FYI
After Sept. 18, you’ll no longer be able to send or receive direct messages on YouTube as we focus our efforts on public convo tools (comments, posts, etc).
You can still share what you’re watching w/ others via the Share icon below videos.
More→ https://yt.be/help/9Hns
Shame, a step back in customer service. Lots of posts here on the monetization decisions and the time it takes to get a decision or to reinstate it. Clearly, many are having problems with this issue. People who have invested hundreds of hours work into building their channel.