Styx is a libertarian political commentator who has been a leader in calling for users and creators to pioneer alternative tech platforms.
He was one of the first major YouTubers to join BitChute in August 2017 and (currently) has the largest BitChute account which reached 100k subscribers in October 2020. Additionally, Styx joined Brighteon in November 2019 and LBRY in December 2019, again demonstrating that its not all that difficult to pioneer AltTech.
Check out some of his rants related to BigTech:
8 Aug 2018 “Infowars Purge Day 3: Mailchimp, Disqus, LinkedIn Ban Big, Scary Alex Jones”
But the NGO’s and the corporate media are dumb enough to think it’s a good idea. They just want Infowars off these platforms so they can absorb more audience time usage.
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To all of you: Right Wing Watch, Vox, Salon, The Blaze, Breitbart, all the missing link media sites, you’re not exactly CNN size, they will turn on you as soon as they’re done bashing a few major content creators out of the way. They’ll make an example, shadow ban the rest of us. … Who do you think is next in line? Do you think it will stop with us? No you’ve got a large market share too. They’re gonna go after you next. They’re not gonna partner with you.
Silicon Valley is saying we will literally destroy your livlihood for the rest of your life if you get defamed by another corporation we happen to have advertising with.
7 Dec 2018 “Patreon Bans Sargon of Akkad, Milo, James Allsup (More Outrage Mobbing)”:
And by the way, to all the other content creators, you better fucking get a clue and start speaking about this sort of shit more.
11 Dec 2018 “The Patreon Purge: Aftereffects, Collateral Damage, and the Odd Details”
6 April 2019 “Youtube is Partially Throttling Me”
9 Dec 2019 “I’m Now Supporting Bitchute Via Subscribestar: An Update”:
Fucking talk to some of these other big creators and get them to do what a lot of people are reluctant to do which is occasionally talk about the fact that you have a BitChute account.
13 Dec 2019 “I’m A Content Creator (Bitchute Exclusive)”:
I’m a content creator. I used to say “Well, I’m a YouTuber”, but it’s clear you can’t be a YouTuber anymore; you have to be a content creator.
17 Dec 2019 “The Final Clank Mobilization of the 2010s”:
I think that it’s quite lovely that people have pulled together to fight back against censorship, and I’m gonna keep fucking fighting.
25 Dec 2019 “A Thank You to All Of You on Bitchute (A Bitchute Exclusive!)”:
I don’t worry about getting kicked off of YouTube, but I do worry about the fact that all the interesting people that I chose to watch will be.
25 Jan 2020 ““Hope Note Hate” Corporate Pawns Attack Bitchute”
28 May 2020 “Wikipedias’ Own Cofounder Lambastes the Site for Bias”
10 Aug 2020 “Twitter is Now Just a Notification Machine to Me Now”