return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square68linkfedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down13
arrow-up1324arrow-down1external-linkYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square68linkfedilink
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoThis is because they just fucked everyone by doubling the minimum views to get paid.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoAnd turned YouTube into even more incentive to generate clickbait.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months 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