Thank you for calling me smart, that is very kind!
So I am glad that I met 4 women who I think I will keep in touch with forever, I would not have met them otherwise. But I do regret joining because this situation happened.
What I feel weird about is that someone with such a large YouTube platform is able to do this to someone who has respected and supported the content she taught; I actually was one of the people who took the time to give her my personal Google contact to try and recover her YouTube channel when it was hacked - they have this in their records. It has definitely given me a reason to step back and reevaluate the people I support virtually. Personally I did not know tattle before this and I am now trying to learn more about other creators I supported. I attached the supporting proof for the YouTube hack help. I believe that someone who does something like that deserves more respect than I received from this situation; at least being asked my side of the story, and listening to the many women who reached out to me who attended and loved my events
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I definitely use the free resources on YouTube, I go to a few networking events virtually lately, and I have some to talk to through work/mentorships! It is just more difficult to find girls my age who are doing similar things as me - or aspiring to. (I do not mean to say that I am doing anything impressive, just that I do not see many girls in the exact career path as me
I needed to make friends more than anything else at this point because I was struggling and I needed a new set of people to interact with, and I did get that. Luckily I am able to keep in contact!
If none of this had happened with me, I doubt that someone else wouldn't have been removed, so no I would not sign up again. Allegedly I ended up being the model black sheep that they seem to be using - "Don't be like that girl and do that" even though it was proved to be harmless and helpful because women are reaching out to me on all my other platforms because they realized I disappeared from the app. They remembered me and have questions about the finance event topics and want to keep in touch.
Finally, I do not trust this person anymore- someone feels the need to censor other women out of insecurity - even if they are a teenager who poses no threat to their business.
An update from the inside is that I heard allegedly that they are posting lots of "gentle reminders" about what not to do, mostly related to things from my event. My friend said that I was told one reason for being kicked out but are implying with these reminders that it was a simple breach of the rules- which is very different than what I was told. Allegedly they still have a career and finance tab to categorize forum posts. I do not know how they can have a career and finance category and expect that it will not be educational in any way lol. Even sharing a book recommendation is educational.