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Several days ago, YouTube demonetized our channel youtube.com/@UnderSparked for “inauthentic content.” This recent situation has created tremendous stress for us, as a channel in the age of AI hype. We are proud to be actual voice actors that offer our own unique commentary and narration to the videos we serve to our community. Our content is not automated. It is not mass-produced. It is not a slideshow with no value. We have actual voice actors, actual editors, and literally an actual person on payroll that we pay just to record gameplay. This channel supports my family and the team who help make it possible. Many of the team members apart of this channel make their livelihood through this. We submitted an appeal video showing our production process and workflow, but that got denied without being watched at all. We've reached out numerous times but unfortunately all of our attempts to reach out just keep getting denied by what we suspect is an AI or just copy and pasted templated responses. Instead of receiving a specific explanation, we've repeatedly received generic template responses saying the channel is “inauthentic” without identifying what videos, facts, or patterns caused that decision. If our channel is truly "inauthentic", how are we supposed to even know what to fix if we can't even be told specifically what the issues are? We're not asking for special treatment. We're asking for just one actual real human support/specialist to look at the channel and give it a proper review. And if an actual real human finds it to be "inauthentic". We would like to be told in specific what about the channel is violating the "inauthentic content" policy without receiving a copy and pasted template of examples of what "inauthentic content" is. All we want is for one real human at YouTube to look at the actual evidence. Public explanation video: youtube.com/watch?v=OB_5dzU0… Please help us, we're confident the demonetization was done through error. Many of the people apart of the UnderSparked team rely on this for their livelihoods. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

I thought America was better than this, so I guess the joke's on me.

Jon Stewart on election night: "We're all going to have to wake up tomorrow morning and work like hell to move the world to the place that we prefer it to be." #DailyShow

Know someone in the market for a maximum urban condo in Atlanta? Bc I can help you out. Reach out to @SellAtlanta with inquiries or to arrange a tour. #buymyplace #atlantarealestate #atlrealestate #downtownatlanta

The speeding buses #BRAVESparade on Friday have gotten a lot of attention and gone viral online. I realized I have documentation of just how fast they were going, since recoded clips fir work. Have you ever seen vehicles in a parade go like this?! 

Today, on so so so many levels. #todaysucks

Current status in Atlanta: Grady, Emory University and Piedmont hospitals are diverting all incoming ER patients. This means no admissions from walk-in patients and no ground or air ambulances. Grady, Emory Midtown and Emory University are at ICU capacity. No beds available.

Remembering John Lewis (1940-2020) “You must find a way to get in the way. You must find a way to get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble." — Congressman John Lewis, 2014 Emory Commencement Remembrance links.emory.edu/2B

It's awful.

Fairly sure this was the last “event” I attended. I miss you @PreserveAtl

Thrilled to announce (belatedly) that the 6th & sadly final Wraeththu Mythos anthology is now available. Storm and I worked on it last year, as usual splitting editing duties. She wrote two luscious, dark stories for it. immanion-press.com/para-mort #StormConstantine