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Moderation or removal
Removed for something nobody will name.
Videos pulled for policies that do not obviously apply, comments vanishing silently, shadow restrictions nobody is told about. Also the other direction: reports on genuinely abusive content that come back marked no violation.
Meanwhile, elsewhere on YouTube Sucks
Filed under other categories, by people it happened to.
Appeals that never reach a human2026-08-07
How to tell whether your appeal ever reached a human — and what to do when it didn't
A rejection that arrives in under a minute, or at the same time of day every time, or in wording identical to someone else's, was decided by a system. There are tells, and knowing them changes what you do next.
Verified anonymous