YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account

Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by lightwin on Sunday April 12, 2020 @12:06AM (#22845986)

Looks like youtube account has been restored. Update from the medium article:

>> UPDATE: We’re back as of 8:39pm EDT April 11, 2020! I received the following email from YouTube: Hi there, After a review of your account, we have confirmed that your YouTube account is not in violation of our Terms of Service. As such, we have unsuspended your account. This means your account is once again active and operational. If you forgot your password, please visit this link to reset it: <snip> Sincerely, The YouTube Team

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by grecy on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:04AM (#22846159)

I wonder if that would have been the result if the author didn't make so much noise about it....

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by notRobot on Sunday April 12, 2020 @03:03AM (#22846531)

It would not have. For each of these articles you see, there are hundreds of others who lose access to their account for no reason and never get it back.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by chii on Sunday April 12, 2020 @01:20AM (#22846205)

or how prevailent the problem is, and is just not heard because most people don't have a voice on the internet large enough to garner attention.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by slau on Sunday April 12, 2020 @03:20AM (#22846577)

I think you mean “prevalent”. “To prevail” has a different meaning.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by rdc12 on Sunday April 12, 2020 @05:36AM (#22847026)

I hope they they create an archive of their content to prevent being in a position they can loose it all again

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by Suncho on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:56AM (#22848633)

Done.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by ekianjo on Sunday April 12, 2020 @03:21AM (#22846582)

No apologies?

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by codegladiator on Sunday April 12, 2020 @04:17AM (#22846724)

Please lets not start this. Apologies means nothing, especially coming from companies.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by skissane on Sunday April 12, 2020 @06:16AM (#22847155)

What I’d really want is not an apology but a post mortem: “here’s what caused this to happen and here’s what we are doing so it doesn’t happen again”

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by rovr138 on Sunday April 12, 2020 @05:43PM (#22851215)

This is what’s important from a company.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by shrimpx on Sunday April 12, 2020 @04:33AM (#22846785)

That’s bleak. We’re at the whim of our corporate overlords.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by exikyut on Sunday April 12, 2020 @05:10AM (#22846924)

[Your account is experiencing a car accident]

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by rasz on Sunday April 12, 2020 @06:43AM (#22847275)

I hope this makes things better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by tjpnz on Sunday April 12, 2020 @10:42AM (#22848550)

That would be an admission of guilt.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by ekianjo on Sunday April 12, 2020 @07:04PM (#22851686)

Not really. You can apologize when something happens by accident too. Does not mean there was intent to it.

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Re:YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account by elygre on Sunday April 12, 2020 @07:05PM (#22851697)

Obligatory reference: https://xkcd.com/945/

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