Today I ended up on the wrong side of the Google bot algorithm
Today I ended up on the wrong side of the Google bot algorithm
Just about an hour ago, I received an email informing me that my YouTube account was terminated for violations of their "scams, spam, and deceptive content" policy. The email was long winded about how I must've uploaded something or other, or commented spammy/scammy content.
Just one problem: I have never uploaded a video in the 10 years I've had my account. I comment maybe twice a year when I actually have an answer to a question someone asked in the comments. I even paid for Premium for me and my family.
Well, guess I'm screwed because I doubt the appeal robot or whatever actually changes its mind when you submit one.
Glad I at least started deGoogling. This is a very close-to-home reminder of how dependent I am on them for their services.
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Almost exactly the same happened to me (though I had uploaded exactly one innocuous video a few months earlier) recently and my appeal was accepted within a couple days
Good to know. Even if it does get unsuspended, I'm taking it as a wake up call. If that was my gmail account I would've been in a bad situation. I use it for almost everything.
I prefer Microsoft Hotmail as they are way behind Google when it comes to monetisation.
I'm still using a Hotmail account that I created nearly 30 years ago.