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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I assumed they were already doing that. They've never been forthcoming in regards to what actually counts as a view.

  1. Especially weird if I view videos from my own channel, on my end it seems to tally each time I watch my own videos, which isn't supposed to happen.

  2. And videos I never chose or clicked on automatically start playing as soon as I open the app or switch from "Me" to "Home."

  3. Or if one person watches a video multiple times, does youtube count each of those views? Because for YouTubers whose livelihood depends on likes & views & subscribers, YouTube needs to make sure a creator isn't manipulating the system with bot farms or friends/family/paid losers to repeatedly watch the videos.

Now my brain hurts & I'm grumpy. Bye.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Turn off auto play. Shit's annoying anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Yes my autoplay is always turned off. I mean when you're on the home screen it automatically plays, on mute, and not full-screen, whichever suggested video is oriented in the middle of the screen. This isn't something that can be opted out of.

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