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Getting around YouTube censorship

KollinsJul 11, 2018, 5:31:20 AM
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YouTube has been and plans to make more changes to their algorithms (MADE BY PEOPLE!) to "collate" search results, effectively hiding alternative content creator's videos in favor of videos with their preferred viewpoint. While these changes to searching and subscription feeds could cause more problems for creators and viewers, is it possible to effectively bypass their censorship by adding video specific search and feed options to an existing alternative social media platform without them having to take on the bandwidth and other restrictions to full video hosting?

What if instead of or in addition to local video hosting on alternative social media sites, a new section was created to specifically search and collate subscription feeds of creators who link their YouTube videos to (a special section of?) alternative social media? The videos themselves would still reside on YouTube and, barring a full on block of 3rd party site linking, would be watchable from within new feeds on the alternative social media's page. There could be a special way for creators to flag or link their YouTube videos and a special section on the alternative social media's site where viewers could have the option to either just get a producer's YouTube feed, just their social media posts or both. There could be similar features to YouTube's existing channel management where creators can delay release of the links, manage playlists and do other things like manage descriptions, etc.

No more jumping through Google's hoops for the viewers and no video hosting to manage for the alternative social media site. You simply find the creators you want videos for, flag yourself as a video only, feed only, or video + feed subscriber and then use the alternative social media's video section to search or list subscriptions for all your favorite creators. No having to, in addition to subscribe, click the bell, verify you haven't been unsubscribed, or otherwise deal with YouTube's attempts to censor because all your favorite producers have their YouTube content library indexed within a non-Google site.