I saw someone a few days ago asking about Hiveans who also upload videos to YouTube. I suppose you could say I’m one of them—but that’s not entirely true. I may upload my videos there, but they exist as unlisted.
My surviving channel—because yes, I did lose two for having non-standard political opinions—has remained, for the past four years, centrally themed around guitars and music. A change of genre didn’t seem like a great idea, so I did the only rational thing: I started a new channel.
That said, I do have a mission.
I’m under no illusion that I’m going to “become a YouTuber,” or even reach the point of monetizing the channel. After more than twelve years on the platform, I’m well aware that I’m not that interesting. But maybe—just maybe—I can bring a few extra eyes to Hive, ideally from the right audience.
The channel is going to focus on my relationship with technology. I won’t be talking exclusively about Hive, but since I spend so much time here—and work on Hive so much—I’m sure most of the videos will be lightly dusted with Hivean particles.
It could also be interesting to eventually livestream on YouTube: doing some manual curation, talking about our dapps, and seeing where the conversation goes. Who really knows how any of this will work out.
In any case, I’ve already uploaded an introductory video, along with a first proper video about a progressive web app I built a few months ago. I wanted to invite my friends to subscribe over there—help a brother out, as they say—and see if I can reach the 50 subscribers needed to unlock livestreaming. I’m told livestreaming is where audience growth actually happens.
I suppose I’ll find out whether that bridge exists once the water is already wetting my feet.
Cheers,
MenO
New Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalMenO
Subbed. But I'm really curious about this line:
What could you have said to make you lose two channels?
I had a channel with my wife, long form chats about politics, life and all the bs that encompasses. I suspect the convo we had about how lobbies own the government was what did it, but the channel was killed by youtube.
I also had a channel in spanish were I spoke about religious abuse. As soon as it reached 90 subs or so, also taken down. I was very respectful, but apparently, the subject was a no no too.
YT has some very weird "word" policies too. I find it weird that they will demonetize channels for saying a single word, so you see a lot of corn, grape, and un-alive themselves etc.
For a "free speech" platform, they are awfully strict.
I've subscribed. I've had a channel for years with various random videos, but I don't expect to earn from it. There's all my old Open Mic songs on there and some are about the old chain. I'll leave them there.
In this world of centralized platforms, freedom of speech is often just convenience dressed as correctness. Hive stands different — a decentralized home where voices are not silenced, and truth finds space to breathe. Hive is the real stage for expression, beyond the chains of corporate control.
I subbed your YT and got a friend to do the same. Best wishes with your new channel!
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Subscribed. Go for it, meno!