Hello,
First post here. Last week, there has been some strange activity on my channel and i'm hoping to get some answers.
On the 26th of June, I made a playlist private to experiment regarding odd activity with my channel. This playlist has existed for about two years publicly. The playlist was comprised of my own videos that were already publicly available on my main page. Fast forward to the 29th of June and I check the analytics page of my playlists and notice that somehow my playlist gained a view, going from 44 views before privatization to 45 afterwards. The view occurred on the 27th. I freaked out and deleted the playlist after discovery.
I don't recall watching any videos from that playlist on the 27th but my whole channel has been doing strange things lately......
1. All of my playlists have been "updating" on their own recently. Nothing removed or added, just stating "updated today". Everyday!
2. When I made my playlist private, the analytics stated "last updated on the 25th" which isn't true as I made the change on the 26th. I watched a video from the playlist on the 26th according to my browser history and another video on the 29th. Could this be a bug? If YT got the date wrong by one day for the update could it glitch up the view log for this playlist?
3. I've also read that YT mods and other authorized parties can view private playlists, usually for TOS violations. Is that true? This worries me. I've never posted anything bad and have never received a strike or had any content removed. Am I under some sort of investigation? What if I unknowingly posted something I shouldn't have? I deleted some content a month ago because I ultimately didn't like them and wanted to make changes. What if this is a follow up investigation to some deleted content and they're searching for it? My mind is racing.
4. Lastly, YT is no longer saving search history in the search bar. This has been ongoing for about 2 weeks.
Has anyone else had mysterious views on private playlists they know they didn't watch? Is this a bug or did someone gain access to my private playlist? This is spooky and freaking me out.
First post here. Last week, there has been some strange activity on my channel and i'm hoping to get some answers.
On the 26th of June, I made a playlist private to experiment regarding odd activity with my channel. This playlist has existed for about two years publicly. The playlist was comprised of my own videos that were already publicly available on my main page. Fast forward to the 29th of June and I check the analytics page of my playlists and notice that somehow my playlist gained a view, going from 44 views before privatization to 45 afterwards. The view occurred on the 27th. I freaked out and deleted the playlist after discovery.
I don't recall watching any videos from that playlist on the 27th but my whole channel has been doing strange things lately......
1. All of my playlists have been "updating" on their own recently. Nothing removed or added, just stating "updated today". Everyday!
2. When I made my playlist private, the analytics stated "last updated on the 25th" which isn't true as I made the change on the 26th. I watched a video from the playlist on the 26th according to my browser history and another video on the 29th. Could this be a bug? If YT got the date wrong by one day for the update could it glitch up the view log for this playlist?
3. I've also read that YT mods and other authorized parties can view private playlists, usually for TOS violations. Is that true? This worries me. I've never posted anything bad and have never received a strike or had any content removed. Am I under some sort of investigation? What if I unknowingly posted something I shouldn't have? I deleted some content a month ago because I ultimately didn't like them and wanted to make changes. What if this is a follow up investigation to some deleted content and they're searching for it? My mind is racing.
4. Lastly, YT is no longer saving search history in the search bar. This has been ongoing for about 2 weeks.
Has anyone else had mysterious views on private playlists they know they didn't watch? Is this a bug or did someone gain access to my private playlist? This is spooky and freaking me out.
Last edited: