You did it!! TH-cam has REVERSED its decision & reinstated my original safety video! AMAZING EFFORT everyone, this is a really important issue & I believe it will genuinely save lives. Thank you for sharing, tweeting, commenting! Unfortunately, we lost 7000+ original comments but already 1000s of people have jumped on it again & the video is rising up search results for 'fractal wood burning'. Let's get it stuck at the top, so it's the first thing that crafty folks see when they search the topic. Original video: th-cam.com/video/wzosDKcXQ0I/w-d-xo.html
GOOD. TH-cam keeps making such egregious and dangerous oversights on this platform. There is so much content that doesn't belong on here, but as soon as someone tries calling it out, they're the ones who get disciplined for it. Ridiculous and disgusting
My previous safety video on this subject also got taken down by the overzealous filter and got my channel a permanent warning. They need some more humans involved in filtering this subject.
It's also notable that my recent high-view safety video had none of the keywords it really needed just so it wouldn't be quashed. My original intent was to add them later on, but I'm already on rocky ground with TH-cam.
It won't help you when even the humans behind youtube don't give a shit. TH-cam is a disgustingly corrupt platform and this is a prime example of it. Until someone takes it down, nobody will change anything, let alone youtube.
How does TH-cam consistently keep making the worst possible decisions imaginable? I know we tend to meme on that, but at this point this is actually downright insulting how incompetent this multibillion dollar company is doing.
@A Couple Of Geeks & Gamers yea. Plenty of dangerous how to videos raking in ad money VS a debunking video going viral - it's clear which would MoneyTube ban...
The fact that Ann said “your life is more important then my channel” literally broke my heart. She had to put her entire channel at risk just to warn people about how DANGEROUS something is while youtube says she’s dangerous.
“Because I think your life is more important than my channel” This phrase hits different and really shows the kind of person Ann is. A top tier creator that I’m proud to look up to as a new TH-camr.
It feels bad how youtube ignores us all. We, the last people who use youtubes report tool, are really left with the feeling nothing ever gets removed, whetever its p-rn or big-try or a life-hack that has literally killed People So i simply say: HELP! YT changed and now needs way more people than once to React, but its not impssoible to get Hatespeech, se-ual Content and Pseudoscience removed. Even aside from disabling YT-Shorts, which helps de-insentivizing low-quality-content and clickbait, you can do much. Just take 3 Minutes each day to search for problematic content and then ask YT to delete it. I try to rally you up here, so c'mon.
TH-cam cares about clicks, Ann having a vid "DONT DO IT, YOULL DIE MFER" in top search of that category basically turns people away resulting in less clicks all together. Sounds retarded but Ithink thats what mightve been happening
I honestly didn't ever believe this is a channel that would get striked ever. Your content is on of the most cleanest and well researched in the internet. Damn TH-cam :/
This isn't anything new. Most debunking channels face this. Make a video warning people that TH-cam videos saying COVID is a scam are nonsense and provide evidence? Banned. Dangerous videos are protected for some reason, it makes zero sense.
They totally took it down because the first half of the video was about how shady it is that youtube steals content to put on other platforms.... **conspiracy theory music**
TH-cam: "you can't say it's deadly, but you can pretend it's safe" Absolute heaven for people and companies with no morals and only an eye on clicks. Unbelievable...
We are being controlled as to what is available to us! TH-cam is making decisions for us like they're our parents & we need the supervision! Problem is "Blind Trust"! TH-cam needs to create a division in their company to do what Ann is already doing! A committee to inspect for customer(us)safety & practicability! This is the result of No Laws Governing TH-cam! It has already been established that TH-cam can't be sued, if You get hurt following a video, because it's only for "Entertainment Purposes" Yet they can ban an Ann Reardon video that contains Only Information, not instructions on injuring yourself‼️
It almost seems like TH-cam didn't even watch the video and just banned it based on the title alone. This is disappointing because like you very clearly pointed out your videos SAVED lives. You are a hero!! I love your videos and the information you share is very important!
It does seem like TH-cam doesn't actually care about the videos being reported or looking into other videos. Just having a colorful or creative thumbnail and boom, it's safe because crafting. Anything that ruins the integrity of their better preforming videos, whether it's danger of them or that they are content farms, they don't care. It's making them money.
I completely agree with you. And it's a shame because there are people out there like Ann that care about others and TH-cam is only concerned about views and money rather than content.
That's most likely what happened. These huge companies would rather leave things to a computer than actually pay someone to do the leg work. See also: Twitter and how they just autoban you for saying specific words.
The worst thing youtube did was to delete the dislike button. I used to skip over how to do something videos that had a high amount of dislikes. TH-cam is putting people in danger.
Dislikes are important. It drives me crazy that I can't dislike things on Facebook but yet the stupid algorithm thinks it knows what I like. Fortunately for once, the YT algorithm did recommend for me the warning about fractal wood burning prior to the how to videos. Commenting liking and sharing important videos like this one!
Pretty sure they did it because they didn't want the hate shown on their stupid rewind. Almost no one liked that. Now clickbaiters are all over the place
The interesting thing is, I was watching Kreekcraft's reaction to a Shiloh and Bros video (Doors) and he could see the dislikes. Is there a reason for this?
Ok I'm confused.. because I have the dislike Button, unless the Dislike and the thumbs down are different? I have the thumbs down and I thought it was the Dislike
@babygirlzmommy yes, sorry....what I mean by that is, they removed being able to see how many people clicked the dislike button. It is there, but won't show you the number unless you have some sort of app add on for Chrome. So you can see how many people like a video but not see how many dislike a video.
Comment comment comment Commenting some more Posting like a bot To boost this video more. I see what TH-cam’s doing And don’t like it one bit If they give Ann a strike We all will pitch a fit But I’m in the comment section Posting like a bot Ann’s content, dangerous? Surely, I think not TH-cam doesn’t care That dozens have been killed They keep gathering revenue, Profiting from blood spilled So I’ll comment comment comment Comment even more Sharing this weird poem Until my fingers are sore
we need to put so much engagement on this video! ive seen the art before and it is *stunning* but maybe lets leave it to the professionals who know what they're doing and have the correct equipment
The fact that TH-cam banned this video while keeping all the tutorials/hacks only goes to show that they don't actually care about their viewers or creators, but only about how much money they earn. Keep it up, Ann. Your videos are amazing
Automatedly looking for key words, not considering intent or effects. Other fractal wood burning videos act like it’s normal and safe, the one that states about damage is talking about death and destruction so “bad”.
This is infuriating, but not surprising. TH-cam has a long history of removing videos bringing light to awful situations on the internet, while letting the actual harmful content roam free. I wish the best for you, Ann
Yes, I have noticed it too. For example, Soda pets youtube channel has done a lot of videos about animal abuse on youtube and tiktok. Videos where people don't realize that what is being done is harmful to animals, e.g., taking axolotls out of water and dousing their body in medicine or puting 10 male Siamese fighting fish in one aquarium where they will fight each other to death. And the same nonsense has happened to her videos - her videos got banned while videos encouraging mistreatment of pets are left untouched.
Reminds me of NerdCity getting YT to shut down channels that abuse, neglect their kids or put them on display for the deranged and pedos. It took so much noise and many more bigger YTer to get these channels banned. Only for that one "momma" to create another channel.
@@ogopogo83 several times to Soda Pets, Night Docs, and almost every video Mama Max does showing what sites bad actors are using to take advantage of children
something about “your life is more important than my youtube channel” made me really emotional. people like anne are few and far between on youtube and your selflessness does not go unnoticed or unappreciated, thank you for contributing to safety and integrity on this platform.
Exactly why I'm letting the rest of the video play even though I've watched it. Also why I gave it a like, and am replying to this comment. Just what little help I can give.
If your channel gets banned for trying to save lives by saying "do not do this, this is dangerous", I think we will need to all come together to try and speak out about it. Honestly, more people should be talking about how dangerous these hacks get
I wonder if any journalists working for big newspapers would be interested in a story along these lines 🤔 I guess most people don’t do investigative journalism or “risky” stories that challenge big companies any more…
I'm certain the problem is, aside from pure profiteering, is tunnel vision. YT sees the word 'dead' in the title and concludes "ah, this is a video about how to kill people!" They have the same issue with the word 'nazi', even though actual nazi content creators never use that word in their titles or descriptions
Honestly, that happens often on YT. You have more "debuking" channels, and they usually get flagged for IP or community guidelines. While they are the ones warning about the dangers. The original video's never get removed.
Never heard of fractal woodburning till now. Lost my shit when I saw that first video. I was trained as an EMT in the national guard, and the degree of recklessness in that video was astounding. Then you explained the device's design and I was again flabbergasted. The fact YT took down a video trying to keep people from killing themselves isn't surprising, though. YT doesn't actually care about its creators, so what real interest in your well being as a viewer of their advertisements do they actually have?
This is outrageous! The fact that they harass you and other creators for speaking the truth, but the dangerous videos being brought to question are still up… and making them boat loads of money! I’m sorry you have to go through this Ann! 😤🥺💕
"Because I think your life is more important than my channel" Ann, this quote brought me tears. Thank you so much for your effort to raise awareness Ann.
Before we make that particular "jump to conclusion", the video in question also contained criticism of YT's practice of using creator content (unpaid) to gain millions of views on Facebook. Was that the reason it was pulled ? Let's see if this one stays up.
"Because your life is more important than my channel" That made me emotional. That describes the mindset of Ann perfectly. As a viewer of her videos for many years she is one of the most quality and truth focused creators on this platform.
TH-cam should be liable for promoting dangerous videos while actively banning those warning about the dangers. One thing is to let people post whatever, and a different thing is to actively promote dangerous activities and ban safety warnings.
TH-cam's hypocrisy is just deplorable. Banning YOUR video for being “dangerous”?! And yet they've ignored again and again your warnings about dozens of dangerous hacks at this point? Inexcusable. Please keep up the amazing work, I hope you never let this stuff discourage you Ann
Do not ask TH-cam "What the actual hell". They don't care. Getting sued is their cost of business, because it's cheaper to hire countless lawyers and let the algorithm run wild flipping a coin to decide the life and death of channels than to hire people who could deal with the problems the algorithm creates and resolve them. It's fucked up.
"Your life is more important than my channel" Good on you Ann, that kind of integrity is why you've garnered the respect so many of us have for you. YT is absolutely in the wrong on this decision.
Your warning video was portraying it as harmful, therefore TH-cam sees it as promoting harm. The HowTo videos do not depict it as harmful or dangerous, so TH-cam doesn't either. I know that sounds insane, but I'll bet that's the reason why.
Considering some of the shady, inane, downright stupid and insulting ads I've seen come up on YT I'm not surprised this kind of thing happens. Priorities are evident.
I looked up fractal wood burning on youtube, it seems most of the videos are gone, or now have a description warning about it. You did this! You might have saved many lives! So amazing.
I mean yes but.. do you really think people who try this sort of stuff actually read the description? Sure they might. One in every ten might. Thats 9 lives per ten lost for no worthy reason.
@@KiluaRotmg Darwin award. Buy the only videos thst should be taken down are the scientists ones and such like backyard scientist. Although he done more dangerous things.. He ended up with fbi at his house once.
"You're life is more important than my channel" And that there in lies the difference between Ann's channel and other channels. Love you Ann thank you for being such the kind woman you are
"Your life is more important than my channel". Ann, we salute you for your courage and we need voices like yours on social media platforms. We're with you.
Anyone who's lost a loved one to a fractal woodburning accident following the videos original ban should join in a class-action lawsuit TH-cam. Ordinarily it'd be virtually impossible to establish that TH-cam itself was in any way responsible for these deaths, but this activity clearly demonstrates that 1. A human being gave this issue attention, and took action on it with the explicit purpose of "keeping people safe". This is openly acknowledging that they understand the potential for harm in hosting videos on this subject, and that they have at least some responsibility towards mitigating that harm. 2. They took the completely wrong action, which had the exact opposite effect. And this effect is quantifiable: we can measure how much traffic the video was getting before, and literally count the number of lives saved.
I don't think this one instance would be able to prove much unless this keeps on happening in this channel or across the platform because they did reverse it after effort. If a lot of data can be compiled about warning videos being specially targeted (even if it was reversed) or they put up a difficult fight to get those videos reinstated multiple times then there would be a sold case that youtube is violating their own ToS which would be kinda funny. They algorithmed so hard they forgot to hard code in the things that they shouldn't touch.
I think this more likely proves no human bothered to look into it. It was the work of the bots to delete the video that talked about harm and death rather than the actual danger because it was just using speech and text recognition to find key words. The best you can hope for is negligence on the part of yt, but even that might be covered if the bots are seen as a good faith effort
"Your life is more important than my channel." I know others have already commented on that quote, but I wanted to say, this line almost made me cry. Ann, thank you so much for everything you do, the world needs more people like you. If TH-cam strikes you for any of this, what can we as your community do to help you? Simply *because* you value saving lives over the success of your channel is *why* your channel deserves to survive and do well, and I'd like to fight to make sure it does, even if TH-cam tries to kill it. I'm sure there are many others who feel the same way. Take care, Ann, and again, thank you for what you do.
If someone wishing for the good health of others makes you feel that emotional, you need to wake up amd smell some roses. That should be the only way to perceive your content as a creator.
I saw the original video, before it was taken down. It blows my mind that it's ok to show dangerous, life threatening, life hacks, but not one that saves people. We are 100% behind you Ann. Keep up the good work. I will keep watching and learning as much as I can from you. You are a true role model. Thank you for all you do.
It's shocking how TH-cam even has this mindset. FW Burning is no joke, yet TH-cam says: *oh this criticizes our platform, lets remove it instead of keeping it because its a danger*
I subbed to your channel specifically because you posted this and said that our lives matter more than your channel. We need more people like you in the world. Thank you 💗
The amount of times I’ve seen creators being punished for educating, correcting and standing up for what’s right while at the same time the original harmful, offensive or misinformed content can stay up, with ads usually, is truly concerning. How bad can an algorithm be before it’s negligent, and at which point is it reasonable to suspect that it’s intentional?
It's truly insane, and sometimes it's even content towards children! If it is a programme/algorithm that automatically sifts through videos, how do those original ones get through? I agree that at this point it certainly seems like a deliberate choice on their side
"Don't do this woodburning hack! It's deadly!" TH-cam algorithm: There's a deadly hack in this video! REMOVE!!! "Let's do this beautiful and totally harmless woodworking technique that uses 20000 volts of electricity" TH-cam algorithm: "Carry on" I mean honestly, why are they relying on this system when it's so obviously bad?
"Because your life is more important than my channel." If only more content creators thought like you, this platform would be that much more safer for everyone, adults and kids ! Please know that you have an army of followers that support you and thank you for all you fun and informative content 💜
Hey Ann, I searched up fractal wood burning on TH-cam and I wanted to let you know that it is near the top again, as well as some other videos highlighting the dangers of fractal wood burning. I wanted to thank you for making a difference even at the risk of a channel strike. Thanks for all the great content Ann :)
I think you're right. Clicks generate that sweet, sweet ad revenue. Either the folks running TH-cam are incredibly inept, or it was done on purpose -- there's no other explanation. Either way is bad, but the latter is worse.
"Your life is more important than my channel" may be the nicest sentiment of a response for having a video banned for nonsensical reasons. You're too kind for YT Ann. I hope the message is seen and you save more lives.
I have had similar issues with TH-cam. I’ve had actually doctors discuss the dangers of many scams TH-cam supports targeting the kidney community - but TH-cam wants the science based videos off the platform and keeps ranking the dangerous scam videos. It is a shame that TH-cam does so little to stop the dangerous content and instead spends time going after helpful content.
Well this comment was original said towards my culture (hip hop/rap) but it applies to everything, here goes. They take the worsts parts of our culture and give it the maximum exposure. It's the same reason why I think the government doesn't mind a little bit of corruption because they get a piece of the pie. Whether it's truthful or right TH-cam will still make money off the videos that get the most views and attention. But I have no idea why we are naturally drawn to lies and negativity. It's almost as if we don't even want to see the truth ourselves.
I mean TH-cam eventually cracked down on Elsagate channels and fake animal rescue channels. Can they really not afford to do the same kinda crackdown on fake DIY channels???
I saw one that included a recipe for "kidney healing star fruit salad" It's been removed, but there were a lot of people thanking them for the recipe and celebrating that their doctors were just being mean
This is a big problem with TH-cam and debunking content in general because one of the big problems is that in general, a lot of the misinformation is already against TH-cam's TOS, but the people promoting it find ways to talk around it without saying the key phrases that will get their video flagged. But when debunking that content, the whole point is that you need to be straightforward and explicit to point out why the things they're saying are harmful or dangerous, and because of that TH-cam's content filters just go "oh you're talking about (banned subject X), you must be promoting it, video blocked".
I think it’s because science-based factual videos are just not as popular as crazy looking hack videos. Surely there is enough other viral content out there to bring in ad revenue for TH-cam without leaving these dangerous videos up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if TH-cam saw your video as “harmful” because it would prevent people from watching the other videos and making their own now knowing the dangers. Money >>> The safety of your audience. I’m so relieved that it was reinstated ❤️
Omg Hannah, I'm such a big fan of you and Ann, and I'm glad you're, like Ann, talking and demonstrating the incredible NEGLIGENCE that TH-cam is making.
As I’ve surmised, TH-cam doesn’t care if something is dangerous or not, they just don’t want people talking about dangerous stuff. If enough people can watch something and not see it as an issue, then they can profit off of it. It’s so disgusting.
I doubt that was the decision, I wouldn't be shocked if it was an algorithm looking for words that caught the video. It's not like the fractal videos use the word deadly so as far as the filters know they're safe.
@@cupguin i also thought it must be the algorithm. since the title says the number of deaths, maybe there's something to prevent that kind of video from being public. like all the words people need to change on tiktok.
It's probably the word "Deaths" that TH-cam takes issue with. TH-cam is like the censors for Saturday morning cartoons where you need to use euphemisms in order to get the point across because kids apparently can't take talking about death and other concepts except TH-cam decides to police anything unpleasant.
Why do I get the feeling that this was more about the fact that you exposed how TH-cam is taking people's TH-cam videos and upload them to their own Facebook account in your banned video.
I have no words. There are people out there dying and instead of trying to prevent it TH-cam is encouraging it. Thank you for being so brave and reposting knowing what it can do to your channel. You are the perfect example of what all creators should aspire to be!
"Your life is more important than my channel" WOW. So much respect for you for posting this and sticking with what is right. I wholeheartedly hope youtube finds it to be a mistake and puts your video back up.. But if they don't I don't know what to say anymore, it's truly saddening that money is valued above human lives.
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@@TheUltimateRare her last name shows she is clearly Belgian, Dutch or Afrikaans. English is not her first language. You could have just corrected the “Your” politely.
This goes so far beyond "YT just doesn't care if people get hurt"...it's beyond logic and beyond comprehension. I am so sorry, Ann. Thank you for sharing what has happened, and thank you for putting the information back up, at a risk to your own career. Please let us know if there is something we can do to help.
A wood working friend talked about going to a friend’s house to try this, I convinced him that you can’t just jump feet first into disassembling consumer electronics because some stuff can hold a charge that can cause injury even when unplugged. He agreed and decided not to do the project. After watching your and Clive’s video on the subject I learned how incredibly dangerous it actually is. Ridiculous that TH-cam deleted it.
Although i think I like Clive's thought process a bit better because he know people are going to do it even when told how dangerous it is so you might as well tell them how to set it up the safest way possible so you don't kill yourself. Don;t even need a microwave transformer a neon sign transformer will work just as well but isn't fatal if you touch it vs a microwave transformeer.
"Your life is more important than my channel." This is why I love Ann Reardon. And I hate platforms like this, essentially monopolizing people as much as they can, even though it can end other people's lives.
absolutely. everything is automated lately and Ann got bite by the algorithm. or probably many of fractal wood burners got stingy and report Ann's video.
The moment I saw you drawing the many curl thingies on the right side of the transformer my eyes went wide because I immediately knew what would be the reason for it being dangerous We got taught about how transformers work this school year in physics lessons, but if I didn't knew about how they worked I would've been a lot more shocked Honestly youtube is messed up with the videos it bans and those it doesn't
On December 16th 2019 my brother electrocuted himself attempting fractal burning. He was resuscitated after 35min of CPR and spent two weeks on life support in the ICU. He luckily survived but not without consequences. Videos like this need to stay on TH-cam. He was inspired to try it out after watching TH-cam videos and who knows what could have happened if he had seen yours first! Thanks for your hard work!
TH-cam really needs to get their act together. They’re becoming counterintuitive and are hypocrites. I want to thank you Ann for educating us on these dangerous "hacks" and tricks. Your channel is fabulous and hope that original video is restored, because it's clearly saving lives!
YT doesn’t like to take accountability, especially when they get called out for literally promoting dangerous content. Just proves to you this site doesn’t care about its audience
They care about views to get ad revenue, that’s all esp as the Google search engine monopoly gets challenged around the world and privacy changes impact the search revenue stream. Reprehensible.
you are so right, and since Ann is very vocal about content farm channels in general, (and of course those bring a lot of revenue), they hit 2 birds with one stone
I'm not a chef, but I keep coming back to this channel for the "science". I truly appreciate the scientific method and insight that this channel provides. Seriously, some of these videos could be shown in science classrooms just to exemplify proper scientific method for experimentation...also it promotes ethics and positive morality. Good on you!
How disgusting that TH-cam would do that!! My daughter often watches “hack” videos and I have shown her some of your debunking videos to warn her that not every hack is safe and that she under no circumstances is to try something without asking!! You very much so have saved lives with a lot of your debunking videos particularly ones involving electricity and ones that cause severe burns
I’ve had to send my grown adult friends some of Anne’s videos because they keep believing the bonkers hack videos and then getting mad when it doesn’t work. Good on you for teaching the importance of critical thinking.
I dislike how fractal woodburning steers people away from safer methods. Pyrography exists and can be done much more safely. What I see is a creative drive that needs to be put into a much more helpful and better use.
I can't believe a BAKING channel is more concerned about people's lives than a multi million dollar corporation......no wait yes I can very easily believe it. Keep it up Ann!
Welcome to corporate responsibility on the same minuscule levels of the FDA. I’m surprised this technology DIY wasn’t brought to the FTC’s attention… usually they tweet out PSAs of how to do things. Would’ve been a far better business model for the more experienced knowledge of trade guilds/smaller companies to have had their videos guides promoted on the related hobbyist tags over videos by the “TH-cam DIY” tubers.
The fact that they chose to remove a video warning people of the dangerous content so that they _don't_ get hurt is.. genuinely unsettling. Thank you for everything you do, Anne.
How dumb? TH-cam is allowing the fractal wood burning "how-to" videos to go through, but her video which is explaining the dangers of it is removed?? What a whole bunch of rubbish, I thought TH-cam would make at least some good decisions, but now, thank god it's back (the video), thank you Ann.
I cannot fathom how TH-cam could qualify your video as “dangerous”. This just goes to show how damaged the algorithm and the system of TH-cam is. Keep making amazing content, I love you videos ❤️
@@liriodendronlasianthus You can literally report videos of animal abuse with people killing animals for fun and they won't take them down. TH-cam is relying too much on bots to remove videos and/or they simply don't care unless it hurts their wallets. They are just a corporation who cares about money above all else.
Honestly I am 1000% willing to watch both this video and the banned one a thousand times over just so people will see it and learn the dangers. It's so stupid that youtube doesn't seem to actually care
Comment comment comment Commenting some more Posting like a bot To boost this video more. I see what TH-cam’s doing And don’t like it one bit If they give Ann a strike We all will pitch a fit But I’m in the comment section Posting like a bot Ann’s content, dangerous? Surely, I think not TH-cam doesn’t care That dozens have been killed They keep gathering revenue Profiting from blood spilled So I’ll comment comment comment Comment even more Sharing this weird poem Until my fingers are sore
TH-cam does not care about their creators, unless they are creating drama ie. Jake Paul, Tana Mongieau, Jeffree Star, James Charles, Shane Dawson, etc. Based on prior history TH-cam allows those aforementioned folks free reign with no censorship. Because $$$ Not all people are created equally and TH-cam let’s the other creators know this by suppressing content.
Knowing TH-cam's history of punishing creators for pointing out dangerous or illegal things happening on the platform, I'm not really surprised that this happened, but that doesn't make it any less infuriating. Stay strong and thank you so much!
Well, pointing out all those viral videos are dangerous puts a damper on all the ad revenue getting raked in. Geez, how could Ann or others value people's lives more than money. Such party poopers. 🙄 Unbelievable. 😑
"Your lives are more important than my channel" said nobody ever, except for Ann Reardon. You seriously deserve recognition outside of TH-cam (they don't deserve the traffic you generate for them).
Absolute truth. Anne is so underrated and in my opinion, I hope other potential content creators will aspire to her example of putting safety & factual information before views. Anne if you are reading this, please know that you have fans out here in the Pacific Island territory of Guam & we enjoy and deeply appreciate all that you do here. You're a hero in our eyes & we wish you to excel further in your advocacy for a more responsible TH-cam & can't wait for the next episode of Cake rescue!
Extremely disappointed with TH-cam at this point. I had watched that video the day it was released and it was very eye-opening. I can't imagine what you must be going through when you read that email. Without your thorough research and detailed explanations, I would have tried many of the "hacks" available on TH-cam. Why on earth does TH-cam not remove THOSE videos?! I, for one, was saved by you on multiple counts, Anne. Please keep doing your good work. Undeterred by TH-cam's stupidity.
I don't really like commenting on videos, but I can't believe the stupidity of TH-cam removing a video warning people against such a dangerous practice!!! I think I remember Ann saying in a previous video that the more comments and likes a video gets the more the TH-cam algorithm shares the video, hence why I'm commenting. Thanks for you work Ann, if only TH-cam shared your integrity!!
I love commenting, even just a small response on a creator I love boosts their reach. Even if I don't have anything particularly interesting to contribute I still put the words in my head into the comments, after all, these creators already share so much of their creativity and words with us. I know they probably never seen them. But my 3 or 4 interaction points available (like, comment, subscribe (one time), share) can do a lot for their videos, especially if every other person who sees it gives at least 2 interactions.
I used to be an electronics technician that serviced microwave ovens and I can tell you that doing this is insanely DANGEROUS!! The 2000 to 3400 volts AC along with the high current from the transformer, is a recipe for disaster. Please don't try this!!
Mad respect for you Ann, you're doing TH-cam's job for them, keeping the community safe, thank you. Shame on TH-cam for promoting dangerous content then using the excuse of safety concerns to ban your warning video.
I hardly ever comment on TH-cam videos, but I wanted to show my support here. The line "I think your life is more important than my channel" literally made me tear up. It is so rare to have such a genuinely caring creator on this platform, THANK YOU Ann for all that you do to try and keep us safe with beautifully presented and well structured knowledge. I hope that TH-cam comes to their senses about this...
“I think your life is more important than my channel” This is so sweet. It’s the bare minimum for decent creators, but you’re always so genuine and caring for your audience. I’m furious with everything TH-cam has done against creators like you, anti-animal abuse videos, dangerous hacks like you’ve focused on recently, I can’t believe the platform has no issue with what they’re doing.
Wood is literally an insulator. The fact that high enough electricity still manages to pierce it should make it obvious how less effective insulated gloves or shoes would be.
Funny you should mention this. I just finished an electrical safety class at work. Dealing with voltages in the hundreds or thousands of volts. If you’re wearing the proper equipment and take the proper safety precautions you will certainly be safe. The question is do these videos supply all of that information. And are the people using the proper type of safety gloves, shoes, clothing, face protection. I’m going to guess no.
@@neilkurzman4907 Exactly. Its a matter of scale. Almost anything can become a conductor if you amp the potential difference enough. Lightning is a simple example. Also when capacitors blowout.The gloves available at home aren't going to be that helpful, nor the shoes. That reminds me of an experience when a technician was fixing my cathode ray TV on a bed and the electrons were leaking out enough that I could feel a tingling sensation if I touched the bed cover. We both noped the eff out once we felt it.
@@neilkurzman4907 It feels bad how youtube ignores us all. We, the last people who use youtubes report tool, are really left with the feeling nothing ever gets removed, whetever its p-rn or big-try or a life-hack that has literally killed People So i simply say: HELP! YT changed and now needs way more people than once to React, but its not impssoible to get Hatespeech, se-ual Content and Pseudoscience removed. Even aside from disabling YT-Shorts, which helps de-insentivizing low-quality-content and clickbait, you can do much. Just take 3 Minutes each day to search for problematic content and then ask YT to delete it. I try to rally you up here, so c'mon.
@@neilkurzman4907 I doubt a professional that maintains a 100kV+ power line and shares the same risk is payed by a bunch of burned woods... So, this hack ain't worth it! And besides the protective clothes, it requires a power-on indication, additional switches, a long non-conductive pipe\stick to held an electrode on its edge far from hands, a buddy who will watch over you, and so on. Possibly debatable for >20 kHz and
Thank you for keeping the topic of safety at the forefront in DIY, Ann. So very disappointed in YT. Hopefully they’ll immediately get a real person to review and reinstate your original warning video. 💖
Comment comment comment Commenting some more Posting like a bot To boost this video more. I see what TH-cam’s doing And don’t like it one bit If they give Ann a strike We all will pitch a fit But I’m in the comment section Posting like a bot Ann’s content, dangerous? Surely, I think not TH-cam doesn’t care That dozens have been killed They keep gathering revenue Profiting from blood spilled So I’ll comment comment comment Comment even more Sharing this weird poem Until my fingers are sore
@@chrismiskow3551 Yeah! You really don't need hand out your privacy, and integrity to google's owners, and stock holders' profit addiction in exchange for whatever you're looking for. I haven't touch that search engine for years. I suggest finding and use realiable engines which not only covers up your ip, but erases your search history as well. And you're fit to go.
At first, when I saw the title I was like “how bad can it be?” But you explained it clearly and concisely, without being morbid, and it still scared the hell out of me. I don’t understand how anyone can find fault with your video or want to keep those others up. If I had just seen this on the net I would’ve thought “wow that’s so cool!” And being an artist maybe considered trying it one day. Now I will NEVER. And I know plenty of people who are DIY-ers and would love this kind of thing. Now that I know I can warn them. You are doing an amazing public service. Shame on TH-cam.
Same!! I hadn‘t heard of fractal wood burning before but I thought „if it‘s allowed on youtube, how bad could it be?“ turns out: very bad. Scary that even I thought of something to be a simple „science experiment“ just because it‘s available on youtube
Same here!! As an artist, I filed the fractal wood burning idea away in my mind as something to look into an perhaps try at some point. Not only do I NEVER plan to attempt it, I now have the knowledge to inform friends, just how DEADLY it actually is.
As an insane crafter, I also wanted to try it. I had every intention to be safe but I didn’t realize just HOW dangerous it actually was. That video made me realize and I refused to touch it. I decided to try some paper crafting instead. Thank you for that video and I’m livid it got taken down but happy to see it’s back!
This thing shouldnt even be in the "hobbies to do at home level", let me illustrate what you would need to get the most basic level of safety: To make it safe you would need certified high-voltage proof gloves and shoes along with flame-repellant clothing covering your full body. After that you would need to create a "kill switch" device thats essentially a system designed to turn off the device the moment anything goes bad, i would make it 2 fold one with a manual thing you hold in your hand and one thats attached to whats in your hand that can measure electricity and turn the thing off if it detects electricity on you. IT NEEDS TO BREAK THE OUTPUT AND THE INPUT of the transformer! Then after those you would need to put the transformer into a cage made out of bakelite because even turned off transformers can kill you for good minutes after pullin the plug. Put that entire cage onto 1cm thich insulating rubber. Next part you need to have the table INSULATED! Put it on a dry surface with 1cm of bakelite and 1cm of rubber below all legs. The wood part must be put on a completely insulated table so 1cm wide bakelite and 1cm wide insulating rubber covering the whole table. The metal nails must be secured and the wires must be fixed to them. After all of this you need to control this thing from atleast 4 meters away from behind safety glass or something that makes sure you wont get near it before finishing. This is the literal only way to keep this thing relatively safe and i STILL DONT RECOMMEND DOING IT! Most people have none of these at home and the preparation requied is more like doing experiments in a high end tech school not something you attempt in your garage. Its like making a tesla coil, you need a hell lot of experience with electric safety just to get to the point where you start building not even talking about turning it on!
I love how people understand that accidents can happen. I've warn people of stuff and it's always 'I'll be safe' or 'I won't make the one mistake that could end in failure'. No, accidents aren't something you control, it takes one slip, one sneeze, one shiver. You don't plan for that, it just happens. Thank you for restoring some faith in me that people can acknowledge that it doesn't matter how safe you are, you can still mess up.
I'd recommend giving scratch-bashing a try if you'd like to do a crazy (but safe) project! And from there, I'd recommend watching Studson Studio's videos to see the beautiful, and occasionally cursed, crafts he's made.
I never heard of fractal woodburning until now and I live in Wisconsin. Our media in the USA, including TH-cam, picks and chooses what they want you to see. They are more concerned with their political agenda than saving peoples lives. Thanks for the video.
I think TH-cam needs to have a class action lawsuit launched against them if people keep dying from this hack while they specifically deleted the warning. If they acknowledge that fractal wood burning is dangerous yet they leave up loads of videos explaining how to do it, isn't that extremely negligent/reckless?
Unfortunately I don't think that'd go anywhere. YTs Terms of Service (you know, that bit that no-one reads when they come to use the site) state they can't be legally held liable for content hosted on the platform. Lawsuit's dead on arrival.
@@Futu06 Do those terms really hold legal water? How is it different from a private citizen saying "heyyy don't sue me bro I said no suing you agreed!" in writing....
@@_shannons Of course they do. That's exactly how terms of service work and that's the whole point of them existing, is that they're legally binding. Saying "Don't sue me bro, you agreed" in writing is essentially exactly how contracts work in those cases - the provider can (and usually does) include a provision that you agree to use said service/product at your own discretion and they're not liable for damages incurred. For example, if you go to a hardware store, buy a chainsaw and end up getting hurt using it, you can't just sue the store because "well chainsaws are dangerous, why do you even have them". When you buy a product or sign up for using a service (which YT is), you agree to the terms of providing that service when you sign/click Agree. If the terms weren't acceptable to you, you don't have to use the service. And realistically if YT could be held liable for user-uploaded content, we wouldn't have YT, because they would most likely not be able to operate between getting sued with about 30,000 hours of new content being uploaded per hour, every day, every week, every year. Realistically, they CAN'T monitor all of it, which is why a lot of it is automated, which is also frustrating for people. What they can and should do though is to fix their reporting system and update policies to include harmful hack videos as forbidden content.
This type of stuff needs more coverage. TH-cam will only stop if there is enough public pressure. I would go to news outlets with this, contact 60 minutes and have them do an investigation into TH-cam's complete lack of responsibility.
Yep that’s what I was thinking. If this happened to a British creator, ‘This Morning’ would definitely do a feature. I know Ann has been featured on a BBC feature for her debunking. Hopefully a mainstream media outlet can shine a light on something so catastrophic.
@@travelwell6049 Yeah, but YT is (I think) an American based company. And I feel like that’s all I need to say; y’all know America would gladly let people die for “entertainment” while pointing the finger at everyone else, saying it’s not their fault. Because Murica.
“Your life is more important than my channel” ❤ This woman deserves an award, and I’m not talking about a TH-cam Diamond F’ing button. Wish YT would change their content policies, thanks for fighting for all the community
You won’t believe that, but I actually saw the tutorial on this type of wood burning today ON TV!!! They didn’t tell how to get that detail from a microwave, but gave all the other instructions. All the safety they had were rubber gloves. That’s insane.
I love that your "How To Cook That" channel has evolved to a platform were you can take a stand against misinformation and save lives. Keep up the good work!
And does her education in a way that doesn’t talk down to the people who might believe it, AND is still appealing to kids who are the target audience for a lot of these dangerous hacks
Comment comment comment Commenting some more Posting like a bot To boost this video more. I see what TH-cam’s doing And don’t like it one bit If they give Ann a strike We all will pitch a fit But I’m in the comment section Posting like a bot Ann’s content, dangerous? Surely, I think not TH-cam doesn’t care That dozens have been killed They keep gathering revenue Profiting from blood spilled So I’ll comment comment comment Comment even more Sharing this weird poem Until my fingers are sore
That was the nicest thing someone said to me today. Was having a tough time at work and really felt that. Thanks so much, Ann for all you do. Truly a life saver. 💪🏾❤️
I really respect Ann for doing this. TH-cam needs to be held responsible for the videos that are posted on their site. I know there’s always going to be some sort of “legal defense” these huge corporations are going to pull, but it’s gotten extremely out of hand. People are dying. You’re a video sharing platform. People post videos to your platform.
I never comment on TH-cam, but this video absolutely warrants it. Downright despicable behavior from TH-cam. Thank you for being a voice of reason on this morally bereft site, Ann.
We should start a campaign to remove dangerous How To Videos from TH-cam. Only I'm not sure how. I searched their site and it looks like we'd have to go to each Video or site and flag it as dangerous. I don't see anyway for us to email TH-cam to ask them to change the policy on dangerous hacks.
The sad thing about all of this is it's genuinely hard to see this action by TH-cam as anything but a skeezy way to shut down a video that made TH-cam look really bad and irresponsible for continually hosting and highlighting fractal wood burning content. Because there is simply no way a sane, good-faith person could have watched your original video and thought it in any way condoned or encourage the practice, certainly in comparison to all the other still extant content still up. That leaves me with the only conclusion that this was some sort of damage control by TH-cam where they wanted to stymie you for making them look bad. If your original video kept its momentum, it's easy to see how it could have quickly ended up in the hands of the media, who could've raised some hell for TH-cam. But, seriously, you're a treasure, and please never stop debunking these stupid and dangerous "hacks". I'm just hoping this may end up triggering a Barbra Streisand effect that ends up making TH-cam look even worse and whipping up even more attention to how irresponsibly they handle and promote genuinely dangerous content.
This explaination makes the most sense to me. I know youtube is protected legally to a certain extent from liability from someone trying stuff they find on here, but as you say, if the media got hold of it, it could be a very embarrassing PR situation for them. This has Ford Pinto vibes all over it.
This is honestly shocking to hear. Your video has SAVED LIVES while the other ones that are actually promoting this harmful content have remained up on TH-cam. I wish this wasn’t an issue, but there are still many issues with TH-cam, even though it is a great platform. Thank you for raising awareness of these things, and we’ll keep supporting your channel while you carry on
You said " saving people's lives is more important than my channel." That should be a given. Yet, it does not seem to be. I applaud your high moral standards. Thanks for debunking not only bullshit videos, but important stuff like this. I really like your content! ❤️
"It violates our harmful and dangerous policy", that really proves that YT does not act to its own rules. I can't believe it and feel sorry for you, that YOU get a warning for pointing out dangerous stuff, but not the people who upload that. Mad world.
More accurate., youtube is cheap and only uses bots to regulate its content. Bots that are easily fooled and flag the wrong things. Bot that then rules themselves to have been right when asked for a review. I think this video get banned because of the use of words like "kill." The bots decided that meant it was encouraging violence. The videos actually killing people don't use words like that, so the bots see nothing wrong with them.
Using words like deadly, violent, death or similar words in the title gets it caught by the algorithm for harmful conduct and it eventually bans automatically. It's not a reviewed process. Looking at the title of this video I think this will also get taken down again. It's why you see weird censoring (or replacement for the word entirely) for seemingly tame words on popular channels. This is how they adapted in current YT climate. Spread this knowledge.
@@echodff Interesting, I suspected something like this (algorithm and use of "unwanted" words). But still, I hope that somewhere out there are humans who review Ann's objection. But somehow I doubt it.
Ann, as a former healthcare worker, I'm incredibly grateful for this. I have tremendous respect for your responsible and important use of your platform, and I'm furious at TH-cam's gross disregard for safety. People are naturally going to assume that these things are safe, and it's so important to highlight that they are extremely dangerous!
So much respect for you, Ann. I can't believe how tone-deaf TH-cam is to things like this. I hope you prevail in your effort to force TH-cam to enforce safety regulations on this site.
I was lucky enough to see your video before it was taken down. Very sensible and very clearly explained, and i must admit as a retired joiner and part time furniture maker it has crossed my mind to try it out at some time...NOT ANYMORE! thank you. I think the take-down has a lot more to do with you exposing you tubes dodgy un-P.C. practices that they would like to keep swept under the carpet.
I actually don't think that yt just don't care about the safety of their viewers its that they simply don't care ENOUGH to properly review content before banning stuff. I feel like they go by title and how much impact a video had by viewer counts and then say... 'oh a video that has 34 deaths in capital letters in the title? This content most likely shows 34 dead bodies. That's not good, better remove that' And only if u contest their decision they check if they made a mistake or not. Doing the job they should do costs time and money I guess.
@@kylekelly1167 SO true! TH-cam doesn't care for the safety of their viewers. It's fricking profit over person all over again. *rolls eyes and scoffs* Capitalism isn't helping with the matter.
Honestly not suprised at TH-cam. The only reason I even stay on here anymore is to watch my favourite creators. You're amazing Ann! The fact that you care more about people's lives than your own channel is so sweet. I'm leaving this comment to help this video do well and get the ball rolling again! :) Edit - Didn't expect my comment to be seen ngl. All these likes are fantastic. Not for me but for Ann's sake. The more engagement she gets, the better!
"your life is more important than my channel" We love you, Ann! TH-cam is being so scummy and dangerous letting those videos stay on their platform, what the hell!
I'm glad this vid just got recommended by algorithm to me. This is the first time i hear about fractal burning and it's really a shame what yt did with previous warning vid. After yt get rid off dislike button it's got really hard to find good, safe and trust worthy DIY. Thank you.
"Your life is more important than my channel" powerful words. TH-cam has been making a lot of mistakes lately but hopefully they'll at least reverse the removal of the video, but really they need to remove the how to videos first and foremost.
You did it!! TH-cam has REVERSED its decision & reinstated my original safety video! AMAZING EFFORT everyone, this is a really important issue & I believe it will genuinely save lives. Thank you for sharing, tweeting, commenting! Unfortunately, we lost 7000+ original comments but already 1000s of people have jumped on it again & the video is rising up search results for 'fractal wood burning'. Let's get it stuck at the top, so it's the first thing that crafty folks see when they search the topic. Original video: th-cam.com/video/wzosDKcXQ0I/w-d-xo.html
That's great to hear! Congratulations 😊
YAY!
will go watch it again for you! keep up the great work
GOOD. TH-cam keeps making such egregious and dangerous oversights on this platform. There is so much content that doesn't belong on here, but as soon as someone tries calling it out, they're the ones who get disciplined for it. Ridiculous and disgusting
Thank you for all you do to keep your viewers safe, fed, and entertained. Your work makes a difference!
My previous safety video on this subject also got taken down by the overzealous filter and got my channel a permanent warning. They need some more humans involved in filtering this subject.
It's also notable that my recent high-view safety video had none of the keywords it really needed just so it wouldn't be quashed. My original intent was to add them later on, but I'm already on rocky ground with TH-cam.
Damn the AI Karen!
I think some jobs need new hands at youtube personally. Starting from the VP.
It won't help you when even the humans behind youtube don't give a shit. TH-cam is a disgustingly corrupt platform and this is a prime example of it. Until someone takes it down, nobody will change anything, let alone youtube.
Perhaps it is humans, not AI, that don't wish to have videos online that suggest that yt should not be promoting death?
How does TH-cam consistently keep making the worst possible decisions imaginable? I know we tend to meme on that, but at this point this is actually downright insulting how incompetent this multibillion dollar company is doing.
Why? One word: Money. 😔
Money runs TH-cam, and TH-cam marries money.
It's inhumain
@A Couple Of Geeks & Gamers yea. Plenty of dangerous how to videos raking in ad money VS a debunking video going viral - it's clear which would MoneyTube ban...
System auto banned it. Can be due to the title or mass report bots.
The fact that Ann said “your life is more important then my channel” literally broke my heart. She had to put her entire channel at risk just to warn people about how DANGEROUS something is while youtube says she’s dangerous.
Indeed! But I'm really just commenting to work the algorithm
@@sissi1287 such a positive and engaging comment! I agree! Yay algorithm! TH-cam is so awesome! ;D
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Keep the algorithm alive!
In support of Ann 😀
“Because I think your life is more important than my channel”
This phrase hits different and really shows the kind of person Ann is. A top tier creator that I’m proud to look up to as a new TH-camr.
It feels bad how youtube ignores us all.
We, the last people who use youtubes report tool, are really left with the feeling nothing ever gets removed,
whetever its p-rn or big-try or a life-hack that has literally killed People
So i simply say:
HELP!
YT changed and now needs way more people than once to React,
but its not impssoible to get Hatespeech, se-ual Content and Pseudoscience removed.
Even aside from disabling YT-Shorts, which helps de-insentivizing low-quality-content
and clickbait, you can do much. Just take 3 Minutes each day to search for
problematic content and then ask YT to delete it. I try to rally you up here, so c'mon.
Literally almost cried hearing her say that. Ann, thank you for all the work you do.
TH-cam cares about clicks, Ann having a vid "DONT DO IT, YOULL DIE MFER" in top search of that category basically turns people away resulting in less clicks all together. Sounds retarded but Ithink thats what mightve been happening
I got goosebumps when she said that
That's when you know she cares about the information she is sharing
I honestly didn't ever believe this is a channel that would get striked ever. Your content is on of the most cleanest and well researched in the internet. Damn TH-cam :/
It's sad really...
This isn't anything new. Most debunking channels face this. Make a video warning people that TH-cam videos saying COVID is a scam are nonsense and provide evidence? Banned. Dangerous videos are protected for some reason, it makes zero sense.
Pretty sure those responsible are after the money.
They totally took it down because the first half of the video was about how shady it is that youtube steals content to put on other platforms.... **conspiracy theory music**
@@countrye3013 Sadly, this would make sense too. Negative press and criticism on common platform procedures? No, thanks!
TH-cam: "you can't say it's deadly, but you can pretend it's safe"
Absolute heaven for people and companies with no morals and only an eye on clicks.
Unbelievable...
clicks = revenue. Morals never entered into it.
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The problem is that TH-cam is one of those morally bankrupt corporate gluttons itself. The game's rigged from the outset.
Its crazy
We are being controlled as to what is available to us! TH-cam is making decisions for us like they're our parents & we need the supervision! Problem is "Blind Trust"! TH-cam needs to create a division in their company to do what Ann is already doing! A committee to inspect for customer(us)safety & practicability! This is the result of No Laws Governing TH-cam! It has already been established that TH-cam can't be sued, if You get hurt following a video, because it's only for "Entertainment Purposes" Yet they can ban an Ann Reardon video that contains Only Information, not instructions on injuring yourself‼️
It almost seems like TH-cam didn't even watch the video and just banned it based on the title alone. This is disappointing because like you very clearly pointed out your videos SAVED lives. You are a hero!! I love your videos and the information you share is very important!
It does seem like TH-cam doesn't actually care about the videos being reported or looking into other videos. Just having a colorful or creative thumbnail and boom, it's safe because crafting. Anything that ruins the integrity of their better preforming videos, whether it's danger of them or that they are content farms, they don't care. It's making them money.
I completely agree with you. And it's a shame because there are people out there like Ann that care about others and TH-cam is only concerned about views and money rather than content.
TH-cam is just destroying their platform at this point.
@Don't read profile photo they allow bots like you but not her videos!?
That's most likely what happened. These huge companies would rather leave things to a computer than actually pay someone to do the leg work. See also: Twitter and how they just autoban you for saying specific words.
The worst thing youtube did was to delete the dislike button. I used to skip over how to do something videos that had a high amount of dislikes. TH-cam is putting people in danger.
Dislikes are important. It drives me crazy that I can't dislike things on Facebook but yet the stupid algorithm thinks it knows what I like.
Fortunately for once, the YT algorithm did recommend for me the warning about fractal wood burning prior to the how to videos. Commenting liking and sharing important videos like this one!
Pretty sure they did it because they didn't want the hate shown on their stupid rewind. Almost no one liked that. Now clickbaiters are all over the place
The interesting thing is, I was watching Kreekcraft's reaction to a Shiloh and Bros video (Doors) and he could see the dislikes. Is there a reason for this?
Ok I'm confused.. because I have the dislike Button, unless the Dislike and the thumbs down are different? I have the thumbs down and I thought it was the Dislike
@babygirlzmommy yes, sorry....what I mean by that is, they removed being able to see how many people clicked the dislike button. It is there, but won't show you the number unless you have some sort of app add on for Chrome. So you can see how many people like a video but not see how many dislike a video.
TH-cam's report system is absolutely broken. Just learned about your channel, but I've got so much respect for you for speaking up about it.
Oh you will have a blast watching her content. This channel is a ideal place to hide while hollowknightmenes is hunting for you
hey fireborn!
This is truly a god gamer moment
It isn't broken, it's doing EXACTLY what it's designed to do.
@@PeterParker-df6ce - There’s nothing wrong with her video and you’re a disgrace to the name Peter Parker.
You are an astounding example of kindness and education to us all and as a healthcare worker, thank you deeply. 🚑
Agreed! Ann is really a bright spot in the awful darkness of late capitalism!
#justiceforAnnReardon
Couldn't say it better.
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She’s truly an example of somebody using their influence and knowledge for no benefit other than helping people
"Your life is more important than my channel."
The world needs more people like you.
Comment comment comment
Commenting some more
Posting like a bot
To boost this video more.
I see what TH-cam’s doing
And don’t like it one bit
If they give Ann a strike
We all will pitch a fit
But I’m in the comment section
Posting like a bot
Ann’s content, dangerous?
Surely, I think not
TH-cam doesn’t care
That dozens have been killed
They keep gathering revenue,
Profiting from blood spilled
So I’ll comment comment comment
Comment even more
Sharing this weird poem
Until my fingers are sore
we need to put so much engagement on this video! ive seen the art before and it is *stunning* but maybe lets leave it to the professionals who know what they're doing and have the correct equipment
the world needs more people who arent insane?
The fact that TH-cam banned this video while keeping all the tutorials/hacks only goes to show that they don't actually care about their viewers or creators, but only about how much money they earn. Keep it up, Ann. Your videos are amazing
TH-cam is now indirectly responsible for multiple deaths around the world. Let that sink in. And they don't care.
Automatedly looking for key words, not considering intent or effects. Other fractal wood burning videos act like it’s normal and safe, the one that states about damage is talking about death and destruction so “bad”.
if this surprises you, you haven't seen enough of TH-cam's preferential treatment of some creators over others.
They find any excuse, no matter how arbitrary or taken out of context it is in order to demonitize videos. They are scum
It’s not about caring. This is an automated system - caring either way is not part of the equation.
This is infuriating, but not surprising. TH-cam has a long history of removing videos bringing light to awful situations on the internet, while letting the actual harmful content roam free. I wish the best for you, Ann
They've done this before?? I had no idea
Yes, I have noticed it too. For example, Soda pets youtube channel has done a lot of videos about animal abuse on youtube and tiktok. Videos where people don't realize that what is being done is harmful to animals, e.g., taking axolotls out of water and dousing their body in medicine or puting 10 male Siamese fighting fish in one aquarium where they will fight each other to death. And the same nonsense has happened to her videos - her videos got banned while videos encouraging mistreatment of pets are left untouched.
@@ogopogo83 sooo much man. i used youtube alot. been around for a while. i see this trend happen so often
Reminds me of NerdCity getting YT to shut down channels that abuse, neglect their kids or put them on display for the deranged and pedos. It took so much noise and many more bigger YTer to get these channels banned. Only for that one "momma" to create another channel.
@@ogopogo83 several times to Soda Pets, Night Docs, and almost every video Mama Max does showing what sites bad actors are using to take advantage of children
something about “your life is more important than my youtube channel” made me really emotional. people like anne are few and far between on youtube and your selflessness does not go unnoticed or unappreciated, thank you for contributing to safety and integrity on this platform.
That’s what I like about Anne and the debunking videos. She actually cares about people and wants to keep them safe.
Exactly why I'm letting the rest of the video play even though I've watched it. Also why I gave it a like, and am replying to this comment. Just what little help I can give.
she's amazing!! TH-cam should be doing everything to keep her. best TH-camr!
If your channel gets banned for trying to save lives by saying "do not do this, this is dangerous", I think we will need to all come together to try and speak out about it. Honestly, more people should be talking about how dangerous these hacks get
I wonder if any journalists working for big newspapers would be interested in a story along these lines 🤔 I guess most people don’t do investigative journalism or “risky” stories that challenge big companies any more…
#BUMPtheDEBUNK
“Your life is more important than my channel.” What a beautiful soul. Ann, you’re amazing.
You're*
@@Nyan4Eonthanks, but no. It’s your. 😊
@@toddschefcik6411 your wrong sorry :)
@@Nyan4Eon *you’re 😘
"Your life is more important than my channel."
God bless you Ann. You have our support no matter what!
I just did a search and the video is back up!!!
@@LetsFocusOnChrist Really? That's wonderful!! ❤️
Pretty insane how TH-cam banned the video for "promoting harmful or dangerous behavior" when it was clearly doing the opposite.
Yeah
And videos that are actually "promoting harmful or dangerous behavior" are left intact
I'm certain the problem is, aside from pure profiteering, is tunnel vision. YT sees the word 'dead' in the title and concludes "ah, this is a video about how to kill people!" They have the same issue with the word 'nazi', even though actual nazi content creators never use that word in their titles or descriptions
@@UnfortunatelyTheHunger TH-cam is overrated
Honestly, that happens often on YT. You have more "debuking" channels, and they usually get flagged for IP or community guidelines. While they are the ones warning about the dangers. The original video's never get removed.
Never heard of fractal woodburning till now. Lost my shit when I saw that first video. I was trained as an EMT in the national guard, and the degree of recklessness in that video was astounding. Then you explained the device's design and I was again flabbergasted.
The fact YT took down a video trying to keep people from killing themselves isn't surprising, though. YT doesn't actually care about its creators, so what real interest in your well being as a viewer of their advertisements do they actually have?
This is outrageous! The fact that they harass you and other creators for speaking the truth, but the dangerous videos being brought to question are still up… and making them boat loads of money! I’m sorry you have to go through this Ann! 😤🥺💕
"Because I think your life is more important than my channel"
Ann, this quote brought me tears. Thank you so much for your effort to raise awareness Ann.
This proves how much power the ones making those dangerous life hacks popular have.
Gives you a little insight about how they handle news as well....
They need to be accountable to the creators that save lives.
Before we make that particular "jump to conclusion", the video in question also contained criticism of YT's practice of using creator content (unpaid) to gain millions of views on Facebook.
Was that the reason it was pulled ? Let's see if this one stays up.
"Because your life is more important than my channel"
That made me emotional. That describes the mindset of Ann perfectly. As a viewer of her videos for many years she is one of the most quality and truth focused creators on this platform.
Same.
Sad that had to be said
yeah that was a very sobering statement
Yeah, unreal that she had to deal with this nonsense for trying to keep people safe.
Same here.
TH-cam should be liable for promoting dangerous videos while actively banning those warning about the dangers. One thing is to let people post whatever, and a different thing is to actively promote dangerous activities and ban safety warnings.
TH-cam's hypocrisy is just deplorable. Banning YOUR video for being “dangerous”?! And yet they've ignored again and again your warnings about dozens of dangerous hacks at this point? Inexcusable. Please keep up the amazing work, I hope you never let this stuff discourage you Ann
Just look at what they try to do to PragerU video on 10 commandments.
agreed normaly i don`t comment on video just enjoy watching but this video needs more moment so here is my comment. i hope it helps!
Well said
It's like "oh rat poison is bad for you" being flagged as dangerous.
@@freedomcat lol that channel is a bunch of poorly researched BS. Don’t compare that pile of garbage with the wonderful Anne.
“Your life is more important than my channel.”
You’re a wonderful person, Anne! The internet needs more of you. TH-cam, what the actual hell?!?
Do not ask TH-cam "What the actual hell". They don't care. Getting sued is their cost of business, because it's cheaper to hire countless lawyers and let the algorithm run wild flipping a coin to decide the life and death of channels than to hire people who could deal with the problems the algorithm creates and resolve them. It's fucked up.
ThemTube 💰💰💰
"Your life is more important than my channel" Good on you Ann, that kind of integrity is why you've garnered the respect so many of us have for you. YT is absolutely in the wrong on this decision.
Your warning video was portraying it as harmful, therefore TH-cam sees it as promoting harm. The HowTo videos do not depict it as harmful or dangerous, so TH-cam doesn't either.
I know that sounds insane, but I'll bet that's the reason why.
So in short, the bots are flagging the wrong videos or their staff is incompetent(leaning more to the former).
@@Aeistheticism Both. The bots ate incompetent because they're poorly trained. The technicians are incompetent for poorly configuring the bots.
Easily the most backwards company I can think of, it's baffling.
Considering some of the shady, inane, downright stupid and insulting ads I've seen come up on YT I'm not surprised this kind of thing happens. Priorities are evident.
So they actually have bots reviewing these videos? Cause I cannot imagine a human reaching that conclusion.
I looked up fractal wood burning on youtube, it seems most of the videos are gone, or now have a description warning about it. You did this! You might have saved many lives! So amazing.
Warning, will kill you? Well that'll do...
I mean yes but.. do you really think people who try this sort of stuff actually read the description? Sure they might. One in every ten might. Thats 9 lives per ten lost for no worthy reason.
@@KiluaRotmg Darwin award. Buy the only videos thst should be taken down are the scientists ones and such like backyard scientist. Although he done more dangerous things..
He ended up with fbi at his house once.
She is doing what the platform moderators aren't. She is amazing!
you must've made so many people who upload these videos very angery, they only tricked maybe a thousand people into electrocuting themselves.
"You're life is more important than my channel"
And that there in lies the difference between Ann's channel and other channels. Love you Ann thank you for being such the kind woman you are
Ann is amazing. I’m commenting yet again because the algorithm is broken and if I can take advantage of it, you better believe I will do so.
She truly is a blessing, and I hope this gets fixed soon. Her content is so helpful🧡
True!
@@LadyBirdieBop Ditto. No need for smart comments, volume should be good enough.
"Your life is more important than my channel". Ann, we salute you for your courage and we need voices like yours on social media platforms. We're with you.
She is amazing
#justiceforAnnReardon
Shes really using her platform to make a diffence
@@ell-ell_elI Exactly! And she's driven by kindness, not profit, and for that she deserves all the love, support and success. ♥
Anyone who's lost a loved one to a fractal woodburning accident following the videos original ban should join in a class-action lawsuit TH-cam.
Ordinarily it'd be virtually impossible to establish that TH-cam itself was in any way responsible for these deaths, but this activity clearly demonstrates that
1. A human being gave this issue attention, and took action on it with the explicit purpose of "keeping people safe". This is openly acknowledging that they understand the potential for harm in hosting videos on this subject, and that they have at least some responsibility towards mitigating that harm.
2. They took the completely wrong action, which had the exact opposite effect. And this effect is quantifiable: we can measure how much traffic the video was getting before, and literally count the number of lives saved.
I don't think this one instance would be able to prove much unless this keeps on happening in this channel or across the platform because they did reverse it after effort. If a lot of data can be compiled about warning videos being specially targeted (even if it was reversed) or they put up a difficult fight to get those videos reinstated multiple times then there would be a sold case that youtube is violating their own ToS which would be kinda funny. They algorithmed so hard they forgot to hard code in the things that they shouldn't touch.
I think this more likely proves no human bothered to look into it. It was the work of the bots to delete the video that talked about harm and death rather than the actual danger because it was just using speech and text recognition to find key words. The best you can hope for is negligence on the part of yt, but even that might be covered if the bots are seen as a good faith effort
"Your life is more important than my channel." I know others have already commented on that quote, but I wanted to say, this line almost made me cry. Ann, thank you so much for everything you do, the world needs more people like you. If TH-cam strikes you for any of this, what can we as your community do to help you? Simply *because* you value saving lives over the success of your channel is *why* your channel deserves to survive and do well, and I'd like to fight to make sure it does, even if TH-cam tries to kill it. I'm sure there are many others who feel the same way. Take care, Ann, and again, thank you for what you do.
If you have Twitter, a tweet to youtube sometimes gets results if done by enough people.
If someone wishing for the good health of others makes you feel that emotional, you need to wake up amd smell some roses. That should be the only way to perceive your content as a creator.
@@jordanekl5383 ?? just let them be emotional damn
@@jordanekl5383 wtf?
I'm misty eyed after that line too! Ann deserves so much more respect for this
I saw the original video, before it was taken down. It blows my mind that it's ok to show dangerous, life threatening, life hacks, but not one that saves people. We are 100% behind you Ann. Keep up the good work. I will keep watching and learning as much as I can from you. You are a true role model. Thank you for all you do.
Same!
TH-cam has a habit of banning videos that openly criticise their platform. I’m disappointed but not surprised.
It's shocking how TH-cam even has this mindset. FW Burning is no joke, yet TH-cam says: *oh this criticizes our platform, lets remove it instead of keeping it because its a danger*
Very true. We have criticised youtube before. They blocked our video but left the one threatening the lives of cyclists.
@@TheClique "threatening the lives of cyclists" do I want to know?
if you're disappointed leave 🌚
I subbed to your channel specifically because you posted this and said that our lives matter more than your channel. We need more people like you in the world. Thank you 💗
"Your life is more important than my channel"
I wish so many more people felt the way you do. Thank you for making a stand Ann!
If only TH-cam themselves thought this way
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The amount of times I’ve seen creators being punished for educating, correcting and standing up for what’s right while at the same time the original harmful, offensive or misinformed content can stay up, with ads usually, is truly concerning.
How bad can an algorithm be before it’s negligent, and at which point is it reasonable to suspect that it’s intentional?
It's truly insane, and sometimes it's even content towards children! If it is a programme/algorithm that automatically sifts through videos, how do those original ones get through? I agree that at this point it certainly seems like a deliberate choice on their side
If TH-cam keeps this up, eventually another video platform will take its place. People will only take so much
"Don't do this woodburning hack! It's deadly!"
TH-cam algorithm: There's a deadly hack in this video! REMOVE!!!
"Let's do this beautiful and totally harmless woodworking technique that uses 20000 volts of electricity"
TH-cam algorithm: "Carry on"
I mean honestly, why are they relying on this system when it's so obviously bad?
@@Sarah-ic4yu Sadly I wouldn’t count on that happening for a long, long time. (if ever)
Just one more step. Don’t stop at suspicion. You can do it!
"Because your life is more important than my channel."
If only more content creators thought like you, this platform would be that much more safer for everyone, adults and kids !
Please know that you have an army of followers that support you and thank you for all you fun and informative content 💜
Her comment brought tears to my eyes. What a special person!
I fully agree! Always standing by you, Ann!
Every video I watch just makes me respect her more. What a fantastic creator.
#justiceforAnnReardon
Ann is an amazing person
Hey Ann, I searched up fractal wood burning on TH-cam and I wanted to let you know that it is near the top again, as well as some other videos highlighting the dangers of fractal wood burning. I wanted to thank you for making a difference even at the risk of a channel strike. Thanks for all the great content Ann :)
Ann: "Your life is more important than my channel."
TH-cam: "Our profits are more important than your lives."
Too true
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I think you're right. Clicks generate that sweet, sweet ad revenue. Either the folks running TH-cam are incredibly inept, or it was done on purpose -- there's no other explanation. Either way is bad, but the latter is worse.
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Youd think they’d realize that not killing a viewer would mean they can show that person more adverts
"Your life is more important than my channel" may be the nicest sentiment of a response for having a video banned for nonsensical reasons. You're too kind for YT Ann. I hope the message is seen and you save more lives.
Way to go Ann!
I have had similar issues with TH-cam. I’ve had actually doctors discuss the dangers of many scams TH-cam supports targeting the kidney community - but TH-cam wants the science based videos off the platform and keeps ranking the dangerous scam videos. It is a shame that TH-cam does so little to stop the dangerous content and instead spends time going after helpful content.
Well this comment was original said towards my culture (hip hop/rap) but it applies to everything, here goes. They take the worsts parts of our culture and give it the maximum exposure. It's the same reason why I think the government doesn't mind a little bit of corruption because they get a piece of the pie. Whether it's truthful or right TH-cam will still make money off the videos that get the most views and attention. But I have no idea why we are naturally drawn to lies and negativity. It's almost as if we don't even want to see the truth ourselves.
I mean TH-cam eventually cracked down on Elsagate channels and fake animal rescue channels. Can they really not afford to do the same kinda crackdown on fake DIY channels???
I saw one that included a recipe for "kidney healing star fruit salad"
It's been removed, but there were a lot of people thanking them for the recipe and celebrating that their doctors were just being mean
This is a big problem with TH-cam and debunking content in general because one of the big problems is that in general, a lot of the misinformation is already against TH-cam's TOS, but the people promoting it find ways to talk around it without saying the key phrases that will get their video flagged. But when debunking that content, the whole point is that you need to be straightforward and explicit to point out why the things they're saying are harmful or dangerous, and because of that TH-cam's content filters just go "oh you're talking about (banned subject X), you must be promoting it, video blocked".
I think it’s because science-based factual videos are just not as popular as crazy looking hack videos. Surely there is enough other viral content out there to bring in ad revenue for TH-cam without leaving these dangerous videos up.
I wouldn’t be surprised if TH-cam saw your video as “harmful” because it would prevent people from watching the other videos and making their own now knowing the dangers. Money >>> The safety of your audience. I’m so relieved that it was reinstated ❤️
OMG this is absolutely beyond frustrating. Wtf TH-cam.
Omg Hannah, I'm such a big fan of you and Ann, and I'm glad you're, like Ann, talking and demonstrating the incredible NEGLIGENCE that TH-cam is making.
Correction: ThemTube. Don't be fooled by the name they chose for this platform, it's not about You (us). Only about 💰💰💰
As I’ve surmised, TH-cam doesn’t care if something is dangerous or not, they just don’t want people talking about dangerous stuff. If enough people can watch something and not see it as an issue, then they can profit off of it.
It’s so disgusting.
Yeah, did you see they recently fired someone... on their ethics team. Does not inspire confidence.
I doubt that was the decision, I wouldn't be shocked if it was an algorithm looking for words that caught the video. It's not like the fractal videos use the word deadly so as far as the filters know they're safe.
@@cupguin i also thought it must be the algorithm. since the title says the number of deaths, maybe there's something to prevent that kind of video from being public. like all the words people need to change on tiktok.
It's probably the word "Deaths" that TH-cam takes issue with. TH-cam is like the censors for Saturday morning cartoons where you need to use euphemisms in order to get the point across because kids apparently can't take talking about death and other concepts except TH-cam decides to police anything unpleasant.
"your life is more important than my channel"
Ann, you deserve the world.
Agreed. Brave stance- thank you for taking it
no. If someone thought this was a good idea they dont DESERVE life
YES!
Indeed! But I'm really just commenting to work the algorithm
100% agree
“I think your life is more important than my channel.” We need more people on TH-cam like you Ann!
Why do I get the feeling that this was more about the fact that you exposed how TH-cam is taking people's TH-cam videos and upload them to their own Facebook account in your banned video.
Ooooo good point. They got burned and took it out on her.
And maybe it got mass reported on plus from people doing this deadly BS...
my first thought!!
Yeah I was thinking the same. Pretty sus that TH-cam pulled a safety video that also happened to call out their misuse of creators content...
You got that feeling because this is almost certainly the explanation.
I have no words. There are people out there dying and instead of trying to prevent it TH-cam is encouraging it. Thank you for being so brave and reposting knowing what it can do to your channel. You are the perfect example of what all creators should aspire to be!
"Your life is more important than my channel" WOW. So much respect for you for posting this and sticking with what is right. I wholeheartedly hope youtube finds it to be a mistake and puts your video back up.. But if they don't I don't know what to say anymore, it's truly saddening that money is valued above human lives.
So sad isn't it. Cause that's all the seem to are about
Always has been 🌍👨🚀🔫👨🚀
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@@TheUltimateRare her last name shows she is clearly Belgian, Dutch or Afrikaans. English is not her first language. You could have just corrected the “Your” politely.
Boycott Google! If the only thing the will listen to is money, stop using any Google products from here on.
I was fortunate to watch the original video when you posted it. TH-cam is playing with people's safety here!!
This goes so far beyond "YT just doesn't care if people get hurt"...it's beyond logic and beyond comprehension. I am so sorry, Ann. Thank you for sharing what has happened, and thank you for putting the information back up, at a risk to your own career. Please let us know if there is something we can do to help.
corporates like youtube don't and never care about any human lives, they just want profits.
we should tweet, message, DM etc TH-cam asking for an explanation about this!
@@Wooplot I'd be in on this? Do you know how we can do this through TH-cam? I feel like we should stand with Ann
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A wood working friend talked about going to a friend’s house to try this, I convinced him that you can’t just jump feet first into disassembling consumer electronics because some stuff can hold a charge that can cause injury even when unplugged.
He agreed and decided not to do the project. After watching your and Clive’s video on the subject I learned how incredibly dangerous it actually is.
Ridiculous that TH-cam deleted it.
A microwave oven is one of those things that can cause harm even when unplugged, due to the capacitor inside.
Although i think I like Clive's thought process a bit better because he know people are going to do it even when told how dangerous it is so you might as well tell them how to set it up the safest way possible so you don't kill yourself. Don;t even need a microwave transformer a neon sign transformer will work just as well but isn't fatal if you touch it vs a microwave transformeer.
"Your life is more important than my channel."
This is why I love Ann Reardon. And I hate platforms like this, essentially monopolizing people as much as they can, even though it can end other people's lives.
absolutely. everything is automated lately and Ann got bite by the algorithm. or probably many of fractal wood burners got stingy and report Ann's video.
The moment I saw you drawing the many curl thingies on the right side of the transformer my eyes went wide because I immediately knew what would be the reason for it being dangerous
We got taught about how transformers work this school year in physics lessons, but if I didn't knew about how they worked I would've been a lot more shocked
Honestly youtube is messed up with the videos it bans and those it doesn't
On December 16th 2019 my brother electrocuted himself attempting fractal burning. He was resuscitated after 35min of CPR and spent two weeks on life support in the ICU. He luckily survived but not without consequences. Videos like this need to stay on TH-cam. He was inspired to try it out after watching TH-cam videos and who knows what could have happened if he had seen yours first! Thanks for your hard work!
I'm so sorry your family went through that but I'm glad that your brother survived - hope he's doing alright now!
So sorry that happened! I can’t imagine how scary that was.
Yes, please let him know that he’s lucky.
TH-cam really needs to get their act together. They’re becoming counterintuitive and are hypocrites.
I want to thank you Ann for educating us on these dangerous "hacks" and tricks. Your channel is fabulous and hope that original video is restored, because it's clearly saving lives!
nope, they are intentionally subversive.
Probably because TH-cam uses bots to review things and not humans.
@@shimmershine6902 bullshit. this is INTENTIONAL stop being naive.
YT doesn’t like to take accountability, especially when they get called out for literally promoting dangerous content. Just proves to you this site doesn’t care about its audience
agreed.
They care about views to get ad revenue, that’s all esp as the Google search engine monopoly gets challenged around the world and privacy changes impact the search revenue stream. Reprehensible.
you are so right, and since Ann is very vocal about content farm channels in general, (and of course those bring a lot of revenue), they hit 2 birds with one stone
I'm not a chef, but I keep coming back to this channel for the "science". I truly appreciate the scientific method and insight that this channel provides. Seriously, some of these videos could be shown in science classrooms just to exemplify proper scientific method for experimentation...also it promotes ethics and positive morality. Good on you!
How disgusting that TH-cam would do that!! My daughter often watches “hack” videos and I have shown her some of your debunking videos to warn her that not every hack is safe and that she under no circumstances is to try something without asking!! You very much so have saved lives with a lot of your debunking videos particularly ones involving electricity and ones that cause severe burns
I’ve had to send my grown adult friends some of Anne’s videos because they keep believing the bonkers hack videos and then getting mad when it doesn’t work. Good on you for teaching the importance of critical thinking.
I'm convinced that Susan is deliberately trying to get people killed.
if she is dumb enough to follow through with this she deserves her prize
I dislike how fractal woodburning steers people away from safer methods. Pyrography exists and can be done much more safely. What I see is a creative drive that needs to be put into a much more helpful and better use.
@@the11382 its probably the estrogen gender, they are too dumb to understand simple things
I can't believe a BAKING channel is more concerned about people's lives than a multi million dollar corporation......no wait yes I can very easily believe it. Keep it up Ann!
Welcome to corporate responsibility on the same minuscule levels of the FDA.
I’m surprised this technology DIY wasn’t brought to the FTC’s attention…
usually they tweet out PSAs of how to do things. Would’ve been a far better business model for the more experienced knowledge of trade guilds/smaller companies to have had their videos guides promoted on the related hobbyist tags over videos by the “TH-cam DIY” tubers.
You kidding me company's couldn't give a toss about people
It’s billions of dollars google-youtube company.
@@Niggurath-n4h multi definition more than one, please read harder
Really? No offense but Grow Up! It's called Capitalism.
The fact that they chose to remove a video warning people of the dangerous content so that they _don't_ get hurt is.. genuinely unsettling. Thank you for everything you do, Anne.
How dumb? TH-cam is allowing the fractal wood burning "how-to" videos to go through, but her video which is explaining the dangers of it is removed?? What a whole bunch of rubbish, I thought TH-cam would make at least some good decisions, but now, thank god it's back (the video), thank you Ann.
I cannot fathom how TH-cam could qualify your video as “dangerous”. This just goes to show how damaged the algorithm and the system of TH-cam is. Keep making amazing content, I love you videos ❤️
And reporting other videos gets NOTHING
@@liriodendronlasianthus You can literally report videos of animal abuse with people killing animals for fun and they won't take them down. TH-cam is relying too much on bots to remove videos and/or they simply don't care unless it hurts their wallets. They are just a corporation who cares about money above all else.
They mean dangerous to YT's revenue streams.
@@redrackham6812 So true. Everything is about money these days.
We all need to comment, share and watch the hell out of this video to help boost it back up!
Honestly I am 1000% willing to watch both this video and the banned one a thousand times over just so people will see it and learn the dangers. It's so stupid that youtube doesn't seem to actually care
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TH-cam does not care about their creators, unless they are creating drama ie. Jake Paul, Tana Mongieau, Jeffree Star, James Charles, Shane Dawson, etc. Based on prior history TH-cam allows those aforementioned folks free reign with no censorship. Because $$$
Not all people are created equally and TH-cam let’s the other creators know this by suppressing content.
Me too, I am repeating this video and commenting to get to the algorithm.
Knowing TH-cam's history of punishing creators for pointing out dangerous or illegal things happening on the platform, I'm not really surprised that this happened, but that doesn't make it any less infuriating. Stay strong and thank you so much!
Well, pointing out all those viral videos are dangerous puts a damper on all the ad revenue getting raked in. Geez, how could Ann or others value people's lives more than money. Such party poopers. 🙄
Unbelievable. 😑
No way YT isn't getting payed off by these channels. They have no morals whatsoever
TH-cam management has seriously gone overboard, with the power it holds it should be overthrown.
"Your lives are more important than my channel" said nobody ever, except for Ann Reardon. You seriously deserve recognition outside of TH-cam (they don't deserve the traffic you generate for them).
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Absolute truth. Anne is so underrated and in my opinion, I hope other potential content creators will aspire to her example of putting safety & factual information before views.
Anne if you are reading this, please know that you have fans out here in the Pacific Island territory of Guam & we enjoy and deeply appreciate all that you do here. You're a hero in our eyes & we wish you to excel further in your advocacy for a more responsible TH-cam & can't wait for the next episode of Cake rescue!
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This line hit deeper than I want to admit. Ann is amazing.
Extremely disappointed with TH-cam at this point. I had watched that video the day it was released and it was very eye-opening. I can't imagine what you must be going through when you read that email. Without your thorough research and detailed explanations, I would have tried many of the "hacks" available on TH-cam. Why on earth does TH-cam not remove THOSE videos?! I, for one, was saved by you on multiple counts, Anne. Please keep doing your good work. Undeterred by TH-cam's stupidity.
I don't really like commenting on videos, but I can't believe the stupidity of TH-cam removing a video warning people against such a dangerous practice!!! I think I remember Ann saying in a previous video that the more comments and likes a video gets the more the TH-cam algorithm shares the video, hence why I'm commenting. Thanks for you work Ann, if only TH-cam shared your integrity!!
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I can. Videos covering jihadi murders get strikes. Videos calling for jihad violence stay up.
Great idea to comment so that we boost the video! I'll do the same.
I'll comment for the same reason!!
I love commenting, even just a small response on a creator I love boosts their reach. Even if I don't have anything particularly interesting to contribute I still put the words in my head into the comments, after all, these creators already share so much of their creativity and words with us. I know they probably never seen them. But my 3 or 4 interaction points available (like, comment, subscribe (one time), share) can do a lot for their videos, especially if every other person who sees it gives at least 2 interactions.
I used to be an electronics technician that serviced microwave ovens and I can tell you that doing this is insanely DANGEROUS!! The 2000 to 3400 volts AC along with the high current from the transformer, is a recipe for disaster. Please don't try this!!
Mad respect for you Ann, you're doing TH-cam's job for them, keeping the community safe, thank you. Shame on TH-cam for promoting dangerous content then using the excuse of safety concerns to ban your warning video.
#justiceforAnnReardon
I hardly ever comment on TH-cam videos, but I wanted to show my support here. The line "I think your life is more important than my channel" literally made me tear up. It is so rare to have such a genuinely caring creator on this platform, THANK YOU Ann for all that you do to try and keep us safe with beautifully presented and well structured knowledge. I hope that TH-cam comes to their senses about this...
“I think your life is more important than my channel”
This is so sweet. It’s the bare minimum for decent creators, but you’re always so genuine and caring for your audience. I’m furious with everything TH-cam has done against creators like you, anti-animal abuse videos, dangerous hacks like you’ve focused on recently, I can’t believe the platform has no issue with what they’re doing.
It's ThemTube not TH-cam, and ofcourse they have no issues as long as the money hungry bots get their 💰💰💰. The more praise for what Ann is doing.
Wood is literally an insulator. The fact that high enough electricity still manages to pierce it should make it obvious how less effective insulated gloves or shoes would be.
Funny you should mention this. I just finished an electrical safety class at work. Dealing with voltages in the hundreds or thousands of volts.
If you’re wearing the proper equipment and take the proper safety precautions you will certainly be safe. The question is do these videos supply all of that information.
And are the people using the proper type of safety gloves, shoes, clothing, face protection.
I’m going to guess no.
@@neilkurzman4907 Exactly. Its a matter of scale. Almost anything can become a conductor if you amp the potential difference enough. Lightning is a simple example. Also when capacitors blowout.The gloves available at home aren't going to be that helpful, nor the shoes. That reminds me of an experience when a technician was fixing my cathode ray TV on a bed and the electrons were leaking out enough that I could feel a tingling sensation if I touched the bed cover. We both noped the eff out once we felt it.
@@neilkurzman4907 It feels bad how youtube ignores us all.
We, the last people who use youtubes report tool, are really left with the feeling nothing ever gets removed,
whetever its p-rn or big-try or a life-hack that has literally killed People
So i simply say:
HELP!
YT changed and now needs way more people than once to React,
but its not impssoible to get Hatespeech, se-ual Content and Pseudoscience removed.
Even aside from disabling YT-Shorts, which helps de-insentivizing low-quality-content
and clickbait, you can do much. Just take 3 Minutes each day to search for
problematic content and then ask YT to delete it. I try to rally you up here, so c'mon.
@@neilkurzman4907 I doubt a professional that maintains a 100kV+ power line and shares the same risk is payed by a bunch of burned woods... So, this hack ain't worth it!
And besides the protective clothes, it requires a power-on indication, additional switches, a long non-conductive pipe\stick to held an electrode on its edge far from hands, a buddy who will watch over you, and so on.
Possibly debatable for >20 kHz and
@@arthasmenethil5752
If you’re dealing with kilovolts, then you shouldn’t be using hacks at all.
Electricity isn’t very forgiving.
Thank you for keeping the topic of safety at the forefront in DIY, Ann. So very disappointed in YT. Hopefully they’ll immediately get a real person to review and reinstate your original warning video. 💖
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Boycott Google! If the only thing the will listen to is money, stop using any Google products from here on.
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Yeah!
You really don't need hand out your privacy, and integrity to google's owners, and stock holders' profit addiction in exchange for whatever you're looking for.
I haven't touch that search engine for years.
I suggest finding and use realiable engines which not only covers up your ip, but erases your search history as well. And you're fit to go.
Hahahaha YT reviewing
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At first, when I saw the title I was like “how bad can it be?” But you explained it clearly and concisely, without being morbid, and it still scared the hell out of me. I don’t understand how anyone can find fault with your video or want to keep those others up. If I had just seen this on the net I would’ve thought “wow that’s so cool!” And being an artist maybe considered trying it one day. Now I will NEVER. And I know plenty of people who are DIY-ers and would love this kind of thing. Now that I know I can warn them. You are doing an amazing public service. Shame on TH-cam.
Same!! I hadn‘t heard of fractal wood burning before but I thought „if it‘s allowed on youtube, how bad could it be?“ turns out: very bad. Scary that even I thought of something to be a simple „science experiment“ just because it‘s available on youtube
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Same here!! As an artist, I filed the fractal wood burning idea away in my mind as something to look into an perhaps try at some point. Not only do I NEVER plan to attempt it, I now have the knowledge to inform friends, just how DEADLY it actually is.
As an insane crafter, I also wanted to try it. I had every intention to be safe but I didn’t realize just HOW dangerous it actually was. That video made me realize and I refused to touch it. I decided to try some paper crafting instead. Thank you for that video and I’m livid it got taken down but happy to see it’s back!
This thing shouldnt even be in the "hobbies to do at home level", let me illustrate what you would need to get the most basic level of safety:
To make it safe you would need certified high-voltage proof gloves and shoes along with flame-repellant clothing covering your full body.
After that you would need to create a "kill switch" device thats essentially a system designed to turn off the device the moment anything goes bad, i would make it 2 fold one with a manual thing you hold in your hand and one thats attached to whats in your hand that can measure electricity and turn the thing off if it detects electricity on you. IT NEEDS TO BREAK THE OUTPUT AND THE INPUT of the transformer!
Then after those you would need to put the transformer into a cage made out of bakelite because even turned off transformers can kill you for good minutes after pullin the plug. Put that entire cage onto 1cm thich insulating rubber.
Next part you need to have the table INSULATED! Put it on a dry surface with 1cm of bakelite and 1cm of rubber below all legs.
The wood part must be put on a completely insulated table so 1cm wide bakelite and 1cm wide insulating rubber covering the whole table. The metal nails must be secured and the wires must be fixed to them.
After all of this you need to control this thing from atleast 4 meters away from behind safety glass or something that makes sure you wont get near it before finishing.
This is the literal only way to keep this thing relatively safe and i STILL DONT RECOMMEND DOING IT!
Most people have none of these at home and the preparation requied is more like doing experiments in a high end tech school not something you attempt in your garage. Its like making a tesla coil, you need a hell lot of experience with electric safety just to get to the point where you start building not even talking about turning it on!
I love how people understand that accidents can happen. I've warn people of stuff and it's always 'I'll be safe' or 'I won't make the one mistake that could end in failure'. No, accidents aren't something you control, it takes one slip, one sneeze, one shiver. You don't plan for that, it just happens.
Thank you for restoring some faith in me that people can acknowledge that it doesn't matter how safe you are, you can still mess up.
I'd recommend giving scratch-bashing a try if you'd like to do a crazy (but safe) project! And from there, I'd recommend watching Studson Studio's videos to see the beautiful, and occasionally cursed, crafts he's made.
you can always get some nice paints and draw the patterns yourself. no risk of death necessary
@@voidbreather7405 oh my gosh that does look crazy and fun. And safe lol. Thanks for the suggestion I am sure I will be trying that out, for sure.
I never heard of fractal woodburning until now and I live in Wisconsin. Our media in the USA, including TH-cam, picks and chooses what they want you to see. They are more concerned with their political agenda than saving peoples lives. Thanks for the video.
I think TH-cam needs to have a class action lawsuit launched against them if people keep dying from this hack while they specifically deleted the warning. If they acknowledge that fractal wood burning is dangerous yet they leave up loads of videos explaining how to do it, isn't that extremely negligent/reckless?
#BUMPtheDEBUNK
Hey if you know a lawyer or could find one of the families online, I bet you could get one started.
Unfortunately I don't think that'd go anywhere. YTs Terms of Service (you know, that bit that no-one reads when they come to use the site) state they can't be legally held liable for content hosted on the platform. Lawsuit's dead on arrival.
@@Futu06 Do those terms really hold legal water? How is it different from a private citizen saying "heyyy don't sue me bro I said no suing you agreed!" in writing....
@@_shannons Of course they do. That's exactly how terms of service work and that's the whole point of them existing, is that they're legally binding. Saying "Don't sue me bro, you agreed" in writing is essentially exactly how contracts work in those cases - the provider can (and usually does) include a provision that you agree to use said service/product at your own discretion and they're not liable for damages incurred. For example, if you go to a hardware store, buy a chainsaw and end up getting hurt using it, you can't just sue the store because "well chainsaws are dangerous, why do you even have them". When you buy a product or sign up for using a service (which YT is), you agree to the terms of providing that service when you sign/click Agree. If the terms weren't acceptable to you, you don't have to use the service.
And realistically if YT could be held liable for user-uploaded content, we wouldn't have YT, because they would most likely not be able to operate between getting sued with about 30,000 hours of new content being uploaded per hour, every day, every week, every year. Realistically, they CAN'T monitor all of it, which is why a lot of it is automated, which is also frustrating for people. What they can and should do though is to fix their reporting system and update policies to include harmful hack videos as forbidden content.
This type of stuff needs more coverage. TH-cam will only stop if there is enough public pressure. I would go to news outlets with this, contact 60 minutes and have them do an investigation into TH-cam's complete lack of responsibility.
No when the investors sell all there stocks.
Yep that’s what I was thinking. If this happened to a British creator, ‘This Morning’ would definitely do a feature.
I know Ann has been featured on a BBC feature for her debunking. Hopefully a mainstream media outlet can shine a light on something so catastrophic.
That's a good idea!
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@@travelwell6049 Yeah, but YT is (I think) an American based company. And I feel like that’s all I need to say; y’all know America would gladly let people die for “entertainment” while pointing the finger at everyone else, saying it’s not their fault. Because Murica.
“Your life is more important than my channel” ❤ This woman deserves an award, and I’m not talking about a TH-cam Diamond F’ing button. Wish YT would change their content policies, thanks for fighting for all the community
Her saying that brought tears to my eyes!!!
You won’t believe that, but I actually saw the tutorial on this type of wood burning today ON TV!!! They didn’t tell how to get that detail from a microwave, but gave all the other instructions. All the safety they had were rubber gloves. That’s insane.
I love that your "How To Cook That" channel has evolved to a platform were you can take a stand against misinformation and save lives. Keep up the good work!
"How to Cook That" became "How not to die"
And does her education in a way that doesn’t talk down to the people who might believe it, AND is still appealing to kids who are the target audience for a lot of these dangerous hacks
@@k80_ agreed 👍
It's such an important thing to talk about! She's out here putting in the work that not many others are doing.
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"Your life is more important than my channel."
Thank you, Ann. You're doing the right thing at risk to your successes.
Her saying that makes me respect her even more even though she's proven herself to be trustworthy every single time.
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That was the nicest thing someone said to me today. Was having a tough time at work and really felt that. Thanks so much, Ann for all you do. Truly a life saver. 💪🏾❤️
I really respect Ann for doing this. TH-cam needs to be held responsible for the videos that are posted on their site. I know there’s always going to be some sort of “legal defense” these huge corporations are going to pull, but it’s gotten extremely out of hand. People are dying. You’re a video sharing platform. People post videos to your platform.
Indeed people are dying and TH-cam is blaming the messenger while ignoring the problem.
Might have said it already, but this is the best side of the Internet without any doubt. Thank you Ann.
I never comment on TH-cam, but this video absolutely warrants it. Downright despicable behavior from TH-cam. Thank you for being a voice of reason on this morally bereft site, Ann.
Comments also feed the algorithm so every comment helps this video get seen by more people
I agree.
We should start a campaign to remove dangerous How To Videos from TH-cam. Only I'm not sure how. I searched their site and it looks like we'd have to go to each Video or site and flag it as dangerous. I don't see anyway for us to email TH-cam to ask them to change the policy on dangerous hacks.
The sad thing about all of this is it's genuinely hard to see this action by TH-cam as anything but a skeezy way to shut down a video that made TH-cam look really bad and irresponsible for continually hosting and highlighting fractal wood burning content. Because there is simply no way a sane, good-faith person could have watched your original video and thought it in any way condoned or encourage the practice, certainly in comparison to all the other still extant content still up. That leaves me with the only conclusion that this was some sort of damage control by TH-cam where they wanted to stymie you for making them look bad. If your original video kept its momentum, it's easy to see how it could have quickly ended up in the hands of the media, who could've raised some hell for TH-cam.
But, seriously, you're a treasure, and please never stop debunking these stupid and dangerous "hacks". I'm just hoping this may end up triggering a Barbra Streisand effect that ends up making TH-cam look even worse and whipping up even more attention to how irresponsibly they handle and promote genuinely dangerous content.
TH-cam is an enigma
I will never understand
This explaination makes the most sense to me. I know youtube is protected legally to a certain extent from liability from someone trying stuff they find on here, but as you say, if the media got hold of it, it could be a very embarrassing PR situation for them. This has Ford Pinto vibes all over it.
Bravo, well said. You’ve articulated perfectly what we all feel on here about this!
I agree with you completely 👏
This is honestly shocking to hear. Your video has SAVED LIVES while the other ones that are actually promoting this harmful content have remained up on TH-cam. I wish this wasn’t an issue, but there are still many issues with TH-cam, even though it is a great platform. Thank you for raising awareness of these things, and we’ll keep supporting your channel while you carry on
I was shocked as well!!
You said " saving people's lives is more important than my channel." That should be a given. Yet, it does not seem to be. I applaud your high moral standards. Thanks for debunking not only bullshit videos, but important stuff like this. I really like your content! ❤️
"It violates our harmful and dangerous policy", that really proves that YT does not act to its own rules.
I can't believe it and feel sorry for you, that YOU get a warning for pointing out dangerous stuff, but not the people who upload that.
Mad world.
More accurate., youtube is cheap and only uses bots to regulate its content. Bots that are easily fooled and flag the wrong things. Bot that then rules themselves to have been right when asked for a review.
I think this video get banned because of the use of words like "kill." The bots decided that meant it was encouraging violence.
The videos actually killing people don't use words like that, so the bots see nothing wrong with them.
Using words like deadly, violent, death or similar words in the title gets it caught by the algorithm for harmful conduct and it eventually bans automatically. It's not a reviewed process. Looking at the title of this video I think this will also get taken down again. It's why you see weird censoring (or replacement for the word entirely) for seemingly tame words on popular channels. This is how they adapted in current YT climate. Spread this knowledge.
@@echodff Interesting, I suspected something like this (algorithm and use of "unwanted" words). But still, I hope that somewhere out there are humans who review Ann's objection. But somehow I doubt it.
Ann, as a former healthcare worker, I'm incredibly grateful for this. I have tremendous respect for your responsible and important use of your platform, and I'm furious at TH-cam's gross disregard for safety. People are naturally going to assume that these things are safe, and it's so important to highlight that they are extremely dangerous!
So much respect for you, Ann. I can't believe how tone-deaf TH-cam is to things like this. I hope you prevail in your effort to force TH-cam to enforce safety regulations on this site.
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I was lucky enough to see your video before it was taken down. Very sensible and very clearly explained, and i must admit as a retired joiner and part time furniture maker it has crossed my mind to try it out at some time...NOT ANYMORE! thank you. I think the take-down has a lot more to do with you exposing you tubes dodgy un-P.C. practices that they would like to keep swept under the carpet.
Glad it was helpful!
It's official: TH-cam DOESN'T care for the safety of their viewers. You saved MANY people's lives Ann! KEEP IT GOING!!😤😤
TH-cam clearly wants people dead.
I actually don't think that yt just don't care about the safety of their viewers its that they simply don't care ENOUGH to properly review content before banning stuff. I feel like they go by title and how much impact a video had by viewer counts and then say... 'oh a video that has 34 deaths in capital letters in the title? This content most likely shows 34 dead bodies. That's not good, better remove that'
And only if u contest their decision they check if they made a mistake or not. Doing the job they should do costs time and money I guess.
@@camelsgilette4430 It’s always going to be profit over person. It's not fair nor right.
@@camelsgilette4430 you can't judge a book by it's title.
@@kylekelly1167 SO true! TH-cam doesn't care for the safety of their viewers. It's fricking profit over person all over again. *rolls eyes and scoffs* Capitalism isn't helping with the matter.
Honestly not suprised at TH-cam. The only reason I even stay on here anymore is to watch my favourite creators. You're amazing Ann! The fact that you care more about people's lives than your own channel is so sweet. I'm leaving this comment to help this video do well and get the ball rolling again! :)
Edit - Didn't expect my comment to be seen ngl. All these likes are fantastic. Not for me but for Ann's sake. The more engagement she gets, the better!
"your life is more important than my channel"
We love you, Ann!
TH-cam is being so scummy and dangerous letting those videos stay on their platform, what the hell!
I'm glad this vid just got recommended by algorithm to me. This is the first time i hear about fractal burning and it's really a shame what yt did with previous warning vid. After yt get rid off dislike button it's got really hard to find good, safe and trust worthy DIY.
Thank you.
"Your life is more important than my channel" powerful words. TH-cam has been making a lot of mistakes lately but hopefully they'll at least reverse the removal of the video, but really they need to remove the how to videos first and foremost.