Food Dye Studios



Food Dye Studios is an American online video sharing and social media platform. It was launched on November 13, 2013, by Kristopher Wright. FDS has more than 300 users who collectively watch more than 5 mins of videos each day. It become a Social Media Platform on February 14, 2022. Where users can customize, and change their profile to match the likeness of YouTube. This can be changed to, whatever the user wants. However, videos and other parts of the app can't be changed. Food Dye Studios was once a website and studio. This was airing Lost on the Road. It eventually was going to shut down in 2020 and 2021. But, it surpassed that and shut down in 2022. It now serves as redirectory to, the App. FDS and approved users participate in an Ad Program, which gives businesses money and FDS doesn't do above $2.FDS used Third Party Services, which now uses its app for most things. Third Party Sites are only for handling Playlists and Live Streams. This isn't as dependent of them as it used to be. FDS has had an unprecedented social impact, influencing popular culture and internet trends. Despite all its growth and success, FDS has been widely criticized. Criticism of FDS includes the website being used to facilitate the spread of misinformation, copyright issues and bullying.

History
Food Dye Studios started out as, Magic Ring Cartoon. This was its first, and placeholder name for what would become, Food Dye Studios. This had 4 Names prior to, the Final Name.

Founding and initial growth (2013 - 2014)
FDS was founded by Kristopher Wright. He started out making home videos, and writing stories. There was no original content at the time. This didn't happen until after his dog, Thomas had died. Then, due to bad experiences, The Horror Story was born. Magic Ring Cartoon was named after, Tom and Jerry and the Magic Ring. This was drawn as a moon shape, and the words Magic Ring Cartoon was written. This lasted until 2014, when Lost on the Road first came out.

TBC era (2014 - 2021)
TBC era was an attempt, to bring the Magick to TV. Of course this couldn't work, and the name remained since. This did soft of worked through, the Danger Show Format. This was used at the end of each segment, with logo Food Dye Studios (shorten to FDS). Food Dye Unleashed, was in the future after Super T is long dead. His descendants are very evil, and love to do crazy things, with food dye. After this it was edited into Super T: The Movie. This ended in March 2021 when my ache disappeared. Then, he erased all the content off of Wix. This ended the Studio for good. After Food Dye Studios was gone off of Wix.

Social Media Creator (2021 - current)
There was a bit of a revival. As the projects weren't finished. So, in late 2021, the book was written, to give a behind the scenes look, at the show. DVDs were made, to pull everything from this, that was online. L - Bricks were finalized. So, that anyone could build, whatever they wanted. The Streaming Service had return through VidYard, but was erased to keep bad actors from watching. Food Dye Studios became a social media platform on February 14, 2022. Where users can upload their own videos, to the platform. This allows users to create, their own social media via categories, and profiles. Videos can be uploaded as Episodes, through a 31 Short Film Format.

Video technology
FDS primarily uses HTML with camera to record videos. The videos are added through the add button. Once a video is there, it's viewed to watch on computers, phones and tablets.

Uploading
All FDS Users upload up to 40 seconds each duration. Videos must fit into the categories. You can now upload Masculine and Witchcraft videos.

Quality and formats
FDS shoots video in 4K, as that's how episodic videos on FDS platform work and operate. However, HD videos are used on FDS channel, to help users with problems, that presented in front of them.

Comments
Users can leave comments on each other profiles. This is common amongst females, and they chat about whatever.

Videos
In February 2022, video tests were made prior to release, to make sure that the platform, worked correctly. The Categories that were shown, in the advertisement was the following, Nail Polish, Trans Rights, Trans Issues, Makeup and Crossdressing. No other categories were added until a couple of days later. This was explained to include, Feminism, Math and Science. Anything related to being a man and casting spells were banned, until the Bad Actors situation was totally resolved. On April 3, 2022 you can upload videos including Masculine and Witchcraft. Meaning, you can show both your Masculine and Feminine sides. If you are a witch, you can show off your spells and charms. Several Hours later that same day, Humor, Writing and Goth have been added. Videos would be 2 - 7 uploads a day. This depends on Time, Weather, Location etc. This means on average, you would be watching 1 - 4 minutes of content.

Views are under the video. There you can see how many watched your video.

Subscribers doesn't exist, in the same way as YouTube, or most platforms. The count is rated by Stars.

You can see this on your profile. To see likes, you go to best rated, and underneath you will see how many likes you have.

Copyright issues
Most of the content is original. You upload things that, you own the rights to. Except for things like nail polish, makeup, math, science and to explain certain topics such as, "The History of Feminism", "History of Trans Issues" and/or "History of Trans Rights" etc, as this is considered Fair Use.

Content ID
There's no copyright detection system. That's why Singing, Gameplay, Game Tutorials are banned from FDS. This is to prevent Lawsuits from happening. Without any need of a copyright detection system.

Moderation and offensive content
To get rid of content, that violates the rules, a no symbol button is used to report the user, who uploads offensive content. This is only used to get rid of bad actors, who are out to hurt people.

As of February 21, 2022, the app added in approve/deny. If one gets approved they are free to access the app. Meaning that they can upload videos, play games etc. If one is denied however, they can't access the app. This keeps them from lying to users.

Political Content
All forms of political content are allowed on Food Dye Studios.

April Fools gags
You can do April Fools Videos on the platform. The only kind of Humor, that isn't allowed are harmful pranks. That's why Pranks are labeled as Humor. To keep the pranks light hearted, and funny to watch.

Lost on the Road
Lost on the Road is an App, that based off the Television Series of the Same Name. This app organizes this in a way, that the Fans can understand. You don't have to be a comic book reader, to understand this app.

I Love My Mani
This app was on Blogger at one point. This takes that idea, but upgrades it.

L - Bricks
L - Bricks can be purchased, for Ages 10+ or Ages 18+ depending on the set. This got separated into 2 names. If you want the set for Ages 18+, you will have to verify your age. This is to comply with, the Transgender rules in states, that aren't Transgender friendly.

Nail polish coloring book
This is a special coloring book. This allows you, to color in a guy, or a girl's nails. You can go for others ones, but most if not all. Don't have a guy, and a girl wearing nail polish. Rather, it goes more Traditional in coloring books.

Trans Space
Trans Space is a safe space for Transpeople. This app does take inspiration from Nail Polish Lover's Space.

Social impact
Food Dye Studios has grown alot since 2013. This is because, most people were unaware of Food Dye Studios, when it was "Magic Ring Cartoon". This became more known, in the following years. In 2014, it did grow slightly, with some hearing of Super T, but not much significance. It grow further in 2015, with alot more controversy. This is where kids got into trouble at school. 2016, focused not to heavly on 2015 film. This improved with a hidden side story. This was liked by audiences with significant grow. 2018, is when the website was struggling, with only 6 People viewing it. This is when people were calling for a ban. This got worse in 2019 and 2020. It improved alot during 2021. This grow quickly very early in 2022.

Finances
Prior to 2022, Food Dye Studios had no ads. This is noted as "No interest in monetization". This is because, Food Dye Studios doesn't do this for money. This is something that is a hobby, and done for the fun of making videos. When, Start.io made in advertisement to publish the app. Then, it was finally monetize on, February 22, 2022.

FDS Earnings
In February 2022, FDS launched its ad program, through Start.io which allows the app to share the revenue produced by advertising on the app. FDS takes 2 percent of the advertising revenue from the app in the ad program, with 98 percent going to the people advertising their products.

Revenue to Copyright Holders
The Majority of Ads are products from Apple. This can include articles, ads to publish something etc. Videos themselves don't need ads to be uploaded. You can still upload videos like you normally do.

Censorship and bans
FDS allows most kinds of content, both images and videos. Users can even comment on each others profiles, images and videos. However, some content is banned off the platform. This includes the following topics: Porn/Nudity, Filmmaking and Religion. The reason being is that Religious Content can get sites banned. Filmmaking isn't allowed unless it's Fair Use, due to people making bad films.