PROSTABLOG NZ: Well, here’s something good for a chuckle – my short video (right) showing improved urine stream after prostate surgery has just been taken down by You Tube.
Here’s what they say:
The following video(s) from your account have been disabled for violating the YouTube Community Guidelines:
- Stream – (Tuckr001)
Your account has received one Community Guidelines warning sanction, which will expire in six months. Additional violations may result in the temporary disabling of your ability to post content to YouTube and/or the termination of your account.
Sincerely,
The YouTube Team
So, I’m on notice for offending good taste, I guess.
I’d love to know who complained.
Here’s my response to You Tube (be interesting to see what they say):
I have received your message with some alarm.
The video clip you refer to is a serious attempt to illustrate to men recovering from the effects of prostate cancer surgery the results such surgery have on improving urine flow.
I refer you to the blog on which this video appears. From that, hopefully, you will see the context.
To remove the video for reasons that can only be imagined shows that You Tube has little understanding of the purpose of such an item.
I request that you restore it as soon as possible.
I await your reply with interest, and will report it on the blog.
Here’s the link to my blog (which has so far received 52,000 page uploads and much favourable comment from prostate cancer sufferers and medical experts): https://prostablog.wordpress.com
Thank you
Having read the community guidelines, I’m at a loss to know where the video trangresses. Take a read (see the link above) and let me know what you think.
Here’s where the original video appeared in my series, My PC Adventure: CLICK HERE
I have to say that the video has already been through the scrutiny of the toughest censor of all, my wife Lin, who cut the length (of the video) to a short few seconds. Since she apporoved it, who could possibly take offence?
Prostablog 
Hi Jim,
I didn’t find it offensive at all. In fact, given my lack of technical skills, I thought it was a good example of “live streaming”!
Cheers,
Ian
Very witty, Ian. I hadn’t thought of that.
No response from You Tube. Do you think there are no actual human beings running it these days and it’s all operated by computers?
That’s such a shame they took down your video! I know from my nursing experience that patients who are considering or preparing for prostate surgery are always wary about what the results will be. I think they get so tired of doctors and medical literature and the like–videos like yours give me something I can point to that shows them an real guy who had real results. Maybe you can upload another and hope it doesn’t get banned?
-Barb