Arnas St

Spent 10+ years turning YouTube into a revenue machine. 𝟮𝗠+ 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀 · 𝟱𝟬𝟬𝗠+ 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 · €𝟱𝟬𝟬𝗞+ 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲. Founder @BoostChannels

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@GuyChunki83171 Tag @TeamYouTube so they could be aware of your issue

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@RumorReport2 @TeamYouTube Please tag @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators below!

[Arnas St @arnasst]

A throwaway Gmail is deleting entire YouTube channels with fake copyright strikes, no real rightsholder, no proof, zero consequences for the filer. @TeamYouTube this is fraud, and right now your system rewards it.

The receipts: the "rightsholder" is an anonymous Gmail.
The channel they claim to represent doesn't exist. The claim covers a whole video, not a clip. Multiple creators in my community got identical strikes from the same address within days. That's not a copyright dispute, it's a coordinated attack.

And it's working as designed. One channel that pulled thousands per upload now gets ~100 views overnight. Strike a competitor, their channel goes dark, the traffic moves. Some filers even demand payment to "withdraw" the claim, so the strike is just leverage. Pay up or die on the third one.

This isn't new. In 2023 Google SUED two people for this exact scam, 65 accounts, 117,000 fake takedowns to bury competitors and won a permanent ban against them. Google's own legal team already calls this fraud.

So why does it still work? Because a false claim costs the filer nothing and the creator everything.

@TeamYouTube I'm asking for three things: manually review and reinstate the falsely struck channels, investigate this filer across every account it's hit, and put a real penalty on fraudulent claims.

Hit by a fake strike from an anonymous email? Quote this. The more cases in one place, the harder it is to ignore.

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@samgrows Claude coded bullsh1t

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@FakeYTGuru1 Altered content yes after or before the update that’s the question, and to mark this to all the videos ever uploaded or for the future ones only

[Arnas St @arnasst]

Faceless YouTube had a huge advantage because content could be produced at scale.

But scale is exactly what platforms may start fighting.

If YouTube can detect AI narration, AI visuals, and AI-generated production patterns, it could easily separate serious faceless channels from mass-produced AI spam.

That means the old strategy of pumping out average videos with generic AI voiceovers may stop working.

Faceless won’t die.

But low-effort faceless might.

[Arnas St @arnasst]

what’s the dumbest video you’ve ever posted on YouTube? 👀

[Arnas St @arnasst]

have you noticed livestreams are crushing on faceless channels rn?

we revived 9 dead channels in the past 3 days just by running lives in the background.

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@samgrows How do you think that even has an impact on algorithm?

[Arnas St @arnasst]

Algorithm crackdowns aren't the end of faceless YouTube. they're the filter for who gets to run it next.

most people fail to add a unique angle and call the whole game dead.

[Arnas St @arnasst]

Instagram banned me twice in 30 days.

Bro, imagine building your audience for years and one random algorithm can just wipe it out overnight.

Like… are we even in control of our own accounts anymore?

Full story is up on YouTube.

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@InfernoYTA Man what kind of idiot could believe that 18m views could bring that much money, you’re nothing more than a troll

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@emrelerd @Aneeqxv @imatteo He’s lying. And also if that would be true 300k views to 100 bucks is like the worse rpm ever. 😁 funny dogs compilation niche for indian audience

[Harsh @Harshraj544]

"Your terminated channel will never be back!"

Yeah, that’s exactly what we’re seeing. YouTube’s bot always pops up on someone’s post saying, “Let’s keep our conversation in DMs.”

Like why? Are you scared your image might take a hit? Then when you actually reply in DMs, they just ignore you, send the same copy-paste reply over and over, and then never respond after that.

Instead of pretending to “acknowledge” the issue, maybe just stop your broken Gemini bot and actually fix the problem. Give our channels back.

This is our hard work, our livelihood. You can’t just erase years of effort in one minute and claim, “We carefully reviewed your channel.” Seriously? You didn’t “carefully” do anything.

Stop this nonsense.

(Screenshot showing other creators getting the same bot reply, and YouTube just ignoring it completely after that)

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@bi369x Which niche

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@YouTubePortall Niche

[Arnas St @arnasst]

@MaNiSiN64549459 @YouTubePortall What is hashtag glitch

[Arnas St @arnasst]

One of my students just monetized her 2nd channel 🎉

She told me this summer was the best ever, because instead of wasting time, she built something real and already makes more than her peers.

Now she’s even thinking of going full-time with faceless YouTube! 🚀

[Arnas St @arnasst]

YouTube’s strength is content.
Its weakness? Everything around it.

Support is slow, policies are vague, and enforcement feels like a lottery.
Some channels break rules for years, others disappear overnight.

And when it comes to AI, the double standard couldn’t be clearer.

[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

so howtoai just got its third strike in a single month

it's been up for two years, gaining over 330,000 subscribers

over 13 MILLION+ total views on educational content that have inspired people to start youtube

and youtube still relies on AI for automated policy reviews..

although it is clear that this is not due to the new AI policies everyone has hyped, something has changed

I received my first warning 1 year ago,

since the time when the channel first blew up, I've been posting the same content, making sure to stay within the policies for dangerous & harmful content

and no, my content is not made with AI or "AI slop"

a single video takes over 3 weeks to create with our team of 7 people

during the last 45 days only (July & Aug), youtube has striked 3 of my uploads

2 strikes consecutively on new uploads

1 older video taken down

all without a valid explanation, or explanation at all

(and of course youtube does not want to share the specific reason / timestamps)

I would've respected their decisions if they had a bit of legitimacy behind them

but all appeals rejected within minutes

even a YOUTUBE SUPPORT SUPERVISOR disregarded me from contacting them, instead of providing information that can help clear up the situation

I don't know what you @TeamYouTube @YouTube have got going on behind the scenes

but our team consisting of 7 people are now left without work or a place to show their creative skill

some team members had been working with howtoai for over a year

I advise you fix your platform or make this right before creators start migrating to other social media

and please don't reply to my post with the standard template message that leads to a dead end

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for everyone else reading this,

setbacks like this eventually happen when you're starting to become "successful" or see significant results

I'll be spending my focus on scaling my other faceless channels even harder

howtoai is one of my earlier & biggest channels so it definitely sucks

especially considering it is a super clean educational channel free of copyright, spam or harmful content

but we move & $200K profit months are just around the corner

with our without howtoai.

tag @TeamYouTube if you wanna help make this right & share if you got a similar experience below

[Arnas St @arnasst]

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