YouTube bug results in huge subscriber count losses
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Example: sometimes people get seemingly randomly unsubscribed from channels. No explanation from YouTube for this.
I heard the same from a few YouTubers. I cannot say if true or not, but there are multiple complaints from small and large channels. These YouTubers only knew this happened because subscribers wondered why videos of those YouTubers stopped popping up in their feed. When they checked, they found they were unsubscribed. In one case, the dad of a YouTuber was randomly unsubscribed from that YouTuber.
As far as I know, YouTube occasionally runs a spammer purge program. They always claimed no real accounts are affected. But how can they know?
On one side, YouTube tries to foster original content, but how can people trust them with their livelihood if they constantly have to fight an uphill battle against YouTube’s purge and ranking algorithms? And if something happens to you as a small-time YouTuber, you have nowhere to complain at YouTube.
The already-subscribed user is presented with a "subscribe" button instead of "unsubscribe". They think they aren't subscribed, click the button, which then actually unsubscibes the user.