UnderSparked

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@blakefakhoury hi I shot you a DM, if you have a moment please check it out

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@SkyTheAlmighty @TeamYouTube thank you!

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@whoisrao0 thank you, it makes no sense to me

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We are going to sue YouTube

But before we do, our lawyer is currently in the process of sending a letter to YouTube.

Over 2 weeks ago our channel https://t.co/n40YMVzSp7 was falsely demonetized under the "inauthentic content" policy.

Demonetized doesn't mean no ads though, all it means is YouTube will still run ads on the videos. But they pocket all the revenue, essentially stripping all the revenue from us.

We don't claim to be the pinnacle of quality content standards, but the following things do cause us to scratch our heads in confusion

1. All of the bigger channels in the same niche as us are monetized with no issues
2. We literally voice act, edit, etc, all our own videos while 100s of AI storytelling channels are still monetized
3. YouTube is fine with running ads on the videos, pocketing all the revenue. We assume if YouTube had such a big problem with the content, why still serve it to your advertisers?
4. 100s of reaction channels still stay monetized

Some examples of bigger monetized channels that are in the same niche as us are:
rSlash: https://t.co/xz5uTLol38
DarkFluff: https://t.co/bqptmUDkEa
Oz's Vault: https://t.co/zQiEMUIhOZ

We support these channels, the reason we are providing these channels as examples is to showcase how it feels like we're being targeted.

This has caused extreme distress for my team and I. Many of our livelihoods and families rely on this channel. Our community relies on the UnderSparked channel.

Many people support the UnderSparked channel because in a time of nonstop AI channels, we stepped up and used real voice actors to cater to that connection and community that viewers on YouTube crave.

We truly believe this demonetization was done in error, all we want is a real human specialist to help us fix the issue.

We're tired of constantly receiving only copy and pasted templated responses, constantly neglecting/dismissing our attempts at fixing the false demonetization.

We're kindly requesting for a representative from @TeamYouTube to help us fix this demonetization issue with our channel.

We don't want to send letters, or sue, or anything! We simply just want to go back to producing content for our community.

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Day 17: @TeamYouTube the channel https://t.co/THtJAzg3kn is still falsely demonetized. we've received only copy and pasted templated responses stonewalling us completely. please DM us with a supervisor

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Several days ago, YouTube demonetized our channel https://t.co/n40YMVzSp7 for “inauthentic content.”

This recent situation has created tremendous stress for us, as a channel in the age of AI hype. We are proud to be actual voice actors that offer our own unique commentary and narration to the videos we serve to our community.

Our content is not automated. It is not mass-produced. It is not a slideshow with no value. We have actual voice actors, actual editors, and literally an actual person on payroll that we pay just to record gameplay.

This channel supports my family and the team who help make it possible. Many of the team members apart of this channel make their livelihood through this.

We submitted an appeal video showing our production process and workflow, but that got denied without being watched at all.

We've reached out numerous times but unfortunately all of our attempts to reach out just keep getting denied by what we suspect is an AI or just copy and pasted templated responses.

Instead of receiving a specific explanation, we've repeatedly received generic template responses saying the channel is “inauthentic” without identifying what videos, facts, or patterns caused that decision.

If our channel is truly "inauthentic", how are we supposed to even know what to fix if we can't even be told specifically what the issues are?

We're not asking for special treatment.

We're asking for just one actual real human support/specialist to look at the channel and give it a proper review. And if an actual real human finds it to be "inauthentic". We would like to be told in specific what about the channel is violating the "inauthentic content" policy without receiving a copy and pasted template of examples of what "inauthentic content" is.

All we want is for one real human at YouTube to look at the actual evidence.

Public explanation video: https://t.co/TbkdeTXL3u

Please help us, we're confident the demonetization was done through error. Many of the people apart of the UnderSparked team rely on this for their livelihoods. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

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Day 16: @TeamYouTube we're still demonetized, our channel https://t.co/THtJAzg3kn does not violate "inauthentic content". can we please get a community outreach or a supervisor. Our DMs have been ignored.

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@TeamYouTube Our channel complies with YPP policies, we kindly request a real human to look into this and please fix the demonetization

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@TeamYouTube a real human still has not investigated the false demonetization and fixed it, please send a real human

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@TeamYouTube Day 12: Please send us a human to do a thorough investigation on the false demonetization of https://t.co/gHLfNI4jYe we have received nothing but copy and pasted templated responses

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@TeamYouTube Day 11: no one at YouTube support has given us any specific details about how our channel "violates inauthentic content". Please fix the error and investigate further. https://t.co/gHLfNI4jYe

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@TeamYouTube Day 10, we still are demonetized. Can we please get an actual human to give us specific details about how we "violated inauthentic content" and if not. Can you please fix the demonetization

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@TeamYouTube Day 8 of being demonetized falsely, we're kindly requesting for a thorough investigation to be conducted on https://t.co/gHLfNI4jYe

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@bencallyYT thank you man

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@TeamYouTube day 7: still getting copy and pasted answers refusing to go into detail about why I was demonetized. I'm requesting a bit of humanity please, and to actually talk to a cooperating human. let's DM :)

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@TeamYouTube Please DM us a real human that will do a thorough investigation on the false demonetization, pretty please. (Channel: https://t.co/THtJAzg3kn)

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@medeadly Thank you so much!

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@TeamYouTube Can I please get a community outreach or a supervisor to look at this? Thank you

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@OliverNeuschl @TeamYouTube thank you

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@chaotictransfem @DamienLeeVoice @XycronVA that would be amazing if possible, thank you rachel for helping!