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 More options Mar 19, 2:13 pm
From: YouTube Timmy
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:13:46 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Mar 19 2009 2:13 pm
Subject: Re: An Update On Our View Counts
FYI - this announcement can also be found on the YouTube blog, here:

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=s9Y00m1vmhA

Thanks,

-Timmy

On Mar 13, 6:40 pm, YouTube Timmy wrote:

> Hi everyone,

> An important message from the YouTube Team:

> Video view counts reflect the YouTube community's interests and the
> grassroots popularity of videos. We periodically make changes that
> allow us to display consistent view counts and accurately reflect a
> "real" view based on video consumption, video streaming and spam
> filtering. Unfortunately, a few people still try to artificially
> manipulate their video's view counts. Some people game third-party
> view counts as well. That can make things unfair for everyone.

> Recently, we found spamming issues associated with the view counts on
> a small number of videos. The inflated view count number on these
> videos will be frozen until actual views catch up to the published,
> artificial, view count. Also, a few people have commented that their
> view counts are updating more slowly. Occasionally the speed with
> which views update changes -- sometimes it’s faster and sometimes it’s
> slower. But we are always working to make sure that the final view
> count numbers are an accurate reflection of the community's interest.

> The YouTube Team


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