I dropped in to say thanks to you and all the patriots for your good work over the past year. YouTube Smackdown began 18 months ago primarily as an effort by just four individuals. Think for a moment on the odds that four ordinary citizens might have against worldwide jihad hosted by one of the world's largest corporations no less (Google). Where even to begin? We didn't have a clue.
We knew only that our enemies were using a U.S. provider to broadcast video of our guys getting killed. My initial response was “who the hell is allowing this shiite to go down? Outrageous!” So we put the Smackdown together on a wing and a prayer. Initially our volunteers were recruited from Bill Whittle’s blog. We started seeing some early success getting individual videos knocked down.
The key to larger success eluded us for many months. We had vague notions that we needed some sort of critical mass before we would be consistently successful. Eventually our effort went viral. A dozen other sites picked up on the effort including Free Republic. For your support and the consistent efforts by your readership to aid us, I thank you more than I can adequately express. You guys are aces. To date we have taken down over 15,000 enemy videos. Consider the man-hours our enemies put into making those videos. Think about the psychological effect on jihadists knowing that they are hunted even in cyberspace.
Together we have made a difference. Indeed, ordinary citizens have rallied to the call unbidden and made a HUGE difference. I thank you for your efforts. Keep up the good work; we're not finished yet, not by a long shot.
~Basil
Thanks Basil! It is a lovely team effort and I am humbled to play a small part!
OMG, I knew there was a lot of videos taken down, but I had no idea it was that many! That's AWESOME!
You are a GREAT Patriot, and welcome to FR! Please give kudos to the other patriots that got this started! You folks ROCK!