Well what a way to end the year... My YouTube channel was hijacked yet again and was swiftly closed out as a result. Please @TeamYouTube, I need your help once again to restore my channel to it's prior condition!!
@TeamYouTube Looks like my account was hijacked yet again and started streaming live bitcoin content... What a mess. Hopefully the account can be recovered and wasn't just erased. Thank you for your assistance!
Here we go again... My channel was just removed from YouTube under false, unproven claims. Come on @TeamYouTube
can you lend a hand here? Not even a warning, I just lost my remaining income --AGAIN!!
@Reddit Well, just got my answer from my appeal. Absolutely infuriating. Permanently banned with NO facts, reference, or even what specific rule I broke (probably because I didn't break any). This seems like an automated process with no human oversight. HELP!!
@Reddit Just got one of my essentially dormant accounts permanently suspended site-wide for "content violations"? I don't even use that account much! No reason given. I've appealed but not much faith in that working. u/perpetualjon is the ID. HELP!
Can you relate? If I were to summarize the last few years, it would be this. Any Frank Frazetta fans should recognize the original painting from which I created this image.
If I've learned anything through my YouTube channel getting hacked, it is how severely loyal my fanbase is. I was contacted via email, a Reddit account I forgot about, phone calls, Instagram, and probably a few more I don't remember. Thanks all!!
@Compdude1 @kevinisageek @InklessFeather @TeamYouTube@YouTubeCreators Nothing missing anymore. All back to normal again...
Naturally, I'll be uploading a video about the ordeal to benefit anyone in the future this happens to!
AAAaand thanks to @RikardB85 for turning me even towards using this platform for help from YouTube! I wouldn't have even guessed to try this but it really helped speed things up. Thanks again!!
Well my YouTube channel is almost completely restored now. I still have a couple small issues left to get fixed or work around but at least this episode in my life is over with!
@InklessFeather @Compdude1@TeamYouTube@YouTubeCreators Last word from YouTube was that their techs were working on restoring the channel so since I haven't received any message that they're done, I think we can assume we're looking at a work in progress right now. Still, it looks promising!
@InklessFeather @Compdude1@TeamYouTube@YouTubeCreators Yeah, I got notice the channel was permanently removed now. I'm really hoping this is just a temporary state in the process. I've been trying to contact @TeamYouTube for about a half hour hoping to confirm I didn't just lose over 10 years of work.