Founder, ex-CEO of @WorldsWave (2025)
Texas 🇺🇸
Joined November 2023
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Code on the left, phone preview on the right, and it updates while I type. Honestly the fastest way I've found to see what I'm building. Beta's been fun to mess with.
X pays creators now. Here's the math nobody shows you:
Original Content Rewards needs 500K verified impressions in 90 days. That's about 5,500 a day, only from Premium viewers on the Home Timeline. Replies don't count.
Creators, how far are you from 500K?
About 30 animation channels lost monetization overnight. Their appeals came back with no example video.
Explore With Us got a human review in days. These creators got a form letter.
@TeamYouTube who's actually reviewing these?
🚨 YOUTUBE IS DEMONETIZING AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF ANIMATORS. AND NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
This is bigger than one channel. Bigger than one appeal. An alarming number of animation creators are losing their YouTube monetization under the same "Misleading Family Content" policy.
My channel, Pivot Master, has been demonetized for almost 3 MONTHS. And I'm far from the only one.
Here are just some of the affected creators:
Pivot Master - youtube.com/@pivotmaster
Ugee - youtube.com/@Ugeeyt
EGM - youtube.com/@The_official_EG…
FLORZY - youtube.com/@florzystudio
ADMYT Animations - youtube.com/@ADMYT123
Kalopi Animators - youtube.com/@KalopiAnimator
PPANIMAN - youtube.com/@ppaniman3608
Mega Trex - youtube.com/@megatrex800
Hardy Maximus - youtube.com/@HardyMaximus
Raptor Silver - youtube.com/@RaptorSilver
PaleoPixels - youtube.com/@paleopixelsYt
Primitive Domain - youtube.com/@PrimitiveDomain
Tyrex - youtube.com/@TyrexStudios
LUNATIK! - youtube.com/@MadmanCarno
Jamez Escaranio - youtube.com/@JamezEscaranio
Zelcurt - youtube.com/@Zelcurt
JimboCC - youtube.com/@jimbocc1291
MAKATOONY - youtube.com/@MAKATOONY
VAL Animation - youtube.com/@vyuwern_AL
KAIJUX 3D - youtube.com/@Kaijux-x8x
Vrahno - youtube.com/@Vrahno
Basilosaurus Channels - youtube.com/@BasilosaurusCha…
Kasch Productions - youtube.com/@kaschproduction…
Vanimation Films - youtube.com/@VanimationFilms
GigaAnimams1 - youtube.com/@Giga-Anims
Zaïloth - youtube.com/@Za%C3%AFloth
Seal Animation - youtube.com/@SealAnimations
Jack Rex - youtube.com/@Jack_Rex_Animat…
Spishi - youtube.com/@Spishi_56
More than 29 creators, probably way more that I am not aware of. Countless hours of animation. Years of hard work. And livelihoods being affected.
Animation does NOT automatically mean children's content.
Many of us create content for general audiences, yet our channels are being classified under a policy that we believe does not accurately reflect our work.
And what happens when we appeal?
Automated responses. Rejections. Copy-paste explanations. And creators left fighting to prove that their own content has been misunderstood.
We're want TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND GENUINE HUMAN REVIEWS.
@TeamYouTube @YouTube, please stop treating these as isolated cases.
LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE.
We want our channels reviewed fairly. We want clear explanations. And if these demonetizations are mistakes, we want our monetization restored.
To every animator affected: PLEASE SPEAK UP.
Repost and Quote this tweet. Tag @TeamYouTube. Share your experience in the replies.
Let's make sure this issue cannot be ignored any longer.
OUR CHANNELS ARE OUR YEARS OF HARD WORK. THEY DESERVE A FAIR CHANCE.
BREAKING: @YouTube gave Explore With Us its monetization back, days after cutting off the 7.6M-sub true crime channel for "repetitive content."
It took a viral backlash to get a real review.
Small creators don't get a viral backlash. So what do they get?
BREAKING: @rumblevideo is going 90/10 on video ads starting Nov 1. YouTube's split is 55%.
The catch: it's invite-only, and you need 10 uploads or streams in 30 days through Rumble Studio.
Creators, would you move your uploads for 90%?
BREAKING: @YouTube went down worldwide. 24,000+ outage reports, about two hours of videos that wouldn't play.
YouTube fixed it but never said what broke.
If one platform going dark stops your income, is that a business or a lease?
X's copied post links now come with a tag: ?a= and &s= stuck after the link.
What most people miss: even links in your DMs get wrapped in X's t.co, which logs clicks.
Nobody's talking about this: Meta's new business terms start Nov 20. They let Meta crawl websites tied to public @facebook and @instagram business accounts, creators included.
Meta says robots.txt still works. The terms don't say that.
Did you know your link in bio came with the deal?
Imagine paying to get sponsored.
Some @Twitch sponsors stopped sending game keys, so creators buy the game themselves, and it often costs more than the deal pays.
That's not a sponsorship. That's a fee.
A researcher says a @telegram sticker can run code on an iPhone without a single tap.
My rule for the messaging app I'm building: nothing from a stranger loads or plays until you say so.
Would you give up auto-play stickers to be safe?
🚨 BREAKING: @discord is reportedly making public server messages searchable on Google. Starting in mid-December, the setting will be on by default for most adult users.
🤖 Made with AI
Just turn my off
🚨HOLY CRAP:
Turn this off on your phone right now.
Go to your iPhone settings - accessibility - audio & visual - LIVE LISTEN.
Turn off LIVE LISTEN.
It even says it keeps TRANSCRIPTS.
This is NUTS.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Live Listen is Apple’s official accessibility feature that streams sound from the iPhone mic to the user’s own AirPods or hearing aids. The Remote Control setting is optional. It does not enable third-party access or always-on listening.
support.apple.com/guide/iphone/u…
Instinct just put its AI agent in every iMessage group chat. Anyone in the group can add it, even if their friends never signed up.
They say it only knows what's in the chat. But one person adding it means the whole group now has AI reading along.
Would you want AI in your group chat, or should everyone in the chat have to agree first?
A viral post claims @tiktok_us turned on a guy's iPhone mic 347 times while the app was closed. It's unproven, and platforms deny it.
My rule for the messaging app I'm building: the mic is only on when you hit record or start a call.
When did you last check your mic permissions?
A new name won't fix a weak product. Trump wants New Mexico renamed "New America" and says home values and pride would rise. Platforms try this too, like Twitter becoming X. Has a rebrand ever actually changed how you felt about something?
People aren't just canceling a paper. They're moving their trust to individual voices they can follow, question and reply to. That's a huge shift for creators: you're the outlet now, so the bar is higher. Who do you actually trust for news in 2026?
A company reportedly offered @DeenTheGreat $50 million to stop streaming for 6 months. He says his ego won't let him take it.
Unconfirmed, but it's a real question for every creator:
Would you go dark 6 months for $50M, or is your community worth more?
Meta suspended a group's Instagram on its biggest day because an AI tool read posts too fast and got flagged as a bot.
Left or right, one automated flag can cut you off from your audience.
Creators: if your main account vanished tomorrow, where would your people find you?
