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@wyomingadventures

20 күн бұрын

Signed it days ago and shared it on my community tab. Didn't donate. Some of my subscribers signed, too.

Everyone should sign this petition. Petitions are normally pretty useless when targeted at legislators, because they just don't care, but when targeted at a business, they can be very effective. Please, take the 30 seconds it takes to sign this. I have some direct experience with this type of thing.

@IDKReviews-db9xf

20 күн бұрын

Done

@johnricks7277

20 күн бұрын

I agree whole heartedly

I signed after the last livestream. It takes 20 seconds. I don’t like instagram, but illogical censorship makes no sense and hurts us all. Please sign.

@Quest723The

20 күн бұрын

"illogical censorship?" It's completely logical, it's an attack on the non-npcs that dare to be self-sufficient. Feature, not a bug.

He is wrong about one thing.... It's not just the knife group. Wallet makers, blacksmiths, bag makers, outdoor channels, you name it. If companies can't make money on IG it will hurt EVERYONE! Please sign and help us.

@exceeddesigns

16 күн бұрын

Agreed.

I signed. Didn't donate. Requested they donate to me for my mental health. Knives are expensive.

Signed, this is definitely stupid. Everyone here, it really is fast & easy to sign the petition! 😃

Done. I’m tired of social media platforms gatekeeping the EDC community with faulty logic.

I signed absolutely ridiculous what is happening and if we don't fight back we will be a thing of the past

We must continue to push back , first instagram , then KZread , then real life. Thanks for bringing this to my attention , I'm not on any socal media besides KZread so I was not aware till now . I signed it

Done signed it! Thank you for sharing this. If they knew our level of commitment and love of our knife hobby they wouldn’t make it harder on us to view find and share our content that we love.

Done. Signed and shared to my stories ! Only 700 more signatures to go 🙌🏼👏🏼

I’ll sign but you gotta promise to split that 48 cents with me, unmarked coins, no funny stuff

Started my KZread Channel right around the time Meta started this BS… really hurts getting your message across. I’ve had luck on Tik and YT Shorts but nothing on Instagram. Petition signed and I encourage others to do the same. Thanks for brining this issue to light MC!

Thank you for using your voice and platform to speak so boldly for others. I've proudly signed. I have discovered countless knife makers through instagram exclusively and the thought of losing that ability is really saddening. Also, I never knew how much impact Doug Ritter had on knife reform legislation- thank you for enlightening us on his impact to this community and giving him the credit he deserves for his efforts.

I signed the petition. I didn't donate

@chrisdiaz7615

20 күн бұрын

Same

Signed..hope it helps..good luck man.

next up will be drones, because they're also weapons now. So much for FPV! Everyone is in a storm right now because rotor riot and others are building drones to be used in combat zones,,, but that will probably result in people making normal drone content being restricted because of the other capabilities of drones.

Signed and fully support this. Thanks MC for the awareness.

Signed, sir, thanks for the heads up! Keep up the great work man, knife people are people too, dammit!

I signed. I agree with you on everything aside for the algorithm inadvertently doing it. This perspective chooses to ignore the history of many social media companies targeting things they feel are "bad" and "dangerous."

Thanks ... definitely already signed. People only care when it affects them. Something has to be done now or it's gonna get worse. What's next I can't take a picture of my hammer?

@9mmmike642

20 күн бұрын

It depends on what “my hammer” is referring to.

WOW! Very well said MC! Bravo Bravo! You're so good at this and it's reasons like this you have such a successful channel. Thanks for all you do for the knife and artisan community.

Signed! Almost all social media platforms are taking their "control" way beyond what is acceptable! The end of times is coming. Keep fighting the good fight and standing up for what's right!

MC, I would encourage you to continue this work on bringing change to the EDC community and its relationship to tech. You should host some round table discussions about this issue. Try to get a multitude of voices and opinions. Solutions should not just revolve around getting private companies to cater to this small community. Discussions should be taking place on how to better use tech to empower the EDC community.

Signed. Thank you to you and your folks for keeping an eye on the ridiculous. 💯👍👍😎

Signed and donated on your patreon yesterday

Signed 👍🏻. Thanks for getting this out there MC.

Just signed, hopefully it will get their attention. Be interesting to see if a class action lawsuit could be filed for unfair business practices or something similar as that would force metas attention

I signed as soon as I found out about it. I'm not a content creator, just a guy who loves knives and occasionally posts pictures of them on FB and Insta.

Already signed it

New to the game but absolutely signed.

Just signed. Thanks MC for letting us know. ✌️

SIgned! Platforms are so blind, I hope they notice this.

thanks for the info. Signed.

Signed. Took two seconds. Please do it. Social Media Nanny state is ridiculous.

Signed, keep the fight rolling. Love ur content.

Signed! Spread the word man!

i signed it last night. thanks for bringing this into the spotlight.

Probably Australia and the UK are telling them to suppress knife content

Metal underscore Complex...BOOM....signed it...👊

im a small firearms parts manufacturer, at first IG was a bit of a cash cow, then things changed overnight and the cow was turned in to burger. luckily word of mouth and happy customers are keeping my ship from fully sinking, and its just a side gig i do for me , but if it was my primary source of income id be fckt in the water with a bunch of hamburger and no life raft. im now doing a digital detox, for now.

Already signed , thanks for sharing !!

I signed the petition. And shared it. Thank you for keeping us informed..

Screw the "Mopey Mollys" 🤣 I signed the first day.

Signed. Saw a post with a warning, clicked past and it was 4 knives with nothing else in the frame. Ridiculous.

Meta is out for the EDC community. They put restrictions on my account (no live streams for my personal account or connected business account) for posting EDC content, in private groups that didn’t meet their “guidelines”. I do think Meta is targeting content creators and the EDC community. I signed the petition.

They need to age restrict social media. It's not for kids

Happy to sign it. A peaceful community shouldn't be a silenced community

Signed during the live. Cheers 👐

Thanks!

I never used IG, but if this affects MC and his ability to bully my checking account, I cannot stand for it!

So I'm definitely in on trying to do everything we can to possibly stop the BS, but I've just got a question. Exactly what part of the "EDC/ knife community is this algorithm supposed to be stopping?

I had 15,300 followers, dropped 200 followers this last few months. With over 15K followers I average around 30-40 likes per post now. Used to be 700 likes. I signed the petition from Levon's feed.

Just signed and will share it.

Absolutely. Signed, sealed and delivered

Sign this thing everyone!!!

sounds like yiddish malarkey to me

Signed! No donation lol. Thanks for sharing this MC, I hope everyone signs EDIT: I just noticed that this video had 2600 views at the time I commented. When I signed the petition, I was number 215 to sigh. People, please support this community! I’m deeply saddened by the fact that there are 10 times the amount of views than there were signatures. It only took me about 30 seconds to go through the whole process of signing. Please take 30 seconds out of your day to help preserve this community.

Great share MC!

Signed, then went outside and shook my fist at the sky. ~Old man

Signed, thanks for letting us know.

I loterally couldnt find your ig page unless i typed the name perfectly. And it was STILL the 10th result, past all the fake bots.

I left IG a very shitty rating for a review. Quit blocking knife and EDC content amd block nudity! So frustrating!!!

Signed. Thanks for making me aware.

Meta will eventually cancel itself out of business - businesses will continue to look for avenues that are more balanced and fluid for their products and services. There will be some other social media outlets that will follow FB into the cancel culture abyss and hopefully some that start navigating back to allowing a more balanced approach - there will be a long line of casualties to get back to normal unfortunately

Signed. Hopefully they improve the algorithm so EDC knives don't get blocked.

I signed and shared to FB literally took 30 seconds

Also signed. Hope it gets fixed.

I refuse to use ANY META platform, but signed this on your first call out. First they came for Instagram, but I wasn't on Instagram so I said nothing. Then they came for Facebook, but I wasn't on Facebook so I said nothing. Then they came for KZread...

Censorship. Bigger issues than we realize infringing on free dom of speech.

Knives aren't nearly as scary as sharpened spoons.

Signed during the livestream. Don't use any of metas shit (well i look at facebook marketplace). But I'm sure it effects me indirectly and any company doing dumb shit and getting away with it means it'll spread

I literally only use Instagram for learning about new stuff and drops and what not in the knife community. I’ve met some cool people on there and it is a good vessel to learn about stuff I’ve never seen before so it’s super helpful. Other than that IG is trash but I definitely want it to keep going! Petition has been signed!

Just signed the petition!!!!

Petition has been signed! Meta is getting ridiculous. I hope we can change this!

You can share a link to this petition, but sharing a link for this video is even better. Please don't forget to do this everyone. Also, the American Knife & Tool Institute should be looked into and talked about, MC. From what I see they are always doing great things for our knife freedoms.

I gave up on IG last year. Went from getting 500+ likes a post to 50 because the algorithm stopped pushing knife content.

@bw8582

20 күн бұрын

Yep! My explore page went from all knives and guns to softcore p*rn and stuff i have no interest in

I don't use Instagram, but signed the petition.

Done! Thanks MC. Love your content. Thanks for making me spend money I don't have. ❤ 🔪

Here's the thing, Meta is straight up preventing or in some cases taking down knife/EDC related content and if it does stay up it may be flagged as sensitive content and blur it out with a warning which usually leads to many people missing it or not seeing it especially depending on your settings (which may be a certain way by default). If less people see the content then the community shrinks or ceases to exist on the platform forcing them to leave. It cost time and in some cases money to create content for others on the platform especially if they're trying to promote or discuss new trends products or topics.

I signed, shared and made a post.

Signed, didn't donate.

I just signed the petition.

I signed and donated. Then came back to the video and was told not to donate. 😅 I maybe a bit too impulsive for my own good. Is what it is I guess.

I signed it...at least once...

That sucks. Never use Instagram, and never will.

@metal_complex

20 күн бұрын

You're affected whether you use IG or not, but yes. IG/Facebook (both META) suck

@jamellelangfordiii3586

20 күн бұрын

@metal_complex I did sign the petition, BTW. I just mean I don't use these platforms.... if I could live without KZread, I would, but my ADHD compells me!

Did it last week!

Petition signed! Don't you also have the Knife Rights guys in the US, maybe reach out to them if you haven't already. I'll watch the video first!

It took 10 min for me to realize you weren't gonna show me a new knife lol

@stacygriffin9796

20 күн бұрын

Wait! I got a helmet?!? I got a GD helmet!!! That's what's up lol

I have noticed a number of knife makers/mfrs. simple knife pictures have been deemed inappropriate content. In all cases, I was able to click a link and view it anyway, but this extra step should not be necessary. Signed the petition

The gun youtubers can't show machine guns firing anymore. They're most popular videos are affected. This crap is spreading, people. Sign the petition.

Sign the fucking petition…it literally took me 30 seconds. It will absolutely spread to other platforms so for the love of god if you care about or support even a single content creator then do it for them.

I just signed. It took less than a minute. Super easy.

Signed and added a message

Signed and shared

Signed and donated. Pay Doug Ritter, too.

Got it MC!

Instagram is a mere shadow of what it once was to and for the knife com. It’s a joke now. Ahead of the game once again MC.

Petition signed.

Signed 👍