The bare mention of your name is enough to have a comment on YouTube immediately memory-holed, apparently, as I found to my chagrin just a few nights ago.
After "debating" a pro-vaxxer (for 'debate', read "refuting and correcting the same old tired lies") for an hour of back-and-forth replies, I finished up with a final coup de grace post…
The bare mention of your name is enough to have a comment on YouTube immediately memory-holed, apparently, as I found to my chagrin just a few nights ago.
After "debating" a pro-vaxxer (for 'debate', read "refuting and correcting the same old tired lies") for an hour of back-and-forth replies, I finished up with a final coup de grace post of several hundred words, working my way through data, reasoning, humor, and a final challenge and appeal to the nobility of the human spirit. I hit "send", saw the "Reply Added" toast pop up, and then went to check and see if my victi- er, opponent had added anything further while I was typing. And noticed that my masterpiece was nowhere to be found.
I backed out of the app, force stopped, etc; checked again- nothing. I assumed t was one of the names I'd listed for the vaxxer to search out, since nothing else made sense as the cause, if it was indeed the YouTube comment algorithm and not just a glitch.
So I typed a short post, referring to the first name on my list, Dr. Malone. It appeared and stayed right where it was.
Next, Dr. Yeadon. Simply typed his name, hit send, and there it was.
Next on the list, your esteemed self. Typed your name, hit send, get the toast... Gone.
I double-check, closing the app, force stop, clear cache, etc. Back to the video, check the comment replies wherein I'd been battling the foul beast, and nope, still not there.
I tried a few more times just to confirm, and I can confidently say that mention of your name will most certainly disappear immediately, taking with it any post within which it appears, however masterfully composed ;)
Or, possibly, they're just tired of ME, specifically, posting your name in replies all over their site. If anyone else tries it and slips a mention through, please reply and let me know.
And btw, your name, at least in YouTube comments, is now "Rhymes with Reeve Hirsch", accompanied by mention of Matthew Crawford and Jessica Rose.
The bare mention of your name is enough to have a comment on YouTube immediately memory-holed, apparently, as I found to my chagrin just a few nights ago.
After "debating" a pro-vaxxer (for 'debate', read "refuting and correcting the same old tired lies") for an hour of back-and-forth replies, I finished up with a final coup de grace post of several hundred words, working my way through data, reasoning, humor, and a final challenge and appeal to the nobility of the human spirit. I hit "send", saw the "Reply Added" toast pop up, and then went to check and see if my victi- er, opponent had added anything further while I was typing. And noticed that my masterpiece was nowhere to be found.
I backed out of the app, force stopped, etc; checked again- nothing. I assumed t was one of the names I'd listed for the vaxxer to search out, since nothing else made sense as the cause, if it was indeed the YouTube comment algorithm and not just a glitch.
So I typed a short post, referring to the first name on my list, Dr. Malone. It appeared and stayed right where it was.
Next, Dr. Yeadon. Simply typed his name, hit send, and there it was.
Next on the list, your esteemed self. Typed your name, hit send, get the toast... Gone.
I double-check, closing the app, force stop, clear cache, etc. Back to the video, check the comment replies wherein I'd been battling the foul beast, and nope, still not there.
I tried a few more times just to confirm, and I can confidently say that mention of your name will most certainly disappear immediately, taking with it any post within which it appears, however masterfully composed ;)
Or, possibly, they're just tired of ME, specifically, posting your name in replies all over their site. If anyone else tries it and slips a mention through, please reply and let me know.
And btw, your name, at least in YouTube comments, is now "Rhymes with Reeve Hirsch", accompanied by mention of Matthew Crawford and Jessica Rose.