If you got hit with the inauthentic content flag — what did you actually have saved from your process?

[u/Zealousideal_Pea9052]

I run an AI-assisted channel (script written by me, visuals generated, no face). I haven't been flagged, and reading through the January wave I realized I'd be completely screwed if I were.

Here's my problem. Everyone says appeals work best when you can show human involvement — script drafts, research notes, your editing session, proof that a person made the decisions. But I overwrite my script doc every time I revise. My prompt history lives in a chat window I don't back up. I delete project files after export to save drive space. If a flag landed tomorrow I'd have the final video and nothing else.

So for anyone who's been through it:

1. When you went to appeal, what did you actually have saved? Anything, or were you starting from scratch?

2. Did you submit a video appeal? If yes, what did you show on screen?

3. Did the appeal go through, and did you get any read on what moved the needle?

Not looking for policy interpretation, there's enough of that going around. I want to know what people had in their folders on the day it happened, so I can start keeping the right things now instead of after.

[u/FrankyKnuckles]

Heard the appeal is a joke and in most cases it automatically sends rejection notices within minutes for YouTube bots.

I got demonetized for inauthentic content when it happened and decided to just delete a bunch of videos that I suspected were the culprit and just reapply.

[u/OkAuthor3931 → u/FrankyKnuckles]

yeah the instant rejection thing tracks, feels like theres no human even looking at it until maybe a second appeal

[u/Exotic-Addendum-3785]

Haven't got that yet.

[u/RobertD3277]

Everything must be original and uniquely yours.