GimR, the creator and owner of VGBootCamp, one of the oldest and most popular streaming and video-archiving organizations in the Smash community, just posted a video informing his subscribers of a serious mistake made by an employee that could severely affect the future of their YouTube channel.
For those of you unable to watch the video, an unnamed agent hired by GimR to upload VODs apparently selected an option that changed the title of every video in the channel to "SF5 Smash 4 - Serge (Lucario) Vs. Darkfall (Link) SSB4 Tournament - Smash Wii U". As there is no undo button for such action, all six years worth of VODs uploaded by VGBC are now incorrectly named, making them a nightmare to archive and browse.
What's worse, as GimR says in the video, is that YouTube's algorithm is now less likely to recommend said videos, since it no longer counts the views they got before their name changes towards whether or not they're recommended to future viewers.
For now, GimR has gone through the appropriate means for contacting YouTube support in hopes of resolving the issue, but has thus far gotten no response. Only time will tell if there's anything they can do.
For those of you who wish to support VGBC through their troubles, you can subscribe to their Twitch, YouTube and follow them on Twitter.
EDIT: Fortunately, it would seem as if YouTube is helping VGBC re-title their videos, with their most recent content already properly classified. Some of their older VODs, however, haven't gotten the same treatment yet. Hopefully we'll see the channel go completely back to normal soon enough.
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