ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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{ "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "type": "OrderedCollectionPage", "orderedItems": [ { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:756223872642064393", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "DEATH TO SUMMER! This one of a kind merch is available for a limited time for all those who love the colder, haunting parts of the year. Many of us come alive when everything else starts to die. They come in all sorts of clothing styles like t shirts to hoodies.  So get yours before they're gone! <a href=\"http://teespring.com/stores/rob-dyke\" target=\"_blank\">http://teespring.com/stores/rob-dyke</a>", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/756223872642064393", "published": "2017-09-17T18:43:37+00:00", "source": { "content": "DEATH TO SUMMER! This one of a kind merch is available for a limited time for all those who love the colder, haunting parts of the year. Many of us come alive when everything else starts to die. They come in all sorts of clothing styles like t shirts to hoodies.  So get yours before they're gone! http://teespring.com/stores/rob-dyke", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:756223872642064393/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:726541224982355981", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "I wanna be totally honest with you all. Since YouTube effectively pulled the plug on me (a couple times), my life has been in a state of dark, foggy confusion and disarray. I wonder if they'll ever accept my content again. I wonder how they will remain viable going forward by alienating this type of content. I'm sure they'll do just fine. <br /><br />My Patreon and merch sales have been keeping things going for now. And I'm so thankful for that. I can't even describe it. But my passion and love for the platform have taken a serious hit. I feel a knife in my back. I feel I got sold out to appease advertisers. <br /><br />I no longer take pride in being called a \"YouTuber.\"<br /><br />YouTubers to me now are the people who are wildly successful on the platform. People who post pranks, diss tracks, and other assortments of indescribably weird shit like awkward collabs where people eat Oreos and giggle. People who make videos in ways that make their lives look fucking incredible to a degree that you start to feel your life sucks. And they never break that illusion. People who are always living every day as a new adventure and that never ever have a down day where they just stay shut in at home feeling depressed. Sixteen year old kids calling people peasants and having no idea how to manage their growth.<br /><br />People who create content that makes you feel there's something wrong with yourself. People who create content that makes you feel you should hate the people they hate, too. People who feed off of your desire to feel loved and manipulate their audiences. <br /><br />And y'know, whatever. People can do what they like to do. They can be as fake as they want. It's clear they're wanted here. YouTube has made that obvious. They feature some of these types of creators on their social media (repeatedly over and over and over again). That's always such a blunt endorsement. Make fun of a rape victim one day and be featured on YouTube's social media the next. Yes! Awesome!<br /><br />Have a blast. I don't care. But I really loved bringing my videos to YouTube, even if it was mixed in with all the other shit. I still do. It's not all about the money. The money obviously helps me help others and do more things on my channel for you and helps me live my life. I'm not gonna lie. I enjoy making money and it's a motivator. But knowing YouTube supported me was so great. It was a breath of fresh air. I got excited every time I hit that upload button. Now all I wonder is what new consequences will come whenever I press it. <br /><br />Once advertisers got duped into thinking YouTube supported terrorism, YouTube snagged me and a bunch of other people up and said \"Here! We can cut these ones out too so you'll be more comfortable!\" And they threw us under the bus. Fed us to the wolves. <br /><br />They sacrificed us to the Advertiser Gods. <br /><br />Suddenly we weren't okay anymore. None of us. From horror content to suicide prevention videos to even LGBT+ content. It didn't matter if YouTube had a restricted mode or a Kids app. No. YouTube as a whole doesn't want our content producing money to sustain the creators and the businesses they run. Advertisers don't want controversy. They'll make an ad on TV pandering to the struggles of the LGBT+ community but they'll never hand you their money and trust as a creator in that community. You can't be trusted. You're too controversial.<br /><br />We are too much of a risk. And many of us have seen the foundations of our passions and livelihoods crumbling. Because media outlets attacked YouTube. And YouTube answers back by promoting those same media outlets' YouTube channels in the Trending Tab. <br /><br />Now, let me say there are plenty of creators thriving well on the platform who have always been about creating family friendly content and educational clean content and they're doing great and that's awesome. Plenty of vloggers who actually let people in on their lives and not just the flashy parts. I'm happy for those creators. Genuinely. Because they were the ones who made me want to become a part of YouTube. No one did Unsolved Mysteries type productions on YouTube that I saw. I knew I could fill that. <br /><br />But I'm exhausted. I'm beaten down. Maybe I'll regret posting this. I dunno. But I need to be open and honest. You should be able to know that some of the dying creators share in how you feel in your day to day lives. We get scared. We get depressed. We get furious. We aren't all a bunch of bros who think life is sweet all the time and all you gotta do is be positive and we leased like three Lambos and you're a peasant. <br /><br />I feel like a huge driving force to my passion was stolen from me. And while I'm still going and will always work to educate/entertain you, I'm hoping something changes for the better soon. It's a war. And creators like us are losing that war. Because Advertiser Gods dictate what YouTube does now. It was always such a double edged sword. Letting money in helped us build real businesses and empires out of simple YouTube videos. But it also would be our undoing once the source of the money got manipulated and upset.<br /><br />YouTube is now a platform of double standards, demonetizing indie news giving unbiased perspectives and factual information, and yet uplifting and paying mainstream media who are filled to the brim with bias and political agendas. Rappers with VEVO channels are able to show a convenience store getting shot up and people getting gunned down in the street with barely-dressed women twerking and lyrics glorifying shit like prescription pills and heroin. But if a \"regular\" creator even discusses these types of things happening with no imagery and with no endorsement to do any of it whatsoever - if they even make a video telling people why drugs are bad or how unsafe certain guns can be, they are cut down by YouTube. Cut off. No more money. <br /><br />This is not the YouTube in which I would ever want to be called a \"YouTuber.\" Because I'm not. I don't fit in with this.<br /><br />In conclusion, I am not a \"YouTuber\" anymore. I create true crime, horror, and comedy content and I happen to upload it to YouTube among other places. Other creators can call themselves whatever they want. But I find no passion and no pride in such a title any longer. At the end of the day, I'm a creator. I will create videos for YouTube. I will author books. I will produce video games. I will create. I will move forward. With either one knife in my back or a thousand, I will walk forward. And my fuel to help lessen the pain and make each step easier is and always has been...you. So thank you. And on we go. <br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/726541224982355981", "published": "2017-06-27T20:55:26+00:00", "source": { "content": "I wanna be totally honest with you all. Since YouTube effectively pulled the plug on me (a couple times), my life has been in a state of dark, foggy confusion and disarray. I wonder if they'll ever accept my content again. I wonder how they will remain viable going forward by alienating this type of content. I'm sure they'll do just fine. \n\nMy Patreon and merch sales have been keeping things going for now. And I'm so thankful for that. I can't even describe it. But my passion and love for the platform have taken a serious hit. I feel a knife in my back. I feel I got sold out to appease advertisers. \n\nI no longer take pride in being called a \"YouTuber.\"\n\nYouTubers to me now are the people who are wildly successful on the platform. People who post pranks, diss tracks, and other assortments of indescribably weird shit like awkward collabs where people eat Oreos and giggle. People who make videos in ways that make their lives look fucking incredible to a degree that you start to feel your life sucks. And they never break that illusion. People who are always living every day as a new adventure and that never ever have a down day where they just stay shut in at home feeling depressed. Sixteen year old kids calling people peasants and having no idea how to manage their growth.\n\nPeople who create content that makes you feel there's something wrong with yourself. People who create content that makes you feel you should hate the people they hate, too. People who feed off of your desire to feel loved and manipulate their audiences. \n\nAnd y'know, whatever. People can do what they like to do. They can be as fake as they want. It's clear they're wanted here. YouTube has made that obvious. They feature some of these types of creators on their social media (repeatedly over and over and over again). That's always such a blunt endorsement. Make fun of a rape victim one day and be featured on YouTube's social media the next. Yes! Awesome!\n\nHave a blast. I don't care. But I really loved bringing my videos to YouTube, even if it was mixed in with all the other shit. I still do. It's not all about the money. The money obviously helps me help others and do more things on my channel for you and helps me live my life. I'm not gonna lie. I enjoy making money and it's a motivator. But knowing YouTube supported me was so great. It was a breath of fresh air. I got excited every time I hit that upload button. Now all I wonder is what new consequences will come whenever I press it. \n\nOnce advertisers got duped into thinking YouTube supported terrorism, YouTube snagged me and a bunch of other people up and said \"Here! We can cut these ones out too so you'll be more comfortable!\" And they threw us under the bus. Fed us to the wolves. \n\nThey sacrificed us to the Advertiser Gods. \n\nSuddenly we weren't okay anymore. None of us. From horror content to suicide prevention videos to even LGBT+ content. It didn't matter if YouTube had a restricted mode or a Kids app. No. YouTube as a whole doesn't want our content producing money to sustain the creators and the businesses they run. Advertisers don't want controversy. They'll make an ad on TV pandering to the struggles of the LGBT+ community but they'll never hand you their money and trust as a creator in that community. You can't be trusted. You're too controversial.\n\nWe are too much of a risk. And many of us have seen the foundations of our passions and livelihoods crumbling. Because media outlets attacked YouTube. And YouTube answers back by promoting those same media outlets' YouTube channels in the Trending Tab. \n\nNow, let me say there are plenty of creators thriving well on the platform who have always been about creating family friendly content and educational clean content and they're doing great and that's awesome. Plenty of vloggers who actually let people in on their lives and not just the flashy parts. I'm happy for those creators. Genuinely. Because they were the ones who made me want to become a part of YouTube. No one did Unsolved Mysteries type productions on YouTube that I saw. I knew I could fill that. \n\nBut I'm exhausted. I'm beaten down. Maybe I'll regret posting this. I dunno. But I need to be open and honest. You should be able to know that some of the dying creators share in how you feel in your day to day lives. We get scared. We get depressed. We get furious. We aren't all a bunch of bros who think life is sweet all the time and all you gotta do is be positive and we leased like three Lambos and you're a peasant. \n\nI feel like a huge driving force to my passion was stolen from me. And while I'm still going and will always work to educate/entertain you, I'm hoping something changes for the better soon. It's a war. And creators like us are losing that war. Because Advertiser Gods dictate what YouTube does now. It was always such a double edged sword. Letting money in helped us build real businesses and empires out of simple YouTube videos. But it also would be our undoing once the source of the money got manipulated and upset.\n\nYouTube is now a platform of double standards, demonetizing indie news giving unbiased perspectives and factual information, and yet uplifting and paying mainstream media who are filled to the brim with bias and political agendas. Rappers with VEVO channels are able to show a convenience store getting shot up and people getting gunned down in the street with barely-dressed women twerking and lyrics glorifying shit like prescription pills and heroin. But if a \"regular\" creator even discusses these types of things happening with no imagery and with no endorsement to do any of it whatsoever - if they even make a video telling people why drugs are bad or how unsafe certain guns can be, they are cut down by YouTube. Cut off. No more money. \n\nThis is not the YouTube in which I would ever want to be called a \"YouTuber.\" Because I'm not. I don't fit in with this.\n\nIn conclusion, I am not a \"YouTuber\" anymore. I create true crime, horror, and comedy content and I happen to upload it to YouTube among other places. Other creators can call themselves whatever they want. But I find no passion and no pride in such a title any longer. At the end of the day, I'm a creator. I will create videos for YouTube. I will author books. I will produce video games. I will create. I will move forward. With either one knife in my back or a thousand, I will walk forward. And my fuel to help lessen the pain and make each step easier is and always has been...you. So thank you. And on we go. \n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:726541224982355981/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:723998271915171849", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "Is it just me, or does a majority of online comedy nowadays seem to be really, really fake? Like it seems there's a formula of how to make people laugh. And it paints the whole scene to look so artificial that it makes me more sick to watch than amused. Now, I'm a critical bastard. I can be quite the \"fun sucker\". But I also like to think I notice things. And it's impossible not to notice the super forced comedic formula that is so prominent across the internet.<br /><br />It's not simple to explain. It's like getting a bad feeling about someone but not being able to explain exactly why you feel that way. I get that feeling when I watch so many Instagram sketches. Here's the formula as I've noticed it:<br /><br />Main character is socially awkward. Main character is with someone who is not socially awkward. The person who is not socially awkward is engaging in some activity that they are really good at. Main character is bad at this activity but pretends they are really good at this activity. The main character ends up making a socially awkward ass of themselves. Cue laughter.<br /><br />This formula can vary. Maybe it's dudes making socially awkward asses (or misogynistic asses) of themselves in front of attractive, less awkward, and more intelligent women, for instance. But it all seems to fall into the same general formula with some variables added in from time to time. <br /><br />I know a lot of people out there use this formula and genuinely find it funny and have a real passion for comedy. They may not even see it as a \"formula\", but for me, it's so glaringly obvious that I just lose any intention of watching it and the impulse to laugh vanishes the second I know what's going on (which happens like five seconds into the video). I just think that the creator quite possibly is only doing it for Instagram followers or for money. Like \"okay it's Monday, let's set aside a couple hours and film a super cheap sketch with people with tons of Instagram followers (so we can all circle jerk each other for fame) and here's what we need to do to make it funny and we shouldn't ever experiment with anything else.\" Like they get up, choose an activity to highlight in a sketch, and then apply the formula. <br /><br />Maybe I'm just tired with socially awkward, self-deprecating humor. It's super prominent in Hollywood movies, YouTube videos, but ESPECIALLY Instagram sketch comedy. As for Hollywood, it seems a new comedy movie comes out every week where it's a socially awkward (and often adorable or sexy) person trying to exist around a bunch of people who aren't at all socially awkward and they get into zany situations and blah blah blah. Just getting old to me. <br /><br />For reference, a couple of my favorite sketch comedy creators online are Ryan Higa and Tom Ska (among a number of others). It's not just the scenario that makes it all seem fake. It just seems like the creators have no actual passion for sketch comedy and are just doing it because \"it's fire right now\" and they know they can turn a big profit with barely any effort. I know plenty of people don't like MY brand of comedy, but my \"brand\" is who I am in real life. I don't script out most of my comedy. I just let it flow from my head in real time. But hey, tons of people DO like it, but also tons of people like the Instagram sketches I'm shitting on right now, so it is what it is. <br /><br />It's just something that's been a passing thought in my mind for a few years now. I think Vine really changed the game on comedy. You had six seconds to make people laugh. That kind of a thing required a formula. But Vine is dead (I have no problem saying that I'm rather happy about that), but the \"Vine-type formula\" is alive and well and spreading like MRSA to what countless other creators do. And viewers want it more and more. They want that instant gratification in video format. They want click bait. They want fake content. They want an over the top creator who would treat them like total shit and throw their money in their face. They want dudes acting like idiots. They want women acting superior. They want to see people pretend to be more socially awkward than any average person could ever be (that doesn't have a mental condition). But I digress!<br /><br />Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy. Am I the only one who thinks a ton of Instagram comedy sketches are just people using a cheap formula in order to get more followers? Let me know.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/723998271915171849", "published": "2017-06-20T20:30:38+00:00", "source": { "content": "Is it just me, or does a majority of online comedy nowadays seem to be really, really fake? Like it seems there's a formula of how to make people laugh. And it paints the whole scene to look so artificial that it makes me more sick to watch than amused. Now, I'm a critical bastard. I can be quite the \"fun sucker\". But I also like to think I notice things. And it's impossible not to notice the super forced comedic formula that is so prominent across the internet.\n\nIt's not simple to explain. It's like getting a bad feeling about someone but not being able to explain exactly why you feel that way. I get that feeling when I watch so many Instagram sketches. Here's the formula as I've noticed it:\n\nMain character is socially awkward. Main character is with someone who is not socially awkward. The person who is not socially awkward is engaging in some activity that they are really good at. Main character is bad at this activity but pretends they are really good at this activity. The main character ends up making a socially awkward ass of themselves. Cue laughter.\n\nThis formula can vary. Maybe it's dudes making socially awkward asses (or misogynistic asses) of themselves in front of attractive, less awkward, and more intelligent women, for instance. But it all seems to fall into the same general formula with some variables added in from time to time. \n\nI know a lot of people out there use this formula and genuinely find it funny and have a real passion for comedy. They may not even see it as a \"formula\", but for me, it's so glaringly obvious that I just lose any intention of watching it and the impulse to laugh vanishes the second I know what's going on (which happens like five seconds into the video). I just think that the creator quite possibly is only doing it for Instagram followers or for money. Like \"okay it's Monday, let's set aside a couple hours and film a super cheap sketch with people with tons of Instagram followers (so we can all circle jerk each other for fame) and here's what we need to do to make it funny and we shouldn't ever experiment with anything else.\" Like they get up, choose an activity to highlight in a sketch, and then apply the formula. \n\nMaybe I'm just tired with socially awkward, self-deprecating humor. It's super prominent in Hollywood movies, YouTube videos, but ESPECIALLY Instagram sketch comedy. As for Hollywood, it seems a new comedy movie comes out every week where it's a socially awkward (and often adorable or sexy) person trying to exist around a bunch of people who aren't at all socially awkward and they get into zany situations and blah blah blah. Just getting old to me. \n\nFor reference, a couple of my favorite sketch comedy creators online are Ryan Higa and Tom Ska (among a number of others). It's not just the scenario that makes it all seem fake. It just seems like the creators have no actual passion for sketch comedy and are just doing it because \"it's fire right now\" and they know they can turn a big profit with barely any effort. I know plenty of people don't like MY brand of comedy, but my \"brand\" is who I am in real life. I don't script out most of my comedy. I just let it flow from my head in real time. But hey, tons of people DO like it, but also tons of people like the Instagram sketches I'm shitting on right now, so it is what it is. \n\nIt's just something that's been a passing thought in my mind for a few years now. I think Vine really changed the game on comedy. You had six seconds to make people laugh. That kind of a thing required a formula. But Vine is dead (I have no problem saying that I'm rather happy about that), but the \"Vine-type formula\" is alive and well and spreading like MRSA to what countless other creators do. And viewers want it more and more. They want that instant gratification in video format. They want click bait. They want fake content. They want an over the top creator who would treat them like total shit and throw their money in their face. They want dudes acting like idiots. They want women acting superior. They want to see people pretend to be more socially awkward than any average person could ever be (that doesn't have a mental condition). But I digress!\n\nMaybe I'm just getting old and grumpy. Am I the only one who thinks a ton of Instagram comedy sketches are just people using a cheap formula in order to get more followers? Let me know.\n\n\n\n\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:723998271915171849/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:699767917255860242", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "The entire genre of True Crime, which is wildly popular on television, is under attack on YouTube. More and more, they target videos and remove monetization so these videos can no longer earn money. Even worse, they sometimes refuse to even allow you to appeal their decision. <br /><br />Once the brands return from their boycott, YouTube will allow advertisers to select certain groups to send their ads to. Each group contains genres. I have a sneaking suspicion that YouTube will pair the true crime I do with \"exploitative, violent, shock news\" to some degree. In other words, they're going to group us into a place that looks very unattractive to advertisers. <br /><br />Uncertainty has never been so high in my career on YouTube. But this is more than just my livelihood. It's about NOT allowing YouTube to force this genre off their platform. It's about fighting to keep true crime and investigative content on YouTube. <br /><br />Considering how badly YouTube is gutting me right now, I've fired up my Patreon where viewers who want to stand up to this BS can lend their support to keep true crime content online. If you would consider even giving $1 a month. Hell, even $.50 a month, I would appreciate it immensely. If half of the people who see this gave that little, we would be able to make sure that my work and the work of any other creators like me, will remain on YouTube. <br /><br />Thank you for your consideration. Let's fight to keep true crime on YouTube and get them to stop sweeping it under the rug as if advertisers don't like it. TV has very much proven otherwise. <br /><br />Even $1 is tremendous. Thank you. <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/RobDyke\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/RobDyke</a><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/699767917255860242", "published": "2017-04-14T23:47:52+00:00", "source": { "content": "The entire genre of True Crime, which is wildly popular on television, is under attack on YouTube. More and more, they target videos and remove monetization so these videos can no longer earn money. Even worse, they sometimes refuse to even allow you to appeal their decision. \n\nOnce the brands return from their boycott, YouTube will allow advertisers to select certain groups to send their ads to. Each group contains genres. I have a sneaking suspicion that YouTube will pair the true crime I do with \"exploitative, violent, shock news\" to some degree. In other words, they're going to group us into a place that looks very unattractive to advertisers. \n\nUncertainty has never been so high in my career on YouTube. But this is more than just my livelihood. It's about NOT allowing YouTube to force this genre off their platform. It's about fighting to keep true crime and investigative content on YouTube. \n\nConsidering how badly YouTube is gutting me right now, I've fired up my Patreon where viewers who want to stand up to this BS can lend their support to keep true crime content online. If you would consider even giving $1 a month. Hell, even $.50 a month, I would appreciate it immensely. If half of the people who see this gave that little, we would be able to make sure that my work and the work of any other creators like me, will remain on YouTube. \n\nThank you for your consideration. Let's fight to keep true crime on YouTube and get them to stop sweeping it under the rug as if advertisers don't like it. TV has very much proven otherwise. \n\nEven $1 is tremendous. Thank you. https://www.patreon.com/RobDyke\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:699767917255860242/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:698642236853723138", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "A video discussing a little behind the YouTube brand boycott, but mostly YouTube's definition of \"advertiser friendly\" and how off-the-mark it really is. Subscribe to me on YouTube and here on Minds for similar thoughts.<br /><br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/pY4HRW1Bm74\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/pY4HRW1Bm74</a><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/698642236853723138", "published": "2017-04-11T21:14:48+00:00", "source": { "content": "A video discussing a little behind the YouTube brand boycott, but mostly YouTube's definition of \"advertiser friendly\" and how off-the-mark it really is. Subscribe to me on YouTube and here on Minds for similar thoughts.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/pY4HRW1Bm74\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:698642236853723138/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:697871924771954697", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "Hope everyone is having a solid day. ", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/697871924771954697", "published": "2017-04-09T18:13:52+00:00", "source": { "content": "Hope everyone is having a solid day. ", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:697871924771954697/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:697220041275351055", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "Ways YouTube can fix this brand boycott issue (hopefully):<br /><br />Require a threshold of lifetime views before a channel is able to be monetized. They actually just finally implemented this. The current threshold is 10,000 views. I see them raising this. <br /><br />Close the partner program to application only. Right now anyone can become a partner. That's not how it always was. It used to be that you had to apply and could very well be denied for partnership. Through partnership you can monetize your videos. <br /><br />Require a certain upload threshold. The channel should have to have a certain number of videos already established on the channel, giving YouTube a better idea of who the content creator is and what it is they are bringing to YouTube. <br /><br />Sound fair? What other things do you think would be a good idea?<br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/697220041275351055", "published": "2017-04-07T23:03:31+00:00", "source": { "content": "Ways YouTube can fix this brand boycott issue (hopefully):\n\nRequire a threshold of lifetime views before a channel is able to be monetized. They actually just finally implemented this. The current threshold is 10,000 views. I see them raising this. \n\nClose the partner program to application only. Right now anyone can become a partner. That's not how it always was. It used to be that you had to apply and could very well be denied for partnership. Through partnership you can monetize your videos. \n\nRequire a certain upload threshold. The channel should have to have a certain number of videos already established on the channel, giving YouTube a better idea of who the content creator is and what it is they are bringing to YouTube. \n\nSound fair? What other things do you think would be a good idea?\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:697220041275351055/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:696422028399353857", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "Sometimes I feel the current stage of life isn't fixed. It's hard to describe what I mean. But a small part of my mind feels like I could go back in time if I wanted. It's hard to believe that I'm only ever going to move forward. That people I've known my whole life ARE nearly 30 years older and they will never be the way I've remembered them years and years ago. It's hard to believe that some of my favorite actors are in their 60's or 70's. I remember loving and watching movies of them when they were in their 30's. It's hard to believe they aren't like that anymore and will never be again. It's hard to believe one day they'll be gone and that's it. They'll never be in another movie again. <br /><br />It feels so foolish and lame to think this way, but I get very caught up in thinking of how good things were when I was much younger than I am today. It's difficult to accept some of my lifelong loved ones are gone now. I just had a couple of them a year ago. Hard to adjust without them now. I have so much to be happy and thankful for today. I really do. But time is brutal. Anyone else think this way?<br /><br /><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/696422028399353857", "published": "2017-04-05T18:12:29+00:00", "source": { "content": "Sometimes I feel the current stage of life isn't fixed. It's hard to describe what I mean. But a small part of my mind feels like I could go back in time if I wanted. It's hard to believe that I'm only ever going to move forward. That people I've known my whole life ARE nearly 30 years older and they will never be the way I've remembered them years and years ago. It's hard to believe that some of my favorite actors are in their 60's or 70's. I remember loving and watching movies of them when they were in their 30's. It's hard to believe they aren't like that anymore and will never be again. It's hard to believe one day they'll be gone and that's it. They'll never be in another movie again. \n\nIt feels so foolish and lame to think this way, but I get very caught up in thinking of how good things were when I was much younger than I am today. It's difficult to accept some of my lifelong loved ones are gone now. I just had a couple of them a year ago. Hard to adjust without them now. I have so much to be happy and thankful for today. I really do. But time is brutal. Anyone else think this way?\n\n\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:696422028399353857/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695754774422757396", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "Censorship. That's what has gotten YouTube into this mess. The demand for censorship and the pussification of the internet. A guy shows the flaws in  a \"stab proof\" vest by stabbing it on video and showing that the knife penetrated all the way through. Not at all stabproof. This is information important to a number of security professionals from private security to police officers. This video had ads on it. And the mainstream media tugs on big brands' sleeve and asks the question, \"When is Google going to stop making money off of vile hatred?\" <br /><br />Vile hatred? You wouldn't have a shit ass clue of what \"vile\" or \"hatred\" even is. <br /><br />This dude who made this video isn't a terrorist. He's showing an important lesson. Why is it that everyone is so afraid that they think a person filming a video on teaching how to aim a gun is automatically going to be used by ISIS and not law abiding citizens? We have come to a critical point that cowardice and censorship are going to actually get more people killed because even talking about guns on the internet will be seen as an overt act of terrorism. And you know the best way to defeat a violent offender right? Be even more terrified of them. Sure! And if they're running ads on said video, that's blood money. Blood money. They've said this. I'm not making it up. <br /><br />Absolute absurdity. What a direction things are heading in. It's mind-boggling. But perhaps even worse is that these mainstream media outlets run ads on articles that describe exactly what they're claiming to be against - articles discussing violence or revealing holes in established security. They report every damn day on information that terrorists could use and benefit from. Yet they run ads. Why? Because they don't actually find offense in these YouTube videos or what YouTube is doing. They're trying to manipulate the system and destroy the chance for new media to rise. Now it's not all mainstream media. Don't get me wrong. Plenty of journalists are seeing it how we do. But there are a select few agitators in the filthy derelict faulty journalism pig pen that have an agenda to fulfill. And brands are allowing them to do it. YouTube is allowing them to do it. It's pathetic. <br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/695754774422757396", "published": "2017-04-03T22:01:04+00:00", "source": { "content": "Censorship. That's what has gotten YouTube into this mess. The demand for censorship and the pussification of the internet. A guy shows the flaws in  a \"stab proof\" vest by stabbing it on video and showing that the knife penetrated all the way through. Not at all stabproof. This is information important to a number of security professionals from private security to police officers. This video had ads on it. And the mainstream media tugs on big brands' sleeve and asks the question, \"When is Google going to stop making money off of vile hatred?\" \n\nVile hatred? You wouldn't have a shit ass clue of what \"vile\" or \"hatred\" even is. \n\nThis dude who made this video isn't a terrorist. He's showing an important lesson. Why is it that everyone is so afraid that they think a person filming a video on teaching how to aim a gun is automatically going to be used by ISIS and not law abiding citizens? We have come to a critical point that cowardice and censorship are going to actually get more people killed because even talking about guns on the internet will be seen as an overt act of terrorism. And you know the best way to defeat a violent offender right? Be even more terrified of them. Sure! And if they're running ads on said video, that's blood money. Blood money. They've said this. I'm not making it up. \n\nAbsolute absurdity. What a direction things are heading in. It's mind-boggling. But perhaps even worse is that these mainstream media outlets run ads on articles that describe exactly what they're claiming to be against - articles discussing violence or revealing holes in established security. They report every damn day on information that terrorists could use and benefit from. Yet they run ads. Why? Because they don't actually find offense in these YouTube videos or what YouTube is doing. They're trying to manipulate the system and destroy the chance for new media to rise. Now it's not all mainstream media. Don't get me wrong. Plenty of journalists are seeing it how we do. But there are a select few agitators in the filthy derelict faulty journalism pig pen that have an agenda to fulfill. And brands are allowing them to do it. YouTube is allowing them to do it. It's pathetic. \n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695754774422757396/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695361203043573777", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE to possibly be featured in an upcoming Q&A video on my channel!", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/695361203043573777", "published": "2017-04-02T19:57:09+00:00", "source": { "content": "ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE to possibly be featured in an upcoming Q&A video on my channel!", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695361203043573777/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695355911622893571", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "I actually connected with one the victims in this episode. Her ex-husband put the nails in her food she found out after the story reached the news. Craziness. <br /><br /><a href=\"https://youtu.be/2x2NomP0fd0\" target=\"_blank\">https://youtu.be/2x2NomP0fd0</a><br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/695355911622893571", "published": "2017-04-02T19:36:07+00:00", "source": { "content": "I actually connected with one the victims in this episode. Her ex-husband put the nails in her food she found out after the story reached the news. Craziness. \n\nhttps://youtu.be/2x2NomP0fd0\n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695355911622893571/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695068654710038536", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "A lot of people think going into YouTube is a dream job. They think successful creators are incredibly lucky and fortunate. And to a degree, those people are right. But there are a few things viewers don't take into account that go on on this side of the fence. In a job people feel is all about creating our own destiny, we are at the mercy of YouTube. Many creators are stressed by strict new policies and threatening algorithm changes. These things have a way of making YouTube as a job a lot less fun. They have a way of taking the passion right out of it. <br /><br />Algorithm changes - obscure factors that determine how well you will succeed on the platform - have wiped out creators in the past and continue to turn things upside-down. They've quite literally destroyed careers overnight. They're a factor not many other jobs have. Most people don't have to worry about going into their job the next day and having their boss suddenly say, \"You've been doing a great job here. But now we're going to start doing things differently. And I'm not going to tell you exactly how, but all you'll know is that what you've been doing all this time is no longer going to make you nearly as much money.\"<br /><br />It's being slammed with sudden uncertainty and it happens fairly often. Many of us have people working for us. We've turned our channels into thriving businesses. Meanwhile, YouTube is still calling all the shots. Any mistakes they make in their business are likely going to ripple through and impact all of ours. This is very true for the current climate on YouTube. Brands are tearing out their ad dollars because they've realized YouTube has very much been the cliché \"Wild West\" for quite some time. A bunch of unchecked creators making tons of brands' money on content the brand has not seen or approved of. <br /><br />And some of these creators have been promoted to by YouTube to be their most featured and famous creators. They're the face of YouTube as a whole. And some of these creators have ran into some staunch controversy lately, like PewDiePie. Though that's only one instance of a number of creator-based issues. It's a very serious version of \"one person ruining it for everyone else.\" YouTube has now lost around a billion dollars in a tremendously short time. And it's not the creators' fault. Creators like PewDiePie may at times go \"too far\" with a joke, but I don't believe Felix asked to be YouTube's front man.  This falls on YouTube and the media outlets that have been gunning to bring YouTube down a notch (or 10). <br /><br />These are things YouTubers now need to be concerned about. If a huge YouTuber says something bad, do we all lose money? Seems so in this instance. Now there were a number of other instances of \"offensive content\" that provoked this decision by brands to boycott YouTube. But all the same, these are the kinds of issues YouTubers have to be wary of. I'm not sure how all of this has impacted MY business yet. All I know is that I've been forced to create more content to adapt to a changing algorithm. That doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but my team and I put a lot of work into each video. But YouTube has made it hard to be successful unless you upload daily. So I threw my hands up and said \"Fine\" and I've assembled a team to bring my channel into a daily format. I make a lot of content that can't be created in one day. That's what makes this so much more difficult.<br /><br />Just in time for tons of brands to withdraw their money and potentially hurt my business and thwart a lot of the effort of my team and myself. I'm not sure what I'm even typing all of this for. Just know that while I love what I do, it's difficult to keep up at times.  And it's sometimes even more difficult to maintain passion. It's easy to say \"take a break!\" but to be honest, YouTube will be sure I pay hard for that break. I don't want a break. But I suppose it's just a matter of time, as it always is. My success. Your entertainment. The livelihoods of my team and I. All just a matter of time. <br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/695068654710038536", "published": "2017-04-02T00:34:40+00:00", "source": { "content": "A lot of people think going into YouTube is a dream job. They think successful creators are incredibly lucky and fortunate. And to a degree, those people are right. But there are a few things viewers don't take into account that go on on this side of the fence. In a job people feel is all about creating our own destiny, we are at the mercy of YouTube. Many creators are stressed by strict new policies and threatening algorithm changes. These things have a way of making YouTube as a job a lot less fun. They have a way of taking the passion right out of it. \n\nAlgorithm changes - obscure factors that determine how well you will succeed on the platform - have wiped out creators in the past and continue to turn things upside-down. They've quite literally destroyed careers overnight. They're a factor not many other jobs have. Most people don't have to worry about going into their job the next day and having their boss suddenly say, \"You've been doing a great job here. But now we're going to start doing things differently. And I'm not going to tell you exactly how, but all you'll know is that what you've been doing all this time is no longer going to make you nearly as much money.\"\n\nIt's being slammed with sudden uncertainty and it happens fairly often. Many of us have people working for us. We've turned our channels into thriving businesses. Meanwhile, YouTube is still calling all the shots. Any mistakes they make in their business are likely going to ripple through and impact all of ours. This is very true for the current climate on YouTube. Brands are tearing out their ad dollars because they've realized YouTube has very much been the cliché \"Wild West\" for quite some time. A bunch of unchecked creators making tons of brands' money on content the brand has not seen or approved of. \n\nAnd some of these creators have been promoted to by YouTube to be their most featured and famous creators. They're the face of YouTube as a whole. And some of these creators have ran into some staunch controversy lately, like PewDiePie. Though that's only one instance of a number of creator-based issues. It's a very serious version of \"one person ruining it for everyone else.\" YouTube has now lost around a billion dollars in a tremendously short time. And it's not the creators' fault. Creators like PewDiePie may at times go \"too far\" with a joke, but I don't believe Felix asked to be YouTube's front man.  This falls on YouTube and the media outlets that have been gunning to bring YouTube down a notch (or 10). \n\nThese are things YouTubers now need to be concerned about. If a huge YouTuber says something bad, do we all lose money? Seems so in this instance. Now there were a number of other instances of \"offensive content\" that provoked this decision by brands to boycott YouTube. But all the same, these are the kinds of issues YouTubers have to be wary of. I'm not sure how all of this has impacted MY business yet. All I know is that I've been forced to create more content to adapt to a changing algorithm. That doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but my team and I put a lot of work into each video. But YouTube has made it hard to be successful unless you upload daily. So I threw my hands up and said \"Fine\" and I've assembled a team to bring my channel into a daily format. I make a lot of content that can't be created in one day. That's what makes this so much more difficult.\n\nJust in time for tons of brands to withdraw their money and potentially hurt my business and thwart a lot of the effort of my team and myself. I'm not sure what I'm even typing all of this for. Just know that while I love what I do, it's difficult to keep up at times.  And it's sometimes even more difficult to maintain passion. It's easy to say \"take a break!\" but to be honest, YouTube will be sure I pay hard for that break. I don't want a break. But I suppose it's just a matter of time, as it always is. My success. Your entertainment. The livelihoods of my team and I. All just a matter of time. \n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:695068654710038536/activity" }, { "type": "Create", "actor": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "object": { "type": "Note", "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:694685111022526484", "attributedTo": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684", "content": "One thing that frustrates me more than most other things is how people glorify YouTube creators as if they're something more than human. Then when that YouTuber does something shitty, like humans often do, their audience explodes into confusion and rage. How could this be?! How could they do that?! <br /><br />And some YouTubers perpetuate this idea. That they're living a perfect happy life and positivity is all you need and just smile and be happy and you'll never be depressed again. <br /><br />It kind of blows my mind. That's why I'm glad so many in my audience are so smart. I've always said that my audience isn't the sunshine gang or the smile crew. That's bullshit. We are humans. With all the greatness and all the shittiness - the whole package deal. We make mistakes. We do bad things. We live with regret and with guilt. We get angry and depressed. But we also do so many great things. We are real human beings. And one of the most important components of humanity is flaws. <br /><br />I'll never judge you for them as long as you try to be a better person. You are welcome here. Broken and worn. Come as you are. And know I am absolutely no different. I make YouTube videos. So do all these other creators. Stop buying into the false positivity disease that ironically corrupts creators and fans alike. Cut that shit right out and you'll find real reasons to appreciate a person. And appreciate yourself as well. <br />", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/followers" ], "tag": [], "url": "https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/694685111022526484", "published": "2017-03-31T23:10:36+00:00", "source": { "content": "One thing that frustrates me more than most other things is how people glorify YouTube creators as if they're something more than human. Then when that YouTuber does something shitty, like humans often do, their audience explodes into confusion and rage. How could this be?! How could they do that?! \n\nAnd some YouTubers perpetuate this idea. That they're living a perfect happy life and positivity is all you need and just smile and be happy and you'll never be depressed again. \n\nIt kind of blows my mind. That's why I'm glad so many in my audience are so smart. I've always said that my audience isn't the sunshine gang or the smile crew. That's bullshit. We are humans. With all the greatness and all the shittiness - the whole package deal. We make mistakes. We do bad things. We live with regret and with guilt. We get angry and depressed. But we also do so many great things. We are real human beings. And one of the most important components of humanity is flaws. \n\nI'll never judge you for them as long as you try to be a better person. You are welcome here. Broken and worn. Come as you are. And know I am absolutely no different. I make YouTube videos. So do all these other creators. Stop buying into the false positivity disease that ironically corrupts creators and fans alike. Cut that shit right out and you'll find real reasons to appreciate a person. And appreciate yourself as well. \n", "mediaType": "text/plain" } }, "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/entities/urn:activity:694685111022526484/activity" } ], "id": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/outbox", "partOf": "https://www.minds.com/api/activitypub/users/694247301295644684/outboxoutbox" }