Re: What Gives, YouTube
As it turns out, all 3 of the names I tried to come up with were taken. I didn't know this, because Google didn't tell me. All they did was ban me and told me I violated their TOS. How was I supposed to know that I was taking a name someone else was using? I'd like to point out that I posted about this on Facebook. Someone actually called me out by telling me that I should have Googled the names I chose before picking them, or in their words, I should have "Done my due diligence because it was in the terms of service I agreed to". Before anyone here on the forum does that, allow me to make a couple points:
1: A lot of services, including GMail which is owned by the same company that made YouTube, inform you that a name is taken if you try to make an account. They don't allow you to create the account, then ban you a few hours later. Why is YouTube any different? If their algorithms are so amazing as they claim they are, then why can't they put me on hold so to speak while they search their database, then allow me to have access to or delete my account when they find out whether or not the name is taken. Alternatively, they could just put me in an account name field and tell me to change it without deleting my account. In the meantime, they can disallow me from posting videos or getting subscribers or even the link to my channel while they're searching their database. Anything is better than suspending me, creating a record for me in their people to look out for list, and making me look like the villain in the story. After all, God forbid I try to come up with anything that's funny or creative in my eyes, right?
2: For those of you who would tell me that I should have Googled my future channel name to see if anyone else was using it, can you seriously tell me that you came up with your channel name, then thought, "Oh, I should go look up this channel name on Google."? If you did, good for you, have a cookie. Most people like myself wouldn't think to do this, because once again, most of us expect Google to tell us that a name is taken instead of allowing us to make our accounts and banning us a few hours later.
I'm really not trying to harm anyone. All I'm trying to do is make a channel where I can play games and share my enjoyment/laughter with the community, as well as take their suggestions on the ways that I can improve my content. Is that really too much to ask for?
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