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paulpauper01/16/20258 repliesview on HN

of course, no space x event is complete without the scam fake streams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1VbZoYSyzA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMG8BbUjwRk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-uQNSxqQHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PYuUj777a0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqsGPQnAP-M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAC4JzHqRk4


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sebzim450001/16/2025

It is incredibly to me that Google doesn't seem to give a shit about this. It would be so easy to fix.

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sneak01/16/2025

All of the downsides of a heavily censored and politically editorialized platform, with none of the anti-fraud upsides.

echoangle01/16/2025

Where do they get channels with half a million subs? Are those hacked?

s1artibartfast01/16/2025

to be clear, it seems like the feed on some of these are scraped from official ones, but include links to crypto "giveaway" scams.

ge9601/16/2025

it's funny how good the algorithm is to recommend this to you so you (I) can report it

barbazoo01/16/2025

Are these YT channels just mirroring the official one?

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mmaunder01/16/2025

That’s hilarious

kklisura01/16/2025

I blame SpaceX for this as they do not have official youtube stream. This is just amateurish.

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