The YouTuber NeverKnowsBest created a video that summarizes the history of video games in six hours. However, the entire channel along with all its videos has now been deleted. Now he is fighting to get the account back.
What happened? The YouTuber suddenly received a message that his six-hour video was demonetized. This removed ads from the video and the creator of the documentary no longer received any money for it.
The reason for the removal was profanity in the title, thumbnail, or content of the video. The channel operator filed an appeal, but YouTube rejected the appeal.
His second channel KnowsBestNever has been hit even worse: The entire channel with all its videos was deleted, including the documentary about gaming. Here too, an appeal by the owner could not save anything. The reason here: The channel violated the guidelines on sex and nudity.
You can watch the mentioned video about the history of video games here:
In the past, NeverKnowsBest had already struggled with YouTube’s guidelines. Other videos of his have also been age-restricted and demonetized. For some videos, the YouTuber could even understand the procedure, but especially for titles like Dragon Age and NieR: Automate, he does not understand why they must be rated with an age limit of 18.
He assumed that YouTube would initially issue strikes before intervening. NeverKnowsBest is shocked that there was no communication beforehand and that he was not warned in advance. In his opinion, he did nothing wrong.
What is so frustrating about it? Especially his centerpiece, the documentary about the history of video games, is what troubles him the most. In the video, there are no ambiguities that would be inappropriate or controversial. It is six hours full of video game history, nothing more and nothing less.
The YouTuber explains that he spent a full three months creating the video. The video was one of the most popular on his channel and garnered him numerous positive messages in the comments section, but that no longer counts.
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YouTuber turns to second channel
Is there a happy ending? NeverKnowsBest has not yet exhausted all possibilities to get his channel back. Therefore, it may be that he gets his channel back in the distant future. However, he is clearly affected by the situation and finds no motivation to tackle the problem.
At the end of a video message, he explains that he is very sad about it and feels like he has been defeated by YouTube:
You work for a long time. There is a lot of pressure, stress, and competition. No matter what you do, it feels like it’s never enough. […] It can be hard to make videos. And that’s without the fact that things outside your control can go wrong for no reason. I really feel defeated.
At least he was able to save all his videos and is now uploading them gradually to his other channel. But it could be a matter of time before this channel is also deleted by YouTube, as NeverKnowsBest does not understand what the reason for the deletion was.
We keep our fingers crossed for him and hope that his drama will have a good ending. It would be a shame if his six-hour documentary were to disappear into oblivion.
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