YOT 3,743 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvB3solmhqtgDeLpD-yTtfg Title says most of it. This is what the channel page says, This account has been terminated due to repeated violations of Google's policies. Looks like he's already countering... https://www.youtube.com/user/HICKOCK45/feed It would be great if he just found a different host. Edited January 6, 2016 by YOT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NM0 586 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Wow...always enjoyed his vids. He has a great range and is a hell of a shot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ronin38 2,117 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Facebook post on the subject from Hickock45's page: Apparently, Google + is more sensitive about firearms related postings and such. I never use Google+ and did not even realize the videos were being posted over there, I guess. I will keep you posted via Facebook here and the Hickok45andson channel. I have communicated with YouTube via email this morning, and hopefully, we'll be able to get the channel back up soon. I had just posted a new video. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 But refuse to bake a carpet muncher's cake and all hell is rained down on you! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
XD45 7,124 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 That dangerous subversive fellow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james lambert 3,059 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I never heard of him, what did he say or do that pissed them off? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sjgusmc21 850 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Have watched a few of his video's, seems like a great guy, very informative and one hell of a shot! No surprise at being pulled....anti-gun POS Scumbag pussies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDeko 792 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I can't imagine him saying anything truly offensive to get suspended. Really I'd think he'd be the last guntube person to get shut down. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I never heard of him, what did he say or do that pissed them off? Decent, honest gun reviews. Lots of actual shooting on video. A personal range to die for. A clean, non vulgar old guy. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vance665 225 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I know youtube was running alot of anti gun adds on his channel. I remember a video where he brought it up and basically said he didn't mind and thanked them for their support. That most likely didn't go over well and youtube has been looking for a reason to ditch him. Not that they need a reason. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDeko 792 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Basically Bob Ross but instead of painting he shoots steel targets and the occasional soda bottle or melon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james lambert 3,059 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 I never heard of him, what did he say or do that pissed them off? Decent, honest gun reviews. Lots of actual shooting on video. A personal range to die for. A clean, non vulgar old guy. Thanks for the heads up! In other words...the basic backbone of America kind of guy. We cant have that out there can we 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 The channel seems to be back up and running now. I bet google was inundated with disgruntled contacts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 All his vids are gone however. We all knew it would come to fuckery like this, should surprise no one. Man things are getting so close and time so short... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) No they're all back. Here's one of his latest... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgeNtkszYbw https://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45/videos Edited January 6, 2016 by YOT 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Well Im gald it was recovered , must have checked during the process. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JDeko 792 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 This is getting pretty unnerving... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 It shouldnt although it is easy to understand why it would. Coming to an understanding of what must happen next while not a happy thought does at least remove the fear of it, or more importantly the deniability. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 This is a simple guess, but I believe there is a flood of complaints from the anti crowd. Sharyl Attkisson's channel was also suspended then reinstated for no reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 This is a simple guess, but I believe there is a flood of complaints from the anti crowd. Sharyl Attkisson's channel was also suspended then reinstated for no reason. It is a glitch when you use youtube and google+. Google+ copies youtube content into google+ and then sifts for "objectionable content" which on google+ includes firearms. Then they ban the account which cascades and takes out the youtube channel.. It has been happening to a lot of channels including ones outside of firearms.. Its just a result of Google having mix content rules across their services and then making a service that mixes them all together. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Google is an evil empire! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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yakdung 2,926 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2012/07/05/google-sadly-joins-the-anti-gun-brigade/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Woop, there it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/frankminiter/2012/07/05/google-sadly-joins-the-anti-gun-brigade/ Article is from July 5th of 2012. Google shopping lets other sellers advertise to your customers with a few rows of ads, so if you wanted to be seen you had to pay google... I hated it, its just a scam to make you pay google a bunch of money to not bury your website in the search results. Same with their shopping cart. Good riddance. I'm not a fan of google, ebay, paypal... Ect. But I am stuck using google products for a number of things. Good to see that they got their channel back. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Google shopping has gone from invaluable to nearly worthless over the last two years. I seldom find results that correlate to my search terms anymore. This is while google's plain web search turns up the items which are excluded from 'shopping.' Ebay quit actually limiting their results by the boolean terms in saved searches about 3-4 years ago. I will have searches such as Hunting>firearms>gun parts> "saiga 12 Muzzle brake" [under $35]. The name of the saved search is always the key terms in my system. I'll get emails from them now which read, ~"we found 36 matches to your search "saiga 12 muzzle brake under $35""- and the first 3 things listed are BIN duck calls at $65... I just don't trust any of the bastards to be honest about the results. The saved searches are still handy, but I am way less likely to check the emails than I used to be when I knew any messages I got actually conformed to what I want to buy. I wish they could see how their greed is actually costing them credibility and my business in a literal sense. Disrespect me and try to pull a fast one, and I quit checking your promos. It's that simple. Tell me I can use a tool to only send me what I am actually looking for, and I will use it. Change the tool to push targeted marketing instead of my search terms and I quit using it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Back down with the following message: "This account has been terminated due to repeated violations of Google's policies." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
su16a 84 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 Back down with the following message: "This account has been terminated due to repeated violations of Google's policies." Yes, I'm seeing it down (again) as well.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blessthefall 27 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) I never heard of him, what did he say or do that pissed them off? Nothing, which is the most puzzling part. He is not in any way political or hostile or anything. He's just a cool old dude, who has lots of guns and a range in his backyard, he reviews guns mostly in his videos. Also he likes to shoot steel plates and blow up watermelons. It seems his channel is back for now, but all his videos are gone. Not sure if he had backups but he's been posting for 5+ years so its a ton of files lost forever most likely. Edited January 9, 2016 by blessthefall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted January 9, 2016 Report Share Posted January 9, 2016 It seems his channel is back for now, but all his videos are gone. Not sure if he had backups but he's been posting for 5+ years so its a ton of files lost forever most likely. I'm seeing no change. Still showing account terminated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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