The channel had 1 video on it. The claim is that it violated the Spam/Scam/Commercially Deceptive policy. Reading the policy it didn’t actually violate at all. We deleted all the live shows immediately after the show finished, so there was no content there to violate any other policy. This was a targeted takedown. Someone is keeping an eye out for us an reporting on demand.
Luckily, I live in GA where sb393 requires YouTube to disclose reasons for a takedown, including user reported content. I am sending a preservation of records demand in advance of a official appeal. We will discover who is targeting us.
This was a good experiment which gave me the data I needed to move forward with new legislation in GA to protect creators. More to come.
We haven't been streaming, and I figure you all deserve to know why.
On August 10th I decided to take the rest of the month off. Honestly, it started as a heat thing. Keeping the studio comfortable this summer was miserable and I just didn't want to deal with it. But August ended and I realized something: I didn't miss streaming. Not even a little. I asked Dani if she felt the same way, and she did.
Yesterday was the show's anniversary. I didn't feel any pull or desire to go live. Dani and I made a deal a long time ago that we'd keep doing this as long as it was fun, and the second it started feeling like work, we'd stop. I think we're there.
Dani has other successful projects going that take up a lot of her time, and they're very much worth her time. As for me, I’m at the point where I prefer recording and uploading on my own schedule better than the grind of live streaming. So going forward, live streaming is going to be the exception, not the rule.
This isn't necessarily a goodbye. ...