something.
I received a message a bit earlier today from Rick Eusler that they have terminated his airgunweb site also. I will be getting with him shortly since we had already discussed his having a GTA area last year but we never finished the setup. If you would like such an area on our forum to post your videos, you can always use your vendor gate or get with me and we can set you up a seperate area to post them. This forum was originated to help airgunners and get all information out to the community. And we will continue to do so as long as we are able!!!
Let me know how we can help. Thanks for all you do for us airgun nutz!!!
SAFE & Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave
 

[oldpro]

 Sounds like we need a new VIDEO gate!! Way to step up to the plate and offer a home to those who YouTube turned their noses up to.

[Wayne52]

Hickock45 started posting videos on full 30 a long time ago because of the hastle that he's gone through with youtube.  He just shoots targets too but I see he's still posting on youtube yet

[ezman604]

Exactly my thought Travis. What I suggested to my co-admins is setting up the Airgun Video Library. And set up gates on there for Rick, Brian and others as a place to plant their videos for us to enjoy. I'm waiting to hear back from Rich and David as well as needing input and suggestions from Brian and Rick on how they would like to see this set up.

[oldpro]

Exactly my thought Travis. What I suggested to my co-admins is setting up the Airgun Video Library. And set up gates on there for Rick, Brian and others as a place to plant their videos for us to enjoy. I'm waiting to hear back from Rich and David as well as needing input and suggestions from Brian and Rick on how they would like to see this set up.

Stupendous!!!

[Brian10956]

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that my channel "Edgun West" has been terminated by Youtube because they stated I violated their "Community Guidelines".  They feel airguns are dangerous and I can only guess because I taught people how to modify and work on airguns they deemed this "harmful to minors."  I appealed this decision, but I was unable to get Youtube to change their mind.  I have been banned from emailing them again.  I am not going to let me stop making videos or sharing them.  I started this just having fun, and I was encouraged by Ernest to make DIY videos.  This passion eventually led me to import the gun I love above all others "the EDgun".  If I stop making videos, it will change my whole business model.  I know my videos are wordy and not polished ( I envy Steve's and Matt's professional editing) but I like making no-frills videos.  I hope me going to a new hosting service won't prevent people from seeing my videos, but I am left without another option. 

Here is my replaced video for the R5 .30, and as I stated before, there will be more in the series

Thanks for understanding 
Brian

I see all the little kids saving their allowance just to buy one of your $1500+ air rifles and souping it up so they can kill an Elephant. No wonder you were dumped by them. Looking forward to see you elseware.

[Jr007]

Its not only hunting they ban even free truth speech if you don't follow the left wing PC ideology they will boot you out or try. They tired to boot these to two conservative black women that happen to be sister from YouTube from what I heard they file a lawsuit against YouTube . When I heard stuff like this it reminder me of the story of Battle Of Athens, Tennessee.

[Back_Roads]

 If they ban all air rifles on the tube, what will I watch on youtube ANSWER NOTHING !!!

[Deckard1973]

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that my channel "Edgun West" has been terminated by Youtube because they stated I violated their "Community Guidelines".  They feel airguns are dangerous and I can only guess because I taught people how to modify and work on airguns they deemed this "harmful to minors."  I appealed this decision, but I was unable to get Youtube to change their mind.  I have been banned from emailing them again.  I am not going to let me stop making videos or sharing them.  I started this just having fun, and I was encouraged by Ernest to make DIY videos.  This passion eventually led me to import the gun I love above all others "the EDgun".  If I stop making videos, it will change my whole business model.  I know my videos are wordy and not polished ( I envy Steve's and Matt's professional editing) but I like making no-frills videos.  I hope me going to a new hosting service won't prevent people from seeing my videos, but I am left without another option. 

Here is my replaced video for the R5 .30, and as I stated before, there will be more in the series

Thanks for understanding 
Brian

I see all the little kids saving their allowance just to buy one of your $1500+ air rifles and souping it up so they can kill an Elephant. No wonder you were dumped by them. Looking forward to see you elseware.

What?
Is that a joke?
Or a poor attempt at one?

[oldpro]

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that my channel "Edgun West" has been terminated by Youtube because they stated I violated their "Community Guidelines".  They feel airguns are dangerous and I can only guess because I taught people how to modify and work on airguns they deemed this "harmful to minors."  I appealed this decision, but I was unable to get Youtube to change their mind.  I have been banned from emailing them again.  I am not going to let me stop making videos or sharing them.  I started this just having fun, and I was encouraged by Ernest to make DIY videos.  This passion eventually led me to import the gun I love above all others "the EDgun".  If I stop making videos, it will change my whole business model.  I know my videos are wordy and not polished ( I envy Steve's and Matt's professional editing) but I like making no-frills videos.  I hope me going to a new hosting service won't prevent people from seeing my videos, but I am left without another option. 

Here is my replaced video for the R5 .30, and as I stated before, there will be more in the series

Thanks for understanding 
Brian

I see all the little kids saving their allowance just to buy one of your $1500+ air rifles and souping it up so they can kill an Elephant. No wonder you were dumped by them. Looking forward to see you elseware.

What?
Is that a joke?
Or a poor attempt at one?

same thing I thought but often the written word lacks what ones trying to say(I hope)

[Keyser Soze]

So there was not a single video that caused the ban.  My videos were very generic, I did not have any pest control on the channel.   Not that I am against pest control or hunting videos, I just wasn't good at filming them.  In a nutshell, Google would not answer me on what exactly I violated.  I think for them it is better to not tell someone and open up legal ramifications. 

About the gun,
all the specs can be found here:
https://www.edgunwest.com/store/p57/Edgun_R5_Matador_.30_caliber__%2A%2A_In_Stock%2A%2A.html

[Bullfrog]

Youtube has been hard-timing me for a long time, although its been a while since they've tried to ban a video outright. Instead, they've been demonetizing my most popular videos and also age restricting them.

I have noticed a pattern. For whatever reason, a video will start to go viral after sitting around for several months with relatively few views. All of a sudden, it jumps from 25k views to 200k views in a few weeks. Those are the videos that bring in advertising money and lots of new subscribers. Without fail, when a video starts doing that, Youtube steps in and restricts it, taking away my ad money and dramatically limiting who has the video appear as a recommended video from them. The video then dies and my new subscriber numbers shrink about 400-500%. A couple of month later, another video goes viral and the same cycle happens.

I personally think Youtube does it that way to try to restrict the growth of channels they can tell will have content that doesn't fit their agendas. When they see a channel they don't like start to go viral, they step in to restrict the growth best they can. That's my theory anyhow.

Its almost made me walk away from my channel several times. To pour so much time and love into something that a bunch of [fill-in-the-blanks] can take away at the click of a mouse seems like a waste.

[Bullfrog]

Just to show what age restrictions will do to a video, I had a squirrel video that went viral late last year and was getting about 50k-80k views a month. After it was age restricted, views dropped to less than 200 a month.

Youtube knows "dang" good and well that age restricting a video kills it. That video had been previously reviewed and found appropriate and advertiser friendly. My pleas for an explanation as to the discrepant findings between different reviews fell on deaf ears.

[toine]

So there was not a single video that caused the ban.  My videos were very generic, I did not have any pest control on the channel.   Not that I am against pest control or hunting videos, I just wasn't good at filming them.  In a nutshell, Google would not answer me on what exactly I violated.  I think for them it is better to not tell someone and open up legal ramifications. 

I feel your pain, my news videos, no shooting, were found in violation of YouTube's Community Guidelines and they took my channel down as well.

[WesBob]

Sure amazing how YouTube can be so hard core left wing! I can see why left and right are like two different species these days  . Too bad, it'd be nice to get a little sanity back and be able to find a middle where people could respect one another and respect different perspectives once again.
Great idea on the video gate! Exciting!

[oldpro]

The unfortunate fact is it’s their website and their rules like it or not. They can change the rules or requirements anytime they want. So the only way to get around this is start your own hosting site or join a co-op that supports your sport etc.

[Keyser Soze]

New Channel is ready.  Let me know if there is a subject you'd like me to cover
https://vimeo.com/edgunwest

[Hajimoto]

I am trying to proactive and get off the tracks before the train comes. I too have created a Vimeo presence.
I am currently in the process of move content over and will create category specific channels to help showcase the content.

https://vimeo.com/hajimotoproductions is my Profile and https://vimeo.com/channels/hpgauntlet is an example of rifle specific content in one location.


Change creates new and more robust avenues of exploration. I thank YouTube for what they offered free of charge and will move on once the hammer drops.