Another Dive

YouTube channel, but banned since October 19!

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

YouTube erased my entire channel overnight.

I made documentaries. That’s it!
No spam, No scams!

I’m trying to get it back, but I need you to see this video.
Please watch and share. Thank you.

@TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

@endermanch @DeepHumor @calebgoesviral @niallniallyt @Rahimkhan_id @niokanal @3mvee @FinalVerdictYT @Katarsis2008 @SmileySmilik @SonhoMobile @ccgs2014 @DanielTChirwa @mws
@noahmorris @PumpTheOG @FefeDemeny @TaylorLorenz @Fascinatorfacts

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTube Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTube Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@UpdatesFromYT @cleoabram @YouTube Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Hey TastyPaperclips, I don’t know if you know this or not (been dealing with this for almost 8 months now) The conversations you’re having with Creator Support chat are almost certainly AI chatbots.
I’ve approached them from every angle imaginable and I’m pretty convinced there isn’t a real human behind those chats.

So try not to get too frustrated with their responses, they’re trained to give the same scripted answers.

The best thing you can do is make noise here and if possible, file a complaint through any available channels. Those are probably our best chances. That said I’ve tried those routes too and haven’t gotten anywhere yet 😂 Youtube is brain fucking us all

I just wanted to let you know that those support chats are very unlikely to lead anywhere or at least i think so.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTube Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTubeCreators Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@FairyLabYT @TeamYouTube Don’t give up Fairy Lab. I’ve seen countless accounts get reinstated even after almost a year. I know that for many of us, fighting for this long isn’t realistic but all we can do is keep pushing.

[Fairy Lab @FairyLabYT]

Hi, @TeamYouTube. It looks like my YouTube career is over.

More than 2 months ago, my gaming channel with 270k subscribers was removed for “spam, fraud, and deception policies,” even though my content consisted of reviews and comparisons of mods for a popular music game.

After my first contacts with support, the channel was restored, only to be removed again by YouTube’s AI system 5 days later for the exact same reason. Today, support informed me that there is nothing more they can do.

For 2 years, I uploaded content every day, built an audience of 270k subscribers, and earned thousands of dollars through the platform. All of that disappeared in a single day.

I still hope for a miracle, but right now it feels like this story has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who was part of this journey. I never thought it would end like this, bye.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@nealmohan @youtubemusic @KaceyMusgraves @bleachersmusic Please do proper reviews for all creators

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTubeTV Please do proper reviews for all creators.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTubeCreators Please do proper reviews for all creators.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

Flagging bad channels is necessary.

But first the detection system needs to be accurate. (Which it isn’t )

Then a real human should be involved before a channel is terminated. (Which there isn’t )

And if mistakes still happen, creators need access to actual human support, not endless automated replies. (Most don’t get that either )

I’ve spent 8 months fighting my termination.

Why would I do that if I knew I had posted scam links, spam, or deceptive content?

I ran a small documentary channel for 2.5 years and was perfectly happy doing so.

I wanted nothing more than my small subscribers. I loved that small audience.

YouTube shouldn’t be like this!

Every creator must get the same chance, from big to small.

All I'm asking for is the chance to have my case looked at by an actual person who can review and make a fair decision.

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @YouTubeCreators @nealmohan @reneritchie

[Islandneofr @Joe2ShiestyLit]

🚨 YouTube Creator Support is completely broken.

Creators don’t contact support because they want policy links or template responses.

They contact support because they need answers.

Instead, creators are often left with vague responses, conflicting information, and no real explanation when something goes wrong.

And when those answers turn out to be wrong, the creator pays the price.

I know because it happened to me.

I reached out to Creator Support multiple times before creating my account and relied on the guidance I was given.

Months later, my channel was terminated.

What makes this even harder to understand is that I wasn’t terminated on some random day. My channel was terminated during the May 13th YouTube outage while I was repeatedly trying to upload content.

Since then, I’ve tried to find out whether my termination was related to the outage, a mistake, or something else entirely.

I’ve never received a clear answer.

How can creators rely on Creator Support if they can’t rely on the answers they’re given?

I’m asking @TeamYouTube to review the support conversations, screenshots, and timeline surrounding my case.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@AmbalShafie So no hope for human review even after a year! But i hope you get it back anyway

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

For the past 238 days I’ve been fighting to get my YouTube channel “Another Dive” back after it was terminated for “Spam” policy.

It was a small documentary channel about history.

Everything on it was made by me.

researched, written, edited, and narrated by me.

I never uploaded spam, scams, reused content, or anything meant to deceive people.

Since the termination I’ve done everything I can. Appeals, support, TeamYouTube, reports, explanations, even a DSA complaint. Nothing has changed.

The hardest part is that after termination everything becomes automated. Every reply, every email. No real explanation, no real person to talk to.

I just want a real human review of the case and an explanation of what actually happened.

If you think small creators deserve that, please help me spread this and tag @TeamYouTube in the comments.

@MoistCr1TiKaL @DeepHumor @Asmongold @jacksfilms @jason_koebler @endermanch

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @reneritchie @nealmohan

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@AmbalShafie Hey man, I saw it’s been a year since your channel got terminated Did the appeal option reopen for you after that? And if it did, was it rejected right away again?

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@nealmohan @YouTube This kind of ignorance will come back to bite YouTube. Address the wrongful terminations and demonetizations.

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

I’m asking for help from anyone willing to listen.

For the past 8 months I’ve been fighting to get my YouTube channel back after it was terminated for “spam, deceptive practices and scams policy.”

My channel “Another Dive” was a small documentary channel focused on History.

Every video was researched, written, edited, and narrated by me.

I never uploaded spam, scams, reused content, or anything designed to deceive viewers.

Since the termination, I’ve done everything YouTube asks creators to do. I’ve submitted appeals, contacted TeamYouTube, spoken with support, filed reports, provided explanations, gathered evidence and even filed a DSA complaint with Platform Control.

Nothing worked.

What makes this harder is that after suspension everything becomes automated. Every reply, every email. Everything.

There’s no real person to talk to, no clarification, just generic responses while the actual reason for the termination is never properly explained.

Eight months is a long time to leave a creator in limbo.

My channel was the result of years of work and thousands of hours spent researching, writing, editing, and building an audience.

If you believe small creators deserve fair reviews as much as big creators please help me spread the word.

I only want a genuine human review. Nothing more.

Please tag @TeamYouTube in the comments, that would help a lot.

@jaypeters @CaseyNewton @ZoeSchiffer @StarFire2258 @tomwarren @kyliebytes @TaylorLorenz @reckless @DeepHumor

@TeamYouTube @YouTube @reneritchie @nealmohan

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTube "Bringing our channels back" By human reviewers

[Another Dive @anotherdive]

@YouTube History did repeat itself: you wrongly terminated a bunch of channels in 2024 then again the next year and again this year