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YouTube deleted my account a few months ago. The reason was totally unfounded and I had no recourse. I’m pretty certain some AI flagged my account and instead o
by S_A_P 5y ago
YouTube deleted my account a few months ago. The reason was totally unfounded and I had no recourse. I’m pretty certain some AI flagged my account and instead of a sensible approach like
1) notify the user that something they did was flagged.
2) point to the instance where the supposed bad behavior happened and allow review/context by humans
3) see that my YouTube account was 12-13 years old and had only a handful of personal videos and 1-2 public videos and that I have a long history of not behaving badly
Instead I got a flippant response to my query as to why it was deleted and I quote: “Yeah I’m going to go ahead and deny your claim”.
As far as I’m concerned the less Google I have in my life from now on the better. While I don’t think that the other options are much better, this incident has changed me from having not much of an opinion on Google to having a pretty seething dislike for them.
- waffle_maniac 5y agoInfuriating. I know it’s a private company but the internet feels much less free recently. The reason I’m using YT is for private video backup and slideshows. So basically stuff that is backed up elsewhere. I want more decentralized solutions. The problem is that they are costly.
- vel0city 5y ago> The reason I’m using YT is for private video backup I hope this thread has really shown you why this isn't a good idea. YouTube is video distribution not archive.
- Tozen 5y agoThe arrogance and abusiveness of Google/YouTube is that they don't see any competition nor have fear of legal actions against them by "lowly" "nobody" users. More people have to choose alternatives to the point that Google/YouTube management will notice and be concerned about.