2019 February - Just moments ago, 5-Minute Crafts officially became the 3rd Youtube channel to hit 50 million subscribers
https://redd.it/atbvuz
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2019 February - TeamYoutube on Twitter: "even if your video is suitable for advertisers, inappropriate comments could result in your video receiving limited or no ads"
https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1098756348626403328

https://redd.it/atf1zk
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2019 February - Youtube releases a statement regarding the safety of minors. Clarifies ONLY videos featuring minors with or at risk of having predatory comments may receive limited or no ads.
https://support.google.com/youtube/thread/1805616?hl=en

https://redd.it/atndwi
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2019 February - TeamYoutube says they've "terminated hundreds of accounts for comments and reported illegal behavior," "disabled comments on tens of millions of videos that may include minors," and that, "Videos that include minors and are at risk of predatory comments may receive limited/no ads."
https://redd.it/ato25d
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2019 February - My shit animation (with only voice acting and sound effects) was copyright striked because we both took one sound effect from the same FREESOUND.ORG resource. 'Skit' isn't even MUSIC!
https://redd.it/atr5uq
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2019 February - As Fortnite declines in popularity, Apex Legends scams begin to be promoted by YouTube.
https://redd.it/atxfmz
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2019 February - WillNe, British Youtuber with 2.4m subs, has ENTIRE channel comments disabled (due to #WakeUpYoutube I assume, based around his videos from 2016-18 about BG Media).
https://youtu.be/pGdOLoikn6s

https://redd.it/atzjvf
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2019 February: Ali-A Embraces his Meme Status
https://redd.it/au1z9j
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2019 February - YouTube has (temporarily?) disabled the comments on Chadtronic (decently-sized channel with just under 650K subs)'s videos. His channel is also being screened to make sure it's advertiser-friendly (questionnaire before monetisation + manual review during first 24 hours video is up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4MGGsaPWPA

https://redd.it/au3gn3
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2019 February - MsBreezy (889k subs) posts video in which she talks about how she feels stuck; she can’t keep up with rent; and has lost a lot of “friends”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jyKCsm76KpY

https://redd.it/au4ado
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2019 February - Elon Musk and Justin Roiland host Meme Review on Pewdiepie's channel
https://youtu.be/zpWYQ1YtgnI?t=815

https://redd.it/au51of
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2019 February, Sorrow TV's video about him singing to his hamster gets demonetized
https://youtu.be/p4WNxIZM-rY

https://redd.it/au7wsa
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2019 February - PewDiePie, for the first time in a while, makes it to #1 on YouTube’s Trending page.
https://redd.it/aubbtd
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2019 February - If you've ever wondered how over 300 hours of video uploaded to Youtube every MINUTE, this is pretty much why
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=EgYIAhABGAI%253D&search_query=oscars+2019+full

https://redd.it/aulskg
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2019 February - Nicholas Oyzon has his Pokemon Go channel Trainer Tips terminated with no warning the day after Matt Watson's "Youtube's Child Exploitation" video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMcQ8NDqMws

https://redd.it/aurbjz
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2019 February - YouTube takes ads off 'anti-vax' videos
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47357252

https://redd.it/aut9u0
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2019 February - YouTube experiences 'no views' glitch
https://redd.it/av2ae7
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2019 February - Duke, the four-time dog mayor of Cormorant Township, Minnesota, has passed away at age 13.
https://abc13.com/pets-animals/duke-beloved-dog-mayor-of-minnesota-town-has-died/5157927/

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2019 February - Context for the Paul Denino Ice Poseidon "Ponzi scheme" streaming website.

This post will continue to be updated as more information and sources are compiled.

 

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Recently a video clip from Paul Denino's live stream has hit the top of \/r/videos and front page of \/r/all.

\/r/Videos post: "**Live streamer unknowingly admits to running a ponzi scheme, conning millions of dollars from investors**"

>https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/av2c07

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Paul Denino is a livestreamer that began on Twitch, then after being banned from the platform moved to Youtube.

He is known as Ice Poseidon and runs the quarantined (and currently privated) subreddit /r/Ice_Poseidon. There is a second quarantined community that he does not run called /r/Ice_Poseidon2.

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There are claims that Paul Denino has started a Ponzi scheme after a clip from his livestream has begun circulating in which he explains,

>"**In order for the investors to make their money back**, what we do is we grow the company to a certain point, and then **we have other investors come in** and obviously they invest their money as well, hopefully more than 2 million dollars, and then obviously when we get more than 2 million dollars invested, **the ??? investors get their 2 mil back**, and then we have more money for the company."

This sounds like promising investors returns, then paying those returns with new investors' money.

Which would be a Ponzi scheme.

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The prospective company is Scuffed.com, which aims to compete with Twitch as a livestreaming platform.

Paul claims to have received an initial investment of $2 million.


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Keemstar has tweeted a video in which he claims this is **not** a Ponzi scheme.

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1100542901862522880

There are claims that Keemstar is invested in the same company that owns Scuffed.com, named Streamme Inc.

He has promoted Stream.me in the past.


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######Take this part with some skepticism:

There are additional claims that Paul has spent investment money on a renovated 1984 Guerrilla Titan military vehicle and renting a mansion.

Video about the truck:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1IQly4w7n8

Paul claims the mansion is worth $7 million in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7siaf_INqY

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There are additional claims that it is Paul's manager Brent Kaskel that has pushed him into accepting this deal.

 

Additional information with sources is appreciated, just comment them below and I can add them to the post.

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2019 February - laowhy86 has his comment section disabled without any reason from YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeI0-ijIotk

https://redd.it/avghfh
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2019 February - Laowhy86, a China travel blogger, has all the comment sections on his channel disabled by Youtube
https://youtu.be/oeI0-ijIotk?t=51

https://redd.it/avjtpa
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