I looked at the posters account and he seems to be a “truther”. The other public videos mainly have to do with 911. I wonder if he got notice about the video being flagged and opted to make it private to keep it from being taken down.
Entirely possible. I think I will play with my YouTube account later tonight and upload a video and see what happens if I make it private. I may ask for some help from ya’ll! :-)
The standard of behavior we expect of YouTube users is set out in our Community Guidelines. If a user posts a video or otherwise behaves on the site contrary to these Guidelines, we will generally remove the offending material, and apply a Community Guidelines warning strike against the account of the poster. These strikes stick with the accounts belonging to that user for six months from the date they are received. If a user receives such a strike they will be notified when they next log-in to their YouTube account. For reference, copies of the notice are also sent to the user’s email address and YouTube private message inbox.
The first strike on an account is considered a warning. If an account receives two strikes within a six month period, the ability to post new content to YouTube from that account will be temporarily disabled. If there are no further issues, full privileges will be restored automatically after a period. If an account receives a third Community Guidelines strike within six months (before the first strike has expired) the account will be terminated.
When a user has posting privileges temporarily disabled on one account, for the duration of the suspension that user is also prohibited from posting material to YouTube using any other account. Attempts to circumvent this rule may result in immediate termination without warning of all accounts
I’m guessing the poster took this video private to try to avoid losing his account. I would think it would be a big hassle to create another account, repost all of your videos, and notify all of your subscribers and friends.