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This would be noteworthy if the counter was included in the video (like the similar video that shows its own URL [0]). But as it is, it's just the title that ch
by ggambetta 7y ago
This would be noteworthy if the counter was included in the video (like the similar video that shows its own URL [0]). But as it is, it's just the title that changes to match the number of views, so... not much to see here.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20452013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20452013
- danpalmer 7y agoYou seem to have missed that this is a science-communication video aimed to help lay-people understand APIs, standards, online abuse, privacy issues, and how automation is playing into the issues we have in society stemming from social media.
- ggambetta 7y agoI don't think that changes the fact that the gimmick, that gives the name to the video and the submission in HN, is pretty unimpressive.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoWho said it has to be impressive? It's simply something fun that relates to the deeper dive he takes in the video.
- danpalmer 7y agoI'd go further and say that it needs to be simple above all else, to help communicate the message. Confusing that with the ideas of video editing/compositing and uploading would make the message less effective.
- dom96 7y ago> This would be noteworthy if the counter was included in the video Pretty sure that would be impossible, unless I am missing something.
- dheera 7y agoYeah unfortunately Youtube doesn't let you edit videos, which sucks for creators who want to fix minor mistakes after a video has gone viral. You can, however, add and edit "cards" on top of the video. On another note, it would be noteworthy if the title on Hacker News also included the counter.
- dheera 7y agoUh, why the downvote? Can HN institute a policy that a reply is required if you downvote?
- ianferrel 7y agoI didn't leave a downvote, but that sounds like a horrible policy. You'd get a ton of short comments on the least-valuable (as judged by voters) comments, bloating the comment tree and making it way less readable.
- NoodleIncident 7y ago-1
- jshevek 7y agoIt is fortunate, not unfortunate, that YouTube prevents editing of the video itself after a video has been uploaded, viewed, interacted with, shared, commented on, and started to accumulate karma of various sorts.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoYou're just farming more downvotes by clearly being affected by them and then complaining about them. If this is how you respond to pointless vote counts, I would avoid revisiting comments after you leave them for the sake of your mental health.
- gpm 7y ago> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. > Please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- xwdv 7y agoThat would be spooky, we would hire an engineer like that on the spot due to the cross-domain knowledge required.
- grecy 7y agoI imagine it's possible to update the counter as closed captions for the video....