YouTube accidentally permanently terminated my account

Post by input_sh » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:10 AM UTC

superasn wrote: post #79

I have all my photos including many precious pics like my daughter's first birthday, etc backed up only with Google photos (as GPhotos often cleans up my phones it removes the original too). Post like these are a true wake up call. I definitely need to setup something like syncthing to backup at least one more to good old usb 1tb drive. I guess you should too if you're in the same boat.

Post by ekianjo » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:21 AM UTC

lightwin wrote: post #149

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…

Post by nextweek2 » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:26 AM UTC

d1zzy wrote: post #61

malka wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

youtube is a huge moneysink. not only would it be hard to build, it would never bring money. Google has entrenched themselves in a monopoly here. I think antitrust laws should be applied.

> Google has entrenched themselves in a monopoly here. I think antitrust laws should be applied. If it's true that it isn't profitable how would anti-trust laws make it better? If it's truly unprofitable then separating it from the mothership means it goes bankrupt so no more Youtube. That doesn't seem like a better outcome than what we have today. So it must be profitable to even begin to consider anti-trust regulat…

Post by sv9 » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:39 AM UTC

gsich wrote: post #165

apostacy wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It used to be much harder to knock someone you didn't like offline. You used to have to organize a DDOS attack. But now, all you have to do is organize a much easier mass-flagging attack. We need to update our threat models to account for how unreliable major platforms have become. We can no longer rely on these companies. After big tech spent so much time investing in their own infrastructure, they are undermining t…

>We need to just accept that a major liability of using a major platform like this is that your content may be removed and your account deleted, for unknown reasons. No we don't. You make it sound like it's a law of nature how these companies behave. It's not.

Post by globular-toast » Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 7:56 AM UTC

apostacy wrote: post #151

hpcjoe wrote: post #116

I keep hearing stories about similar issues. Suddenly someone is terminated from a Google service for unknown reasons, without any possibility of reversing such decisions. This appears to be true of Twitter and others as well. From my vantage point, it appears to be quite arbitrary. And quite concerning in a number of cases, given the centralization of email, docs, etc. I do make backups of google content every so of…

It used to be much harder to knock someone you didn't like offline. You used to have to organize a DDOS attack. But now, all you have to do is organize a much easier mass-flagging attack. We need to update our threat models to account for how unreliable major platforms have become. We can no longer rely on these companies. After big tech spent so much time investing in their own infrastructure, they are undermining t…