YouTube channel 'Universaldenker' deleted.

May 22, 2023. I wanted to delete my gaming YouTube channel. On this channel, I shared my best moments from "League of Legends" as Veigar. Since I hadn't played games for quite some time and had no intention of starting again, it was time to get rid of this channel. So I clicked on "Advanced Settings," then on "Remove YouTube Content," and entered my login details. A window popped up, showing the conspicuous text "I want to permanently delete my content." I checked the box and clicked on "Delete My Content." When I then switched to the YouTube main page and clicked on my profile in the upper right corner, I noticed that only my English physics channel was displayed. I refreshed the page briefly, but only one channel was still displayed. A feeling of unease swept over me, and my heart began to beat faster. I decided to log out and log back in. However, only one channel was still available. I typed "youtube.com/@universaldenker" into the address bar to access my German channel. Immediately, a red-highlighted message appeared: "This channel does not exist."

After some research, I realized that I had irrevocably deleted my German YouTube channel. I felt a bit sad, my head got hot, but I remained calm. It was the end of my painstaking work that I had put into the German YouTube channel with over twenty thousand subscribers since high school. A part of my monthly advertising revenue was gone.

I lay down in bed and stared blankly at the ceiling. "Great, now I've minimized away a source of income," I said, and had to laugh hysterically.

This channel was associated with so many memories for me. It had even competed with SimpleClub in the field of physics and had become a cult among physics high school students. From the early humorous videos with my accent to the professional, detailed explanations of Maxwell's equations, Schrödinger equation, and differential equations, into which I had put weeks of work. Everything was gone. I was once again at a crossroads in my life and had to decide whether to rebuild the channel or to invest the time completely in my English YouTube channel to grow it faster.

I got up and checked my PC to see if I still had the old German videos on my hard drive. Some were still there, but unfortunately not all of them. Perhaps some physics teacher or professor had downloaded the videos for educational use from YouTube, but by this time, many good videos were no longer available.

Still in shock, I lay back down in bed. I was so grateful in that moment that I had several passive income sources, as I definitely didn't want to work for money.

"Okay, then I'll focus entirely on my English channel. That's fine," I thought to myself.

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