Out of the Blue [Jan 31, 2020, 11:05 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
You may have noticed the Amazon banners we used to have are now missing. Yup, we
were thrown out of their affiliate program again. This time the reason was:
"Purchases resulting from Special Links on your Site have been for personal use,
resale, or commercial use, or have been made by your friends, relatives,
employees, contractors, or business relations." I told them that I am 100%
baffled by how this could be the case, but they were unimpressed, and denied by
appeal without further explanation. This is not the only surprising such penalty
the site has suffered lately, as we also had our YouTube channel deleted by
Google last year. It was explained this was due to a copyright complaint from a
rights holder, I pointed out that 100% of the videos there were submitted by the
publishers or developers of the games they promoted, and did not even receive a
response. As someone who strives to color inside the lines at all times on an
internet rife with sleazebags, scammers, and liars, these are very frustrating
developments. But it does not seem there is anything else I can do about them.
Oh well.
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It hardly seems like Blues without that Amazon banner for PS3s 
That is very strange though. The Amazon bit I mean. YT is all over the place. I have seen it flag a 15+ minute video for a few seconds of menu music. When they added the option to select the game your video is of it improved things, but it will still flag for that.
That is very strange though. The Amazon bit I mean. YT is all over the place. I have seen it flag a 15+ minute video for a few seconds of menu music. When they added the option to select the game your video is of it improved things, but it will still flag for that.
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Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 11:34:
Patreon, Blue.
It'd cheer me up to be able to contribute more directly. I've got a lot out of this site for more years than I can remember.
Too startups that have morphed into multinational global companies run by suits and lawyers that can't resist shooting you and themselves in the foot as often as possible.
"Meet the new Boss, same as the old Boss." - The Who.
their stated reason basically covers everything and everyone, so what the fuck is actually allowed?
as for the YT channel, overzealous legal departments are nothing new. likely some new lawyer working for the legal dept. of one said publisher/dev threw a copyright strike of their own video that the creators allowed, trying to make a name for himself.
as for the YT channel, overzealous legal departments are nothing new. likely some new lawyer working for the legal dept. of one said publisher/dev threw a copyright strike of their own video that the creators allowed, trying to make a name for himself.
Blue should set up a *removed* jar. Like a swear jar, but well..you get the point.
I hope one of the Blue's fans is a lawyer who could help with an official letter of inquiry, on both counts.
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RedEye9 wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:32:Prez wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:22:I put it on ignore for this reason alone, but there are many more.Cutter wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:18:Ahumado wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 17:50:This would be considered the diametric opposite of liberalism. It's a perfect example of right-wing crony capitalism. Ergo you're either trolling or just plain ...Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
Has everyone lost their mind?
Wow - just reading that makes me want to reach through the screen and throat punch him. How callous can you be?
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Holy fuck. Ban it with fire!
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Prez wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:22:I put it on ignore for this reason alone, but there are many more.Cutter wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:18:Ahumado wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 17:50:This would be considered the diametric opposite of liberalism. It's a perfect example of right-wing crony capitalism. Ergo you're either trolling or just plain ...Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
Has everyone lost their mind?
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Cutter wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 18:18:Ahumado wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 17:50:
Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
This would be considered the diametric opposite of liberalism. It's a perfect example of right-wing crony capitalism. Ergo you're either trolling or just plain stupid.
Has everyone lost their mind?
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Ahumado wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 17:50:
Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
This would be considered the diametric opposite of liberalism. It's a perfect example of right-wing crony capitalism. Ergo you're either trolling or just plain stupid.
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Your Amazon banners were always insanely out of date anyways (they constantly advertised me a PS3 Slim).
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Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 11:34:Yes. I've heard mostly praise from content creators, but there are always dessenters and obviously I have never set up an account to receive funds. So, if there is some other service/application/process/whatever which is preferred over Patreon that would probably be fine too.
Patreon, Blue.
I would happily be a recurring, monthly donation to keep BN up and running whereas I refuse to disable my adblocker for anyone. I have used your Amazon affiliate link in the past (admittedly, when I remember).
I don't know how others feel about Patreon but...maybe a poll?
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Ahumado wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 17:50:
Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
Can you elaborate in how this is liberalism? Was the decision political?
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Music for the discerning:
http://www.deathwishinc.com
http://www.hydrahead.com
http://www.painkillerrecords.com
Music for the discerning:
http://www.deathwishinc.com
http://www.hydrahead.com
http://www.painkillerrecords.com
Blue, This is liberalism at it's worst. It is not only conservative sites that get hit. I tell people they will come after what you find dear one day and they laugh at me. It has happened to you and there is no recourse. I am sorry, you don't deserve such treatment.
Icewind wrote on Jan 31, 2020, 15:43:
People will flame me for this, but it's because they don't like "little guys" like you, Blue, getting too much power. They probably saw the site as a threat to their corporate buddies. I say this because I used to work for a very large site that got big very quickly in the first half of the previous decade, and when we started ranking high in alexa, Google did the same exact thing to us. Exact.Same.Wording. They never reinstated our account again, even after we *hired* an ex-google employee who knew the people in the ad department. It eventually stunted the site and caused everyone to give up on it and another group took it over. God knows how many times they've done that before.
I mean, no offense to anyone here, but Blue isn't a threat to anyone in that regard.
And Blue isn't dealing with their ad department. Affiliates are run out of an entire different business entity, and Amazon keeps everything very well separated. People don't talk to each other and coordinate, to the point that the people that own the ad relationship with a brand rarely know the people that own the retail relationship.
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Music for the discerning:
http://www.deathwishinc.com
http://www.hydrahead.com
http://www.painkillerrecords.com
Music for the discerning:
http://www.deathwishinc.com
http://www.hydrahead.com
http://www.painkillerrecords.com
From what I've read most successful Patreons get most of their funding from a lot of people who only pay 1 or 2 bucks a month rather than donors paying $25 or $50 or whatever. For people making a living wage that would be virtually imperceptible to their budget. It's probably worth a try at least.
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