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Posted on: February 20, 2009 - 11:44pm
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Youtube vs The Users

UPDATE!  YOUTUBE USERS WIN!

 

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Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 12:06am #1
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It's on the homepage now

It's on the homepage now Thunderfoot.  Kudos for putting your account on the line.  If the account goes make sure to zip all the videos that would be of interest to the RRS folks and send them my way, maybe by CD.  Then I'll have them re-posted on Rational Tube!  Currently all of the Thunderf00t videos can be found on Rational Tube here.

The new revised version of "Imagine No Superstition" by Dr. Stephen Uhl is available under the name "Out of Gods Closet" on his website. Dr. Uhl is an Ex-Priest who has a long time relationship with the RRS including multiple appearances.


Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 11:27am #2
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Wow, hi Tf00t.I'll check the

Wow, hi Tf00t.

I'll check the video and see if I can upload it.

Edit: It states that the video has been deleted due to terms of use violation.  Hmmmm, I smell censorship.

 

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Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 6:13pm #3
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Try this one:

Try this one:

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Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 10:09pm #4
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Its time to stand up and be

Its time to stand up and be counted!!!

 

 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2EAVVIg-WA

 


Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 10:16pm #5
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They probably took it down

They probably took it down because it encouraged sending hundreds of letters to a channel that it wasn't designed to recieve.

 

 

If somebody encouraged creationists to spam you with Kent Hovind it would also be taken down.

 

 

 

 

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Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 10:45pm #6
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Thunderf00t, I'm uploading

Thunderf00t, I'm uploading both videos to Rational Tube asap so that youtube can't remove them, then putting them on the homepage.

 

 

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Posted on: February 21, 2009 - 11:14pm #7
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Both videos are now uploaded

Both videos are now uploaded where youtube can't touch em...

http://video.rationalresponders.com/video/Youtube-vs-The-Users-Part-1-rem

http://video.rationalresponders.com/video/Youtube-vs-The-Users-Part-Deux

Currently being encoded, should be live soon.

 

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Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 12:02am #8
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Many thanks Brian.... Its

Many thanks Brian.... Its greatly appreciated!

 


Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 2:14am #9
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What a load of fucking

What a load of fucking bullshit!

Everyone? If you haven't written GoonTube already, there's no time like the present. Just take a minute or two and verbally blow those assholes' brains out.

Here's a direct link to the advert channel

Have at 'er.

 

Alison: While you're probably correct that this is the reason YouTube will wind-up citing:

 

A) It's not what they told Thunderf00t, so they weren't exactly honest about it.

B) It's still a matter of silencing dissent, and is not the same as me delivering your e-mail address to someone to be spammed. The advertising channel is, fairly and squarely, a representative channel for YouTube - and Thunderf00t was pointing their way for voicing legitimate grievances with YouTube's system (frankly - have you ever tried using their 'Help' service? It's exactly as unwieldy as Thunderf00t describes.

 

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"Let me say only this much to the moral issue involved: Suppose Germany had developed two bombs before we had any bombs. And suppose Germany had dropped one bomb, say, on Rochester and the other on Buffalo, and then having run out of bombs she would have lost the war. Can anyone doubt that we would then have defined the dropping of atomic bombs on cities as a war crime, and that we would have sentenced the Germans who were guilty of this crime to death at Nuremberg and hanged them?

But, again, don't misunderstand me. The only conclusion we can draw is that governments acting in a crisis are guided by questions of expediency, and moral considerations are given very little weight, and that America is no different from any other nation in this respect."

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Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 2:35am #10
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Kevin R Brown wrote: A)

Kevin R Brown wrote:

 

A) It's not what they told Thunderf00t, so they weren't exactly honest about it.

B) It's still a matter of silencing dissent, and is not the same as me delivering your e-mail address to someone to be spammed. The advertising channel is, fairly and squarely, a representative channel for YouTube - and Thunderf00t was pointing their way for voicing legitimate grievances with YouTube's system (frankly - have you ever tried using their 'Help' service? It's exactly as unwieldy as Thunderf00t describes.

 

 

A) Yeah, they should have specified WHY the video was taken down, maybe the messgae is automatic? Or they can at least appoint some moderators to help with the burden of explaining WHY a video was taken down, since I can imagine a lot of videos get flagged.

 

B) I've never used the 'Help service" I'll try now.

 

 

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Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 2:48am #11
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Cpt_pineapple wrote:B) I've

Cpt_pineapple wrote:

B) I've never used the 'Help service" I'll try now.

 

Wow, what a mess.

 

They have some forums

 

 

Other users are fed up as well

 

 

 

 

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Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 11:35am #12
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Cpt_pineapple wrote:A) Yeah,

Cpt_pineapple wrote:

A) Yeah, they should have specified WHY the video was taken down, maybe the messgae is automatic? Or they can at least appoint some moderators to help with the burden of explaining WHY a video was taken down, since I can imagine a lot of videos get flagged.

The fact that he got an automated message is sort of the point.  I've received the automated messages from youtube when getting the short end of the stick as well, and as a big account I would've expected they make enough money to be a little more specific in my situations so that I can correct them.  As a result I'm not as interested in making videos for youtube, and have felt this way for nearly two years, every upload I make I think, "here's something that might be gone soon."

 

 

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Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 1:17pm #13
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Done & done. As a biology

Done & done. As a biology student, I absolutely love your informative videos, Thunderf00t. I'll do whatever is within my power to keep that knowledge from disappearing from YouTube.


Posted on: February 22, 2009 - 4:18pm #14
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Thanks a lot for the videos,

Thanks a lot for the videos, Thunderf00t and Brian. The series 'Why do people laugh at creationists' reminded me of something. One fellow 'young Earth' creationist claimed to me... well, I've got to quote him:

I think there might also be an event (or it may
have been at the same time as Creation or the Flood) in the book of
Job somewhere that talks about God commanding the water to go to its
place and that when the waters do so the weight of the water caused
mountains to rise up.

I don't know much about these things, but it seems suspicious to me, that the Moon's gravity pull moves all the waters on Earth easily twice per day, but the mountains won't budge. Thus the weight of water is not likely to cause such a creative geologic events, to say it mildly.
And yeah, there was also something about Grand Canyon

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Posted on: February 23, 2009 - 3:40pm #15
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I'd love to help with this,

I'd love to help with this, but I can't do more than offer my support. My PC is simply way too out of date. I can't even watch half the videos on YouTube as it is, let alone upload any. And downloading onto the PS3 in the house doesn't work very well yet. Maybe they'll have browser upgrades that'll fix that in the next year or so.

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Posted on: February 23, 2009 - 6:19pm #16
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Thunderf00t and youtube

I think it is important that we take notice of thunderf00t's recent effort.  I realize this is my first post on this forum, but I have an active account on atheistnation.net and feel that this is important for all freethinkers/dissenters from dogma.

 

Some of you may not be aware, but thunderf00t recently posted a video that has been taken down by youtube inside of 12 hours.  It contained complaints against youtube for failing to act against vote-bots and suggested a method of messaging youtube that would be admittedly inconvenient for them which is why, thunderf00t argues, it would work.

A video linking to a mirror:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRYaPR-9Dg8

A mirror of the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjDUQVt7iOU&annotation_id=annotation_15943&feature=iv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WDbUDImvWA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y2OuZTG_nw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTDHegw_dI&feature=related

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Posted on: February 23, 2009 - 7:40pm #17
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Question: Is RationalTube a

Question: Is RationalTube a distinct site in and of itself, with the intent of a YouTube clone, or is it just a page of this site?

I ask because it occurs to me that you could try to replace YouTube for those of us who are more rational. The effort would be immense, but when considering the name value the RRS already has, it just might end up being profitable as well.

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Posted on: February 24, 2009 - 12:15am #18
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Vastet wrote:Question: Is

Vastet wrote:

Question: Is RationalTube a distinct site in and of itself, with the intent of a YouTube clone, or is it just a page of this site?

I ask because it occurs to me that you could try to replace YouTube for those of us who are more rational. The effort would be immense, but when considering the name value the RRS already has, it just might end up being profitable as well.

RationalTube is a standalone site that is part of the RRS network, a little of both worlds.  It allows you to embed videos from dozens of other video sites.  In addition to embeds (a much simpler process than it sounds) you can upload your own videos to the site.  It's been a very succesful wing of RRS for over a year now. 

Share a video you have on a video site or any video you find that you think is relevant: http://video.rationalresponders.com/tools/bookmarklet

http://video.rationalresponders.com/publish/ (also the upload link)

 

 

The new revised version of "Imagine No Superstition" by Dr. Stephen Uhl is available under the name "Out of Gods Closet" on his website. Dr. Uhl is an Ex-Priest who has a long time relationship with the RRS including multiple appearances.


Posted on: February 24, 2009 - 2:08am #19
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Users>Youtube 

Users>Youtube

 


Posted on: February 24, 2009 - 12:58pm #20
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Sapient wrote:Vastet

Sapient wrote:

Vastet wrote:

Question: Is RationalTube a distinct site in and of itself, with the intent of a YouTube clone, or is it just a page of this site?

I ask because it occurs to me that you could try to replace YouTube for those of us who are more rational. The effort would be immense, but when considering the name value the RRS already has, it just might end up being profitable as well.

RationalTube is a standalone site that is part of the RRS network, a little of both worlds.  It allows you to embed videos from dozens of other video sites.  In addition to embeds (a much simpler process than it sounds) you can upload your own videos to the site.  It's been a very succesful wing of RRS for over a year now. 

Share a video you have on a video site or any video you find that you think is relevant: http://video.rationalresponders.com/tools/bookmarklet

http://video.rationalresponders.com/publish/ (also the upload link)

 

 

Sweet.

*Begins spreading the word*

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Posted on: March 17, 2009 - 4:47pm #21
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So what gives?

I just got off of youtube, and it seems like all the videos with the "atheist" flag have been taken down - either that or i'm getting blocked somehow.

 

Is anyone else experiencing this?


Posted on: March 17, 2009 - 6:28pm #22
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Susac wrote:I just got off

Susac wrote:

I just got off of youtube, and it seems like all the videos with the "atheist" flag have been taken down - either that or i'm getting blocked somehow.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

Atheist flag?

 

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Posted on: March 17, 2009 - 10:12pm #23
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Well, I just did a search

Well, I just did a search for "atheist" and all the ones that I remember are still there.  Pat Condell, Edward Current, Zack Attack, Amazing Atheist, thunderf00t.  All show up normally for me.


Posted on: March 17, 2009 - 10:18pm #24
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Susac wrote:I just got off

Susac wrote:

I just got off of youtube, and it seems like all the videos with the "atheist" flag have been taken down - either that or i'm getting blocked somehow.

 

Is anyone else experiencing this?

What country you in? That might have something to do with it

They might be going the Yahoo route

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