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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by archerx on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:36AM (#45277125)
I realized this when I watched one of my friends music videos to give the extra view (they had less than 100) but the views number didn’t go up because of my ad blocker.
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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by SchizoDuckie on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:38AM (#45277148)
afairc sub-100 views are not counted in realtime anyway.
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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by reddalo on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:55AM (#45277374)
I think it was 300.
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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by ConfuSomu on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @06:12PM (#45282006)
Then it used to stop at 301 views, while the system was verifying the veracity of the views, or at least, that's what I've been told…
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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by archerx on Thursday September 18, 2025 @06:30AM (#45287924)
When I watched it without the ad blocker the views went up by one. I feel like it's a lot more realtime now because I swear I see the view counter updating as I'm watching some videos.
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Re:YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caus... by esafak on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @11:39AM (#45277161)
Because Google still can't count that low, amirite?!
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