Youtube links/embeds all disappeared

Well that’s not good. Sounds like you and your fellow users are more vigilant than they are.

Consider setting up your own! You will get plenty of support from here.

If you do get in touch with an admin, ask them to “rebake” a few problem Posts with youtube videos and see if that fixes it. It takes a moment. There’s also a rake task they can run that can target sets of posts.