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A comment on YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burning, but leaves up tips. Parent comment

Re:YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burni... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday July 01, 2022 @11:28AM (#31947765)
Okay, so assorted cryptocurrency scams have obvious financial incentives, and I assume the sexual ones are trying to get people onto a paid site. What's driving the animal gore videos? I can't think that there's anything to sell there; is it just people uploading stuff for the shock value?
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Re:YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burni... by chrisjc on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:21PM (#31948744)
It's 4-5 distinct animal gore videos but through different user accounts, so i don't think it's just people uploading stuff. Maybe there are accounts (compromised or just bots) racing against each other bringing content over from TikTok?

And who knows what happens when you click on links in the description or follow instructions in the overlays. I swipe away before the gore comes and haven't read any of the descriptions or overlays.

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Re:YouTube removes criticism of dangerous fractal wood burni... by robonerd on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:17PM (#31949611)
> I assume the sexual ones are trying to get people onto a paid site. What's driving the animal gore videos?

The latter is sexual for psychos.

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