return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1328arrow-down14
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-24 days agoThis is because they just fucked everyone by doubling the minimum views to get paid.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoAnd turned YouTube into even more incentive to generate clickbait.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoRevenue is already largely based on watch time, so if people click away after a couple seconds, you didn’t really get anything anyway. Plus you tell the algorithm that your videos will cause a room of people to leave quickly
This is because they just fucked everyone by doubling the minimum views to get paid.
And turned YouTube into even more incentive to generate clickbait.
Revenue is already largely based on watch time, so if people click away after a couple seconds, you didn’t really get anything anyway. Plus you tell the algorithm that your videos will cause a room of people to leave quickly