 So if you haven't heard what's been going on there is something that is being deemed the vox ad apocalypse and it all started with a feud between Steven Crowder and Carlos Mazza. Alright and I'm very conflicted about this situation but I wanted to make a video to kind of discuss this as a youtube creator and try to see what's really going on. What is up everybody this is Chris from the rewired soul where we talk about the problem but focus on the solution and if you're new to my channel what I like to do is take a look at what's going on in the youtube community and try to see what lessons we can learn from them. So if you're into that stuff make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell and I love engaging with all of you beautiful people out there so make sure you're following me over on Instagram and Twitter at the rewired soul. Alright for those of you who haven't gotten the memo I'm going to briefly explain what this vox ad apocalypse is how it started and all that. Alright so you have Steven Crowder who is a conservative comedian and commentator. Alright I use comedian because comedy is subjective I don't like the guy but anyways but keep that in mind as I go through this video. Alright then you have Carlos Mazza I don't know much about him but he is also a journalist he works for vox and Steven Crowder has made a bunch of videos debunking Carlos Mazza's videos. Now that's not the issue the issue is is that Steven Crowder has used racial as well as homophobic slurs directed at Carlos Mazza while criticizing him. So Carlos Mazza he has become a very loud voice on Twitter and pretty much got YouTube's attention to look into this and he wanted to de-platform Steven Crowder. Alright and basically YouTube sided with Steven Crowder and said listen I know what he said might have been hurtful to you but we are not going to take him off the platform. Well since then and Philip DeFranco talked about this and it's actually really just bad timing but YouTube actually just sent out a statement talking about how a lot of channels who are offensive and you know they go against the anti-bullying and harassment policy they are being demonetized and as of right now Steven Crowder has been demonetized and I think they also mentioned that there's no longer access to one of his shirts that is offensive alright. So let's talk about this and I just want to start out by saying two things alright like I mentioned before I am not a fan of Steven Crowder alright I'm not a fan of Steven Crowder so that's that's one thing the second thing is I you know not that it's any of your dang business but I lean more to the liberal side okay so keep that in mind alright but as I'm seeing this go down like it's a scary situation alright and I guess where I've been at with this is that I don't like what Steven Crowder said I don't think somebody on that kind of a platform should be saying those things I think he he crossed the line when it goes you know from like comedy into like bullying and saying these things like it's just not what you do especially when you're a public figure like that so I don't agree with any of that stuff that he said alright now that's on a personal level the thing is on this platform and because of freedom of speech I do respect his right to say that like I think the guy's a dick for everything that he said directed at Carlos Maza but I do not think that he should be de-platformed for saying it alright and the thing is is that when this was kicking off and YouTube first sided with Steven Crowder Carlos Maza he's been all up on Twitter and he retweeted some stuff and one of the things that he retweeted I believe it it was somebody saying hey YouTube I'm confused because YouTube was saying what Steven Crowder said may have been hurtful and in their anti-bullying and harassment policy they have a line that says content that might be hurtful to somebody else right and here's the thing like when I look at this when you have that kind of language in any kind of policy it gets tricky alright because hurtful something deemed as hurtful is very subjective it is extremely subjective okay what might be hurtful to one person is not hurtful to another person I'll use myself as an example alright I have very thick skin alright and not just because I'm overweight see I can even make fun of myself I have very thick skin but there are other people who would be offended by the same comments that I received so two different people same experience right but one gets offended one doesn't so it's very subjective now the other thing is is like when looking at this it is safe to say that YouTube is trying to get this into their algorithm alright YouTube does not have the manpower nobody no company on earth has the manpower to manually review everything and that's what's scary alright because a bunch of YouTubers have come out today I have not checked out their content so I don't know how offensive it might be but YouTube does not have the manpower to manually check everything so I would assume that they're teaching their algorithm to scan for certain words or phrases and things like that and then a lot of people are being demonetized so um some of these emails have gone out and what it looks like is that people get demonetized then they have to reapply for the YouTube partner program in 30 days alright but again when it comes to free speech it's like I might not like what you say but I respect your right to say it so when it comes to bullying and harassment I I get I get why people want Stephen Crowder to be punished even harsher and like Carlos Mazza has been talking about how YouTube is like promoting bullings and bullying and all these other things and it's like here's the thing I don't think anybody's talking about just a couple weeks ago Jake Paul made a video confronting the cyber Cody Coe alright there was a massive massive reaction to that everybody's saying like no Cody Coe is not a bully you're being a hypocrite Jake Paul Cody Coe is comedian he's joking around and everything like that but when we're looking at what's happening right now think about it the question is if Jake Paul raised enough of a stink as being one of YouTube's largest creators and saying no Cody Coe is bullying me this is harassment Cody Coe keeps making videos about me this is harassment would Cody Coe get demonetized because Jake Paul's perception of what was happening was bullying you see what I mean it is all about perspective and this is scary to a creator like myself like I am a commentary channel alright just like many many many other commentary channels so not only people like Cody Coe but look at you know Drew Gooden Danny Gonzalez Jarvis Johnson you know Leon Lush Elvis the alien Bionic Pig everybody alright now look at the amount of times they've talked about different creators um Bionic Pig he talks about musicians and all that like imagine if Lele Ponds started going after these commentary channels saying this is bullying this is harassment YouTube I want you to do something about it you see what I mean like what if what if five minute crafts went after Jarvis Johnson what if Troom Troom went after Danny Gonzalez alright I just want you all to follow me right now because again again I do not agree with what Steven Crowder did but I'm conflicted about the situation because when you start to censor based on if somebody's feelings got hurt alright no matter what they said like it starts to get very very tricky because this is a subjective experience so based on how sensitive the other person is they might get demonetized they might lose their primary source of income alright now don't get me wrong when I say sensitive like I think Carlos Mazza has every right to be upset with Steven Crowder and all the terrible things he said I if I was in his position like if somebody was calling me you know racial slurs like me just being half African American and they were on such a large platform and it was like in this kind of malicious way I'd be like uh yeah that's not cool you know what I mean so I can definitely empathize with Carlos Mazza but one of the issues is and one of the issues that a lot of youtube creators are are having is that this is happening right now the vox adpocalypse is what they're calling it because when Carlos Mazza this one guy this one guy being upset about his very specific situation he has no problem affecting the income of thousands upon thousands if not millions of creators who are part of the youtube partner program because of his specific situation like he walks advertisers to start pulling their money youtube is now implementing more policies about their anti-bullying and harassment and like I said that just seems like weird timing but they're also heavily enforcing it already which is today because a lot of people are losing their monetization so this is a very tricky situation but I did want to share my thoughts just as somebody who not only do I do commentary but I watch a lot of commentary I wanted to bring up this different angle you see what I mean especially for a lot of commentary channels or news channels who follow stories and keep making videos on the same people or the same situations like somebody on the other end of that could deem that as bullying or harassment just because they didn't like what you said about them so I would love to know your thoughts on this entire situation down in the comments below all right and I will be covering this story as more goes on with it all right but anyways if you like this video please give it a thumbs up if you're new make sure you subscribe and ring that notification bell because I make a ton of videos and a huge huge thank you to everybody supporting the channel over on patreon you're all amazing and if you'd like to become a patron support what I'm doing here get access to our monthly Q&A some other perks and benefits click the top on that patreon icon right there all right thanks again so so much for watching I'll see you next time