I was on BTCSessions Christmas livestream tonight on Youtube, and about 1/3 of the way through it became apparent that I’d been “shadowbanned” or “timed out” or something.

I tested this in multiple ways, and it was apparent. They didn’t appear on livestream relay, I’d ask people to respond if they could see them, to no avail.

It’s the first time I’ve experienced this, where it seems to me I’m responding normally, but I’ve become personae non grata to the chat-world.

I don’t type stuff that get’s me “banned” cuz I’m not that edge-y.

I eventually had to go to Twitter to watch the stream, but without much active chat participation, I gave up.

So then I literally rebooted my iOS system to see if I could participate in chat on Youtube (the only major channel offered) and couldn’t. I also rebooted my VPN. No luck. I could see my “chats” but no one else could see them or respond to them. Somehow I’ve been shadowbanned on Youtube, based on my username, for no reason any normal person would understand.

I’ll also note that there were fewer than 300 viewers on Ben’s Holiday Special on Youtube by the highlight hours of the show. Which seems odd for a channel running an amazing special holiday thing on Friday before a big 3 day weekend,& that’d been running live for 4 + hours.

I think Ben’s channel has been targeted. If not, I’ve been targeted, 100%.

I’m done with Youtube. Nevermore.