{"id":247,"date":"2009-04-20T18:06:05","date_gmt":"2009-04-20T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=247"},"modified":"2009-04-20T18:06:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-20T23:06:05","slug":"youtube-disabled-my-account-sigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/04\/20\/youtube-disabled-my-account-sigh\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 YouTube Disabled My Account? [UPDATED]"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Blogging pays off sometimes. I received notification from someone at YouTube that my account was disabled by error. They have resolved the problem and my YouTube channel is back in action! Subscribe Here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I need some help with this one. A lot of people ask me why I don’t use more cloud based services. Why I don’t use WordPress.com or store all of my photos on Google or MobileMe or why I don’t use Gmail exclusively or even why I don’t use Google Calendar, Last.FM or Google Reader. it’s simple. I come from a background where everything is stored locally or at least its synchronized with the cloud on my computer so in the event that a service dies, is bought or suffers from a natural disaster, my data is still protected. I’ve never had to experience the horror of losing data because a web based service deleted it but today I did.<\/p>\n

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I was going to favorite a YouTube channel that I thought was pretty hilarious. I logged in to YouTube and received an error, “Account disabled, please use a different email.” That’s odd but I ignored it and spent the next 25 minutes, resetting account passwords with the thought that I had just forgotten my password. When I simply tried to go to my YouTube page directly (http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/adamjackson1984<\/a>). I received the notification embedded above. What?<\/p>\n

For some reason, my YouTube account and channel was simply deleted. All of the videos I’ve edited and placed on YouTube or simple videos shot with my Qik camera and even things that were recorded directly to YouTube via my MacBook’s webcam were completely deleted. I even have Qik setup so when I stream from my iPhone, those are transferred to YouTube via the cloud automatically. Only 10 of my 40+ videos are saved locally because I trusted YouTube. Why would my videos suddenly vanish or be deleted and if I did do something that broke copyright, wouldn’t they simply remove that video?<\/p>\n

I checked for any emails received from YouTube within my spam folder and saw nothing. This is incredibly frustrating because all of my comments, friends, uploads, favorite channels and more are just gone. I have all of my Flickr uploads stored locally and I even download all of my Twitter posts weekly to ensure I have every last one of them but the one service I trust just takes it all away.<\/p>\n

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My only guess is that one single video caused this problem. It was Twitter’s spot on Nightline and it was even embedded on this popular blog<\/a>. The video was viewed nearly 7 thousand times and now it’s gone.<\/p>\n

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I’ve had a YouTube account since early 2006 and I’ve been linked to hundreds of times and now those links are broken. My page rank for “adamjackson1984<\/a>” is also ruined.<\/p>\n

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I have a video where my friend consumed a gallon of milk and a 24oz. energy drink back in 2006. It amassed over 30K views and it’s gone as well<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Starting over on YouTube is going to be very challenging and I hope I can remember the dozens of subscriptions and hundreds of favorites that I’ve collected over the years. YouTube. Fuck you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Blogging pays off sometimes. 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