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Past youtubers were able to buy views in order to generate social proof. Any new youtuber won't be able to take this same shortcut. Maybe youtube should conside
by frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago
Past youtubers were able to buy views in order to generate social proof. Any new youtuber won't be able to take this same shortcut. Maybe youtube should consider hiding the viewcount of videos under a certain amount, say <5000, in order to give people a shot again.
- justrobert 9y agoThe view count itself isn't why they are buying views, it is the ranking in search and related videos. I find youtube/twitch have the same problems as the CPM industry. If you punish the provider of content for negative viewer action you provide a means for competition to cheaply force the content creator out of the market. This is why twitch doesn't punish view botting, as any viewer could spend $5 to shut down a $50k/day stream. If youtube really does use a guilty until proven innocent method then they are just punishing honest content creators that don't understand the dynamics of online media.