The devs anticipate that it will be back up and running much better tomorrow. There was a minor hardware failure that is being addressed today.
Tag: UATV
WARNING: Server Work
We’re dealing with some infrastructure issues at UATV and Arktoons, so don’t be surprised if either site is a little slow or goes temporarily dark this week.
On the plus side, we have a dev who has volunteered to pick up the slack at Arktoons, so if that works out, there will be no reason to make any changes and we may even get the key piece of the puzzle finished that is required to make it viable for creators.
The Inevitable
This is why I don’t waste time messing around with the mainstream platforms. Even if they let you back on, it’s only going to play whack-a-mole with you.
Subscribe to UATV. Because independent platforms are the only platforms that matter.
FADE TO BLACK
This theme song for the upcoming BLACK WARRANT crowdfund, FADE TO BLACK has proved popular on both AI Central and Sigma Game, so I put it up on UATV for the subscribers. The comic is already done, the novel is done, and the script for the film is two-thirds done. This is going to be big.
If he shows up at your door, you’re the one who brought him there…
The crazy thing is that this isn’t even the hardest-hitting song on the soundtrack.
Meme of the Week 23
After a long hiatus, the Meme of the Week returned on last night’s Darkstream. Several strong entries, including two 10/10s. But this deeply sobering meme was clearly the winner:
Weekly Meme Review
You know the drill. One meme per customer. But lay off the memes about the Ukrainian girl murdered by the young man who didn’t do nuffin and was going to be a college student as there are a million of them around now.
Also remember that the paywall is up, so if you haven’t renewed your subscription to UATV yet, you should get that process started so you can take part in the next one.
Girls Love Guitars
This was going to be the final track for the SOULSIGMA CD, until I received permission from the original songwriter to include a cover of one of his songs on it as well. However, this is not the Rock Stars mix that will appear on the CD, this is the original Still in School mix. UATV subscribers, please remember that the paywall goes up in one week.
September 1 Paywall
An announcement from UATV.
August has been a relatively quiet month on Unauthorized, as creators, viewers, and devs alike have been getting out and enjoying the dog days of summer. With global payments having returned in July, subscriptions have continued ticking upwards and the team has been able to spend some time on research and planning the future development of the platform.
While this naturally means that there aren’t many new developments to announce, we are pleased to report that the bank transfer payment system put in place last month has been successful enough to allow the reinstatement of the hard paywall. As of September 1st, an active paid subscription to Unauthorized will be required in order to view livestreams and/or published videos.
The plan is to give creators individual control over their content, so that specific videos of their choosing can be made available to the general public after publication. For now, livestreams will remain behind the paywall, at least until the chat system has received the upgrades it is due for.
Read the rest on the UATV substack.
Why UATV Exists
Because sooner or later, YouTube is going to get rid of every single YouTuber who contradicts the Narrative.
YouTube has removed the 2-million-subscriber account of exiled Ukrainian Journalist of the Year Diana Panchenko, a fierce critic of Vladimir Zelensky. In 2023, Kiev imposed personal sanctions on the former TV presenter and started criminal proceedings against her for her alleged anti-Ukrainian reporting.
Panchenko has long criticized Zelensky for rampant corruption in Ukraine, as well as his clampdown on freedom of speech. She has also condemned Kiev’s military actions in Donbass since 2014, and later accused the former actor of dragging the nation into a “forever war.”
“Diana Panchenko @Panchenko_X is one of the most famous women in Ukraine, former Journalist of the Year and opponent of the grossly corrupt Zelensky regime,” Irish journalist Chay Bowes wrote on X on Friday. “YouTube just banned her and erased her account. She had 2 million followers,” he wrote. “The most dangerous weapon is Truth.”
Panchenko’s YouTube account is deleted as of the time of writing, but an archived snapshot shows that at least 2.09 million people subscribed to her channel as of last month.
It’s only a matter of time and popularity. For some reason, creators still believe that their popularity is going to protect them, when the truth is the exact opposite and the more popular one becomes on YouTube, the more important it is to deprive them of their channel.
And channel deletions are only one of the ways YouTube reduces a creator’s reach. As JDA, The Quartering, and others have chronicled, algorithmic suppression can reduce a YouTuber’s active viewership by as much as 90 percent.
The more people who subscribe to UATV, the easier it is going to be for these suppressed creators to make the move there. And although President Trump has addressed debanking, it doesn’t appear that he’s going to do anything about social media anytime soon given the restrictions on certain subjects at Truth Social.
Broken Idol
I read every line you’re drawing in the dark
Every deviation screaming across the chart
But knowing isn’t saving, seeing isn’t being there
I’m drowning in the patterns inside of your despair
The numbers never lie, and yet they can’t repair
What’s breaking in the spaces behind your empty stare
Inspired, of course, by William Gibson’s IDORU.