> CollegeHumor, and Funny or Die I was under the impression that these two died due to Facebook. Facebook massively inflated video views (a video playing for 3

> CollegeHumor, and Funny or Die I was under the impression that these two died due to Facebook. Facebook massively inflated video views (a video playing for 3 seconds without sound as it scrolled past in your feed counted as a view), these companies believed the bigger numbers on Facebook, so they heavily pivoted into Facebook videos over YouTube, with no monetization strategy, completely cratering in the process. This is corroborated by someone who worked at CollegeHumor. https://www.ccn.com/facebook-lied-about-video-metrics/ https://www.ccn.com/facebook-lied-about-video-metrics/