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Callum Fisher @

think i'll just invest in earth

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23/365: When platforms like YouTube can remove you at any moment, you might as well just make your own website. Luckily I was already ahead on that front. One problem: These platforms offer a level of discoverability that's hard to replicate.

Callum Fisher @

22/365: @TeamYouTube, my channels were falsely terminated for 'spam,' and I would like to get this reversed.

Callum Fisher @

Jots is coming along nicely. I added proper sharing today. Users can click the 'Share' link under a post and have the link automatically copied. I also re-enabled scripts for unpaid indie ad networks like navlink, although I'm not 100% sure on these yet.

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21/365: Still looking to restore my channels, YouTube, @TeamYouTube.

Callum Fisher @

Such a tease, YouTube.

2026.04.28: I'm sure they wouldn't mind if everybody just gave up.

2026.05.01: to the creator who feels like giving up: don't, we see you - @YouTubeCreators

@TeamYouTube

Callum Fisher @

19/365: It amazes me I can share this publicly with @TeamYouTube on April 27th & still have it available on the platform by May 16th, despite the content clearly violating their guidelines. Yet, my rule-abiding channels are still suspended. For what? What is the point of appeals?

@nealmohan @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @YouTubeGaming @TeamYouTube My website that says the word 'No.' on it has its channel banned, appeals declined twice, while people like this openly share pornography & go completely unchecked? Get real. www.youtube.com/shorts/YnUaWoORlGk - Callum Fisher, 2026.04.27 9:05 PM

Callum Fisher @

18/365: Hello @TeamYouTube. My account was suspended recently. Please advise on how I can recover the account. Thank you.

Callum Fisher @

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, and z.

@grok is this true?

Callum Fisher @

Let YouTube be a lesson to other platforms: Fully automated moderation is surely not the answer, particularly when humans are largely out of the loop. It may just scrape in as a 'bodge' fix otherwise, but the key really seems to be a decent appeals process.

Callum Fisher @

17/365: Hello @TeamYouTube, I would like to resolve this channel termination issue. Perhaps you can write to me via e-mail @ mail@callumfisher.com to discuss the issue further. Thank you.

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Automated moderation would be 'fine' if humans would actually show up to properly review appealed cases. But, evidently, they often don't. For example, rejected YouTube appeals are commonly declined without reason, with repetitive, generic responses. This is really frustrating for users.

Callum Fisher @

15/365: Dear @TeamYouTube, Would you kindly assist me on my quest to restore my YouTube channels? We were in contact previously but the conversation ended unresolved. Yours truly, a mostly loyal user.

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14/365

@TeamYouTube Hello. I am still looking to resolve this. Thank you.

That @YouTube continues to serve unrestricted pornography but doesn't properly review my channel terminations is disappointing. It's not like I can report it because you can't use YouTube's report button without an account. Did nobody consider that? @TeamYouTube 13/365 - Callum Fisher, 2026.05.10 12:00 AM

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That @YouTube continues to serve unrestricted pornography but doesn't properly review my channel terminations is disappointing. It's not like I can report it because you can't use YouTube's report button without an account. Did nobody consider that? @TeamYouTube 13/365

Callum Fisher @

12/365: @TeamYouTube I am still looking to resolve this issue regarding my channel terminations. Thank you.

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11/365: Hello @TeamYouTube Would you kindly assist me with recovering my YouTube account? I appealed twice but was declined, and I don't see a permanent ban to be appropriate here. Thank you.

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'Twitter outrage' is really boring, but at least you can semi-automate it by scheduling your posts. I'm surprised somebody hasn't had the genius idea of making that a 'premium' feature too. Agh, I've said it now...

Callum Fisher @

Open source search engines & web crawlers really deserve more attention. YaCy and SearXNG are good places to start, but there really is a space for a more polished solution with both self-hosted & popular public instances, and easy, straightforward interfaces. Stract offers a decent interface, but development seems to have stalled.

Mojeek is an alternative search engine that operates its own custom crawler, unlike competitors like Yahoo who partner with other search engines to display web results. While this independence differentiates it from the heap of Bing & Google reskins, its source code is not open source, potentially shortening its long-term lifespan significantly.

That said, open source decentralised software is in need of much more attention generally. For example, Odysee and its associated LBRY protocol is the arguably one of the best decentralised alternatives to YouTube, but it still lacks the level of visual polish & UX found in its competitors. Rumble arguably offers the better experience for casual users, but leans too heavily into its political motivations over delivering a better experience.

Peertube is another self-hosted option. It's okay in theory, but also lacks significantly popular instances, and often comes with a slow application process. A lot of instances don't allow you to upload, or require a strict submission process.

Of all of these, I consider Odysee to have the highest potential as a decentralised open source YouTube alternative at the moment. With continued development, it could offer an even better experience.

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8/365: Hey @TeamYouTube, I've been trying to reach you for a few days about my channel terminations. One was terminated for spam/deception & others for "circumvention." I think outbound links triggered a false flag. We had been in touch but the convo died. www.youtube.com/channel/UCvAXJAjLV1-VxbLpYJAZlzw

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7/365

Hey @TeamYouTube, my channel was suspended for spam, but I don't think I broke the rules. I appealed a couple times but got declined. Any chance we can get this overturned? I can't make a new channel atm.

Callum Fisher @

you could try to condense yourself into a web page

but what's the point of that?

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5/365

I can't sign in because you banned me, @YouTube.

A screenshot of YouTube asking a banned user to login to report content.

Callum Fisher @

some sort of statement that changes the whole world, like, hello

Callum Fisher @

Day 4/365 of asking YouTube to restore my unfairly terminated account. It was abruptly removed alongside 3 other accounts despite never breaking the rules on YouTube.

Callum Fisher @

On one hand, my website has been tainted by my repetitive (but necessary) complaints to YouTube regarding my channel terminations. On the other, it's being fuelled by a desire to stay as far away as possible from that AI-led nonsense.

Callum Fisher @

3/365

must i be the online karen?

Hey YOUTUBE... My Channel was UNJUSTLY TERMINATED from your Joke of a Platform! also the porn's still there. I really detest spamming your socials here but it's all I can do when I get no genuine responses via other routes. @TeamYouTube

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Currently migrating previous 2024 entries from the old site to my Jots page. More to come.

Callum Fisher @

Day 2/365 of asking YouTube for a re-review of my channel termination.

I should've made amiunbannedyet.com. @YouTube

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So, here we are. (Ridiculous, I know.) Day 1/365 of asking for a human to re-review & unban my permanently terminated @YouTube accounts. I have contacted you repeatedly, and even responded to your article on your policies. But I'm still getting nowhere. Hellooooooo? @TeamYouTube

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Using Twitter, or X as it's now called, is a miserable experience. It's all 'he said, she said' and 'Hey, pointless AI, is this true?' It's a pay-to-win echo chamber where people fork out as much as £365 per year just to boost their posts and access basic features like post editing. It's no surprise that all of the advertisers backed out upon Elon Musk's acquisition of the platform in 2022.

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I'm considering setting a deadline for the recovery of my YouTube account. There comes a point where it's just not worth investing your energy into a platform that just doesn't care.

On the other hand, I'm sure they wouldn't mind if everybody just gave up. It's tried & tested.

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David Perez did it, but it should not have taken that much time and outreach. YouTube CONTINUES to IGNORE the many, many creators it has illegitimately suspended while ALLOWING literal pornography on the platform. It's clear that something is wrong.

WE DID IT!!! I say we, because this could not have happened WITHOUT YOU. - David Perez, 2026.04.25, in a post on X.com about YouTube overturning his suspension from YouTube's Partnership Program.

Callum Fisher @

I wasn't demonetized - I was never monetized - nor was I struck for so-called 'inauthentic content.' I was just erased entirely. Why? I haven't got a clue. @TeamYouTube

Recently, my YouTube channel was removed from the platform, alongside all of my other channels under the same account. I've never knowingly uploaded content that violates YouTube's community guidelines, so I was surprised to find a 'zero warning,' seemingly permanent ban in place. - a quote from my blog post YouTube banned my useless website. written on 2026.04.22.

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I've never been one for 'Twitter outrage,' (I'd rather use Bluesky) but YouTube just makes it happen.

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How is a small creator supposed to get any attention from YouTube in cases like these? The standard channels lead to dead ends, and your users feel like they can't reach you. It's a one way street.

my biggest career mistake: not building a big following on Twitter that I'll inevitably need one day in order to beg @TeamYouTube to care about me, a measly 30k sub serf - @j4mlab, 2026.04.28, in a post on X.com regarding the removal of one of their videos by YouTube's moderation team.

Callum Fisher @

And the video is STILL live! Yet I can't report it, because YouTube permanently banned me! Removing people at a moment's notice & instantly denying their appeals reveals a complete lack of customer care. ESPECIALLY when you can't even tell me what violated the rules.

@nealmohan @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @YouTubeGaming @TeamYouTube My website that says the word 'No.' on it has its channel banned, appeals declined twice, while people like this openly share pornography & go completely unchecked? Get real. www.youtube.com/shorts/YnUaWoORlGk - Callum Fisher, 2026.04.27 9:05 PM

Callum Fisher @

GitHub has been the only site to inform me that a user I reported was banned. (It was a bot account used for phishing emails.) NSFW YouTube ads? 'They don't break the rules'. Death threats on Twitter? "Our automated systems have determined that a violation of our Rules did not take place."

By these exceptionally low standards, GitHub looks great. But it's only because other platforms actively ignore reports of content that violates their rules.

Callum Fisher @

screamintothevoid.com sums up just about everything both online & offline at the moment. probably forever.

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I might make a feature request for YouTube to begin redirecting terminated users to screamintothevoid.com from the login page.

Callum Fisher @

It's regrettable that I should come to X to find support for Y.

Callum Fisher @

My YouTube channel was recently removed from the platform, alongside all of my other channels under the same account. I've never knowingly uploaded content that violates YouTube's community guidelines, so I was surprised to find a 'zero warning,' seemingly permanent ban in place.

I am currently in talks with @TeamYouTube, but after two appeals being rejected I'm losing faith in that process. I'm just documenting the experience for others currently dealing with the same issue.

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I am writing from Elon Musk's X looking for human support for Google's YouTube.

Can the permanent ban on my account (@isthisawebsitedotcom) be revoked? @TeamYouTube

The channel was banned for allegedly violating the 'spam, deceptive practices and scams policy,' despite being newly created with only two videos. I suspect featuring outbound links to isthisawebsite.com is the culprit.

www.youtube.com/channel/UCvAXJAjLV1-VxbLpYJAZlzw

Callum Fisher @

In the interest of keeping all costs to an absolute minimum, I'm considering moving TellTheWeb.com to CallumFisher.com/TellTheWeb, keeping all the pages I created, but dropping the domain name. This means I'll have a single folder with all my projects to manage.

While Jots initially spawned as a side-project of Tell the Web, I'm going to prioritise it at the moment. Jots is for short, casual entries. Tell the Web was intended for longer 'article' type posts. I'm considering making those posts a subset of Jots, rather than the other way around.

Jots will be my personal micro-blogging 'platform,' and I'll be inviting others to add their own 'jots' via e-mail submission. I'll have to manually add them, so it will be an intentionally slow, curated process.

Potentially, I might hold on to the domain name and set up a redirect to CallumFisher.com/jots.

Callum Fisher @

Free domain name idea: www.slowmedia.org

I nearly re-registered it, just as I nearly registered www.kissyourself.com after it expired. Somebody beat me to it and put up - you guessed it - another AI-powered service. It seems to offer AI-generated portraits of you & your younger self for about $30.

Ultimately, domain names come & go, and I can't waste too much money on a name just because it 'has potential.' AI.com was bought for $70 million and they've still got nothing to show for it. SlowMedia.org does have potential as part of the growing 'indie web' movement, but I'm not ready for 'domain investing' just yet.

Maybe the owners of slow-media.org and slow-media.net would be interested.

Callum Fisher @

Last night I created a page for Tell the Web called Jots, a Twitter-like post feed.

Callum Fisher @

As tempting as it is, I'm not going to put posts like this on my personal website. Instead, I'll put them on TellTheWeb.com in a separate Twitter-like 'notebook' section. I think this keeps Tell the Web useful to me as a separate site while keeping CallumFisher.com more of a chronological project archive. What I might do, however, is reference these posts using the 'featured' link on my personal website.

I'm feeling good about the current direction of the two sites. Simple, straightforward, uncomplicated. Interlinked.

Callum Fisher @

Hi,

I just launched CallumFisher.com with a redeveloped version of my personal website. The domain was registered on the 6th of March 2026, but had been redirecting to TellTheWeb.com. Tell the Web has been the priority so far this year, but the ultimate goal is to interlink the two websites. I started redeveloping my personal website on the 7th of February. The main differences are, as usual, mostly internal. I'm omitting quite a few redundant HTML elements, simplifying the page structure. I've also re-introduced the site-wide 'index.js' file for potential use in the future. I've left it blank at the moment.

Now that both websites have launched, I'm hoping to return to some semblance of a schedule by only pushing out updates on Saturdays.

Of course, the long-term priority should be my personal domain, but I've already made an internal commitment to preserving both. That said, whether either of the projects last depends on what kind of income I'm able to muster up. I think I've been sensible though, I've kept costs as low as possible, effectively down to just the yearly domain name renewal. I only build static websites, which many services will host for free. Surely I can't rely on free hosting forever though.

On the other hand, I've been playing around with some sort of personal website since 2019, before any money landed on the table, so there's not really any excuse to abandon things entirely.

So, that's where things are at the moment.

Callum Fisher @

Now I've set up TellTheWeb.com, a hand-coded indie blog, I'm wondering what I should do with CallumFisher.com. Currently, it's redirecting to the blog, but I'd like to get it up & running with my personal website.

Callum Fisher @

Born Again is a delightfully smooth song by The Christians. I can imagine it pairing up nicely with Delegation's "Oh Honey" in a Summertime chilled playlist.

Callum Fisher @

Regarding TellTheWeb.com: I like the idea of having the content instantly accessible on the homepage. Why make the user click when I can have the month's featured post always at the top, and then the two latest posts featured below? The problem is that the page could easily get overloaded. However, if we're treating it like a 'magazine' or newspaper, that isn't necessarily true.

Callum Fisher @

Song title: I Believe in Everything (But You)

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I am building a currently unpublished collection of blog entries on a minimal, hand-coded website called Tell The Web. It accepts user submissions via e-mail, and has a 'see random' entry button on the homepage.

Callum Fisher @

Sometimes I receive e-mails telling me I'm dead.

Callum Fisher @

Hi. I've been working on a website called Tell The Web, to be hosted at TellTheWeb.com.

Callum Fisher @

This age verification bandwagon is massively overbearing. The tools are already there. They're called parental controls. Parents should be learning how to use them. It's not the government's job to parent everybody's children.

Callum Fisher @

idea: use TellTheWeb.com - Your Indie Blog

Callum Fisher @

strike a balance between 'commercially viable' and 'authentic'

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what if, when making your website, you just stop caring about search engines

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