Looks like someone is datamining our crap from IFPA and using it to set up clickbait videos. Wonder what it would take to get someone like this kicked off YouTube? They have over 7k videos posted, getting close to a million total views, and it appears every single one is garbage like this.
For some reason my phone doesn't like your YouTube link, are they mining the public data or somehow got access to the private/mailing type data?
Quoted from Slim64:For some reason my phone doesn't like your YouTube link, are they mining the public data or somehow got access to the private/mailing type data?
It's public data, but it's still a violation of YT policy as far as I know. There's no worthwhile content at all. It's just the text (in this case <PLAYER NAME> IFPA), some generic music.....that's it. And they're all enabled for ads. It's clickbait. No substance at all. I'm hoping if enough people report them, YT will just disable their entire profile. I guess it's up to you if you want someone else making a quick buck off of your name or not, but I figured I could at least inform people after my wife stumbled on this the other day, and let people decide what to do with it on their own.
If I knew how to code, I'd set up an automated bot and report all 7000+ of their videos. I really don't care if they've made 50 bucks or a thousand bucks off their clickbait...it's more the principal than anything.
Quoted from Frax:It's public data, but it's still a violation of YT policy as far as I know. There's no worthwhile content at all. It's just the text (in this case <PLAYER NAME> IFPA), some generic music.....that's it. And they're all enabled for ads. It's clickbait. No substance at all. I'm hoping if enough people report them, YT will just disable their entire profile. I guess it's up to you if you want someone else making a quick buck off of your name or not, but I figured I could at least inform people after my wife stumbled on this the other day, and let people decide what to do with it on their own.
If I knew how to code, I'd set up an automated bot and report all 7000+ of their videos. I really don't care if they've made 50 bucks or a thousand bucks off their clickbait...it's more the principal than anything.
I'm thankful for the heads up, I was just asking since I couldn't investigate myself at the time.
Quoted from Slim64:I'm thankful for the heads up, I was just asking since I couldn't investigate myself at the time.
I hear ya. If there was anything on there for us that wasn't from public info, I probably would have gone right to IFPA and tried to see if they could do a mass takedown.
Quoted from SHOOTTHEPYRAMID:Next video in the playlist: chewy David colon (ifpa)
haha nice guy, has the balls to actively play TNT on AC/DC. Should have his own youtube video haha
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