The 36-year-old streamer ‘Staiy’ is mainly known on Twitch for his opinion and reaction content. His YouTube channels mainly upload clips from his streams. Now his account has been mistakenly banned by YouTube, but even though the platform admits the error, the channel remains offline.
Update 19:15 – The channel is now accessible again.
Original report:
What is the issue with the deletion? As Staiy reports in a recent stream, he received an email from YouTube on May 25: His secondary channel “Second-Class Reactions” was removed due to “serious and repeated” violations of the guidelines.
The channel mainly features reactions that the streamer – or rather his editor – considers unsuitable for the main channel.
The channel was apparently deleted mistakenly
What is the problem? There are several issues. The reason that YouTube gives for the removal of the channel is a violation of the guidelines regarding the sale of illegal or legally restricted goods or services.
Among other things, these guidelines prohibit the offering of drugs, gambling, sexual services, and human trafficking. These are topics that Staiy has already criticized several times. It seems improbable that he offered such goods or services.
The content creator also explains that he did not offer anything of the sort or had links for it on his channel; that is “total nonsense”. The account was allegedly deleted mistakenly – and without any warning.
Because actually, YouTube removes only the relevant content and issues a warning in the case of an actual violation. Only after 3 “strikes” within 90 days is the channel normally removed.
Particularly frustrating: YouTube admits the error, yet the channel remains offline.
Twitch streamer is baffled: “How can this be?”
How does Staiy react? The streamer immediately contacted YouTube to clarify the situation. Since it is only his secondary channel, the damage for him is bearable, but especially one detail in the email from YouTube made him perk up.
After the deletion of his channel, he should also be prohibited from creating a new channel or accessing another channel. Thus, his main channel would also be affected. Moreover, Staiy, being a larger streamer, also has employees who take care of his content, and their jobs are at risk if a channel simply disappears.
How did the communication with YouTube go? Despite the announced processing time of at least 2 days, YouTube contacted him within minutes, Staiy recounts. In the response to his appeal, it states that they have rechecked the channel and found no violations.
The channel will therefore be restored within 48 hours, according to YouTube. That was on May 25, but even 3 days later, when Staiy addresses the situation in the stream, the channel is still offline. Even today, on May 30, one still receives an error message when trying to access “Second-Class Reactions” (as of: 12:15 PM).
The content creator is particularly annoyed that his channel was apparently deleted automatically, but even human intervention cannot easily bring it back. Therefore, he wants to draw attention to this error in the system, after all, it could hit his main channel or that of another YouTuber at any time.
I think, how can this be? How can it be that the reaction is: “Yes, we made a mistake, but it cannot come back.” […] I’m really glad that I don’t have to rely on [the platforms] because when it comes to them just deleting your entire channel existence within seconds, that is quite alarming.
Whether the error will be fixed and Staiy can get his channel back remains to be seen. In the meantime, he jokes that the content of the secondary channel is being uploaded to the website Clipfish. According to the content creator, these are mainly reactions to the survival show Arctic Warrior.
Actually, it is the streaming platform Twitch that is often criticized for sudden bans and lack of communication. Especially for smaller content creators, this is a big problem, as they lose their sources of income during the duration of the bans.
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