“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you opt out”

Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by Causality1 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:28PM (#27611357)

Yes. I always tell people that if they really love a YouTube video they need to archive it themselves. Tons and tons of content gets erased all the time for many different reasons. Just recently I found two of my favorite channels, popular around a decade ago, had deleted almost all their content because their jokes were too offensive for today's audience and they wanted to project a more mature aesthetic. That would've been a huge chunk of my early adulthood gone forever if I hadn't already had copies of all their videos.

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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by Ruthalas on Saturday June 26, 2021 @03:07AM (#27639820)

If you feel like chatting with others who also archive youtube content, consider stopping by my discord server: https://discord.gg/EJvS4kf

We maintain a list [1] of content that various members have archived, such that when content is removed from youtube, people can direct inquiries to contributors who have archived that content.

It's a small way to keep track of what things have been successfully archived, and occasionally direct efforts to preserve specific content- like unlisted videos right now.

[1] https://tinyurl.com/v4rpe9w

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Re:“Older unlisted videos will be made private unless you op... by tartoran on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @07:59PM (#27612164)

Absolutely! Think of a channel getting wiped out for a fake copyright infringement and you could have dozens of videos (if not more) wiped out

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