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Made a New Video!

Finally returning to 10 Things/10 Types videos!

This is how I'm going to be uploading videos for a while. I hope to see some progress being made on reversing YouTube's policy before I return to the platform. So for now, I'll be making videos and uploading them to my Drive, then linking them for you to see.

Enjoy !

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Question Regarding YouTube's New Policy

It's not really clarified how YouTube's AI age verification interprets your watch history. I'd like to watch some Littlest Pet Shop videos, many being my own old ones so I can review them, but I worry about YouTube thinking I'm a kid and demanding ID.

The key point here is that these videos are NOT marked for kids. One would think I'd be safe watching them, but the content is still Littlest Pet Shops, and I'm worried the AI will detect it as kids content.

Does the AI only go after you if you watch content specifically marked for kids? Or will it go after anything it may deem "childish"? How does one determine that or get around this?

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youtube is looking dire right now

i think we all know what's happening by now considering it's in effect tomorrow.

i am a creator who makes LPS videos, videos with Littlest Pet Shops. despite this, my videos are directed at a 13+ audience. 13+, the original requirement for YouTube, what it should've always remained with monitoring from parents.

unfortunately, with the new policy, YouTube is turning into an 18+ site. I think to an extent adults can enjoy my videos despite being made with LPS, but I know for a fact I'd still lose a chunk of my audience. It doesn't matter at any rate, because YouTube's AI will surely brush LPS off as for kids, and uploading videos and gaining an audience will be impossible.

Personally, I don't care a lot about views and subscribers; hell I don't even make a cent off videos. This has always been a hobby for me, and I don't plan to turn it into a career. Despite that, it's important to me, and I still wanted to build a community around it and share it with others. That was the point of even making my channel. That was the original reason for YouTube's existence, to share our creativity with others and build communities around videos.

In my teen years, mid-late 2010s, I did succeed in doing that with my channel, LPSAllisonTV, and I'm proud of that. But now, I want to get back into making LPS videos and carrying out my current projects, and ever since COPPA, it's been really difficult.

I do not want to give my ID to google, and I don't think anyone should. I don't trust the AI to work properly, and I don't like that it will prevent me from watching videos about LPS or even drawing, gaming, and other "childish" hobbies.

So, What's My Plan?

As of August 13th, I will be boycotting YouTube; not uploading, not watching, nothing. I encourage others to do the same. Create an outrage, fight for your privacy! Being complicit and assuming nothing will change only encourages these things, and it will get worse. Believe you can make a difference, believe in the people around you as well. At least try. It's not enough to just hope things will change.

However, if this doesn't work and YouTube doesn't reverse it, I'm not sure how I'll go about it. I'll just have to wait and see how things play out.

As for my projects? Well, I'm still going to make LPS videos and have them saved on my Drive behind the scenes. I will make my projects. They will just be private for a little while, which I think will help me build a stronger relationship with this hobby, being able to enjoy it without NEEDING an audience.

That said, I still want to build a community and share it with them. There are people who want to see my projects. There is a chance I will simply link the videos from my drive here, but I am unsure of anything yet.

I've considered moving to Rumble, but I don't know if I'll carry that out. Switching from such a big platform that everyone uses is very difficult; most big creators will still be on YouTube and it feels rather isolating. Still, it's an option in the back of my mind.

How Can I See Your Projects?

As always, I post art on this blog of my characters, including random OCs and characters from my LPS projects! For the LPS series and videos themselves, like I stated, I will be creating them and saving them to my Drive. They will be private for now, but as we watch things play out, that will change.

If YouTube reverses their policy, of course I will return and post the videos there as planned. If nothing changes, I may be able to link the videos from my Drive here, or I'll move to Rumble. So, if you want to see my content, this blog is your best resource for updates. I will be updating through this process and letting you know about my progress on videos, crafts, and more, as well as posting drawings.

Thank you for reading, whether you're a viewer, follower, or just passing by. I hope things work out for us, stay positive, stay safe, and dont give out your personal information! :]

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ISOT (Im Sooo Over This) Relationship Charts!

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"Hierarchy" Has a New Title!

"Im Sooo Over This" is the new and permanent name for this project! i think it has some more personality

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redraw of an old thang with my toons !

old version under cut

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a ref for Poppy, my first ever Toontown OC!

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Long ass time ago I managed to get Gwen The Focus Character confused with Gwen Stacy The Spider Man Character so I kept referring to Gwen Stacy as Gwen May and my brother had no idea what I was talking about. Anyway somewhere down the line i may draw gwen focus in the spidergwen suit just because of this

thank you for sharing this

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Stinky finally got their ref :]

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16 habits that will make you poor - strawglicksverse edition

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She's so dull

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lineup for my characters from Ambitions! a project that .. isnt even in the works lmfao

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stinky

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been drawing my gurl lately

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wanted to draw her, shes prob one of my fav designs i got

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hi! i was rewatching fabulous fables for nostalgia and was wondering if you ever had a plan for the ending of the series? did you ever have an actual ending in mind or were you just going season by season figuring it out? could you share the initial plan for the end if you had one? ♡♡♡

I never had a plan for most of my series, including FF. I just improvised without giving it any thought, leading to a lot of mistakes haha

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changed paige and beverly's LPS; ISOT parodies LPS series which mostly use cats and dogs so I wanted to change em. it also helps them not stick out so much

my friend had the idea of making paige a longhair cat since her last name is Long, plus it helps her look a little more "lazy"

he also suggested making beverly a poodle to make her look a bit more mature and sophisticated