Rest in peace, Alex
So sad to wake up to these news, I only talked/worked with you a few times but it was always such a pleasure, sending much love to you and your loved ones
Fuck cancer
I GOT MY ACCOUNT BACK!!! It was a very very VERY stressful weekend but I'm beyond thankful for all of you keeping me in your thoughts, as well as the YouTube team for getting this fixed so quickly. Thank you all again, I cannot express how relieved I am to be back 💛
as beyond stressful as this has been for me, my channel not being visible is actually a good thing! this means my account is currently being recovered, and I should hopefully have everything back in 1-2 days. thank you all so much for your concern, the worst of it is over now 🙏
$20,000... 3,500,000 views... 35k subscribers...
All Gone.
The YouTube space has been more silent than ever since the inauthentic policy destroyed so many creators. I was not an exception.
I was making the most amount of money I've ever made and for it to be taken right from underneath me was genuinely heartbreaking.
But instead of just taking the loss, I got right to work.
If it weren't for the supportive communities I'm in, I wouldn't have known how to navigate this pitfall.
7 days turned into 14 and 14 turned into 30.
Before I knew it 60 days had passed and I woke up one morning after checking every single day to a YouTube partner approval message.
The whole channel is set up differently now: Proxies, LLCs and most importantly: separate emails for each channel.
It's so different than how I was doing things before but it humbled me so much and I honestly am so thankful to still be able to run a YouTube channel at all. I don't know what else I would be doing.
This approval means everything to me, I lost everything and still was able to build it up again. No roadblock can stop me and I'm not going to take this second chance for granted.
I'm going at it with everything I've got 💪