verb
A move in YouTube, in which the content creator posts a goodbye video, detailing his/her reasons on why he/she is leaving YouTube. Said content creator may come back into YouTube around 2-5 years after aforesaid goodbye video was posted.

Coined from the YouTube channel TheBatesee, who posted a video 3 years ago detailing his reasons to leaving YouTube. 3 years later, he comes back posting a video about what did he miss. He uploads regularly now.
"Hey, you heard of content creator? Weren't they inactive around the last two years or so?"
Yeah, I think they did a Batesee because they started posting videos again.
by EveryTimesNow March 12, 2022
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