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Looks like youtube account has been restored. Update from the medium article: >> UPDATE: We’re back as of 8:39pm EDT April 11, 2020! I received the following e

Looks like youtube account has been restored. Update from the medium article: >> UPDATE: We’re back as of 8:39pm EDT April 11, 2020! I received the following email from YouTube: Hi there, After a review of your account, we have confirmed that your YouTube account is not in violation of our Terms of Service. As such, we have unsuspended your account. This means your account is once again active and operational. If you forgot your password, please visit this link to reset it: <snip> Sincerely, The YouTube Team

grecy 7y ago
I wonder if that would have been the result if the author didn't make so much noise about it....
- chii 7y ago
  or how prevailent the problem is, and is just not heard because most people don't have a voice on the internet large enough to garner attention.
  - slau 7y ago
    I think you mean “prevalent”. “To prevail” has a different meaning.
- notRobot 7y ago
  It would not have. For each of these articles you see, there are hundreds of others who lose access to their account for no reason and never get it back.
ekianjo 7y ago
No apologies?
- deleted 7y ago
  [deleted]
- codegladiator 7y ago
  Please lets not start this. Apologies means nothing, especially coming from companies.
  - shrimpx 7y ago
    That’s bleak. We’re at the whim of our corporate overlords.
    - exikyut 7y ago
      [Your account is experiencing a car accident]
  - skissane 7y ago
    What I’d really want is not an apology but a post mortem: “here’s what caused this to happen and here’s what we are doing so it doesn’t happen again”
    - rovr138 7y ago
      This is what’s important from a company.
- rasz 7y ago
  I hope this makes things better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4
- tjpnz 7y ago
  That would be an admission of guilt.
  - ekianjo 7y ago
    Not really. You can apologize when something happens by accident too. Does not mean there was intent to it.
    - elygre 7y ago
      Obligatory reference: https://xkcd.com/945/ https://xkcd.com/945/
rdc12 7y ago
I hope they they create an archive of their content to prevent being in a position they can loose it all again
- Suncho 7y ago
  Done.

grecy 7y ago

I wonder if that would have been the result if the author didn't make so much noise about it....

chii 7y ago
or how prevailent the problem is, and is just not heard because most people don't have a voice on the internet large enough to garner attention.
- slau 7y ago
  I think you mean “prevalent”. “To prevail” has a different meaning.
notRobot 7y ago
It would not have. For each of these articles you see, there are hundreds of others who lose access to their account for no reason and never get it back.

ekianjo 7y ago

No apologies?

deleted 7y ago
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codegladiator 7y ago
Please lets not start this. Apologies means nothing, especially coming from companies.
- shrimpx 7y ago
  That’s bleak. We’re at the whim of our corporate overlords.
  - exikyut 7y ago
    [Your account is experiencing a car accident]
- skissane 7y ago
  What I’d really want is not an apology but a post mortem: “here’s what caused this to happen and here’s what we are doing so it doesn’t happen again”
  - rovr138 7y ago
    This is what’s important from a company.
rasz 7y ago
I hope this makes things better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15HTd4Um1m4
tjpnz 7y ago
That would be an admission of guilt.
- ekianjo 7y ago
  Not really. You can apologize when something happens by accident too. Does not mean there was intent to it.
  - elygre 7y ago
    Obligatory reference: https://xkcd.com/945/ https://xkcd.com/945/

rdc12 7y ago

I hope they they create an archive of their content to prevent being in a position they can loose it all again

Suncho 7y ago
Done.