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Been hitting refresh on the inbox all day! Curious about other people and their video views, we got about 7 hits on ours after the deadline from California (Yo

Been hitting refresh on the inbox all day! Curious about other people and their video views, we got about 7 hits on ours after the deadline from California (Youtube analytics wont go any deeper). I doubt they were all from YC as the link was sent to other alums who reviewed our app and it is possible on of them hit it up after the deadline. Anyone else look at their stats?

anubhav_iim 13y ago
Did not send the link to anyone else except YC. We got one view from US the next day (after the deadline). Being from India, we believe that should have been the YC team.
jpjodoin 13y ago
In our case, we had 1 view from California, but it lasted 22 seconds (our video was 1:37), so it doesn't look too good...
- deleted 13y ago
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soneca 13y ago
YC watch from a embedded player, so check the traffic source also to know how many from YC.
sjtgraham 13y ago
Are they embedded views or from the YT view page? I'm not sure whether 7 views from YC is good or bad. If they were all from YC, I'd say that means they might be on the fence about inviting your team to interview. When they're sure either way there is little point in watching the video repeatedly, especially when they have another 50 to get through that day. Good luck to everyone.
- keithwarren 13y ago
  5 different views from embedded players in California. Oct 24, 27, 29 and twice on the 31st. average view durations are odd though, 1:09 and 1:02 for the 24th and 27th; :23 and :22 for the others. Lots of ways I could analyze this but I choose to view it as positive sign.
agibsonccc 13y ago
1 minute out of 2 for me. Meh just applied for fun anyways. I'm still staying in SF on my own with product revenue anyways. Location is all that matters to me.
shuppent 13y ago
I had three views from the embedded player, but they were all for about 55 seconds, when our video was about two minutes long... I don't know what this means, but I guess I'll find out soon!
- Cookingboy 13y ago
  To be fair, the application specifically asked the video to be 1 minute long...
  - shuppent 13y ago
    Haha, that is true! So I have a random question: your account was created 700 some odd days ago, which seem like a long time for some one who is currently applying, but if you read hackernews just for the content, I am not sure why you would be on this thread... And I believe one of your older posts said you worked for google... so I guess my question is what is your motivation to be in this thread? Purely for curiosities sake...
    - Cookingboy 13y ago
      I have been enjoying HackerNews before I even learnt much about YC. I am currently working for Google and I've worked for a YC company before, so I am pretty interested in this space. 700 days is slightly less than 2 years, it really is a very short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. Also, most people create account on HN for the ability to comment on things, this is a fun site that's popular for way more than just YC related things.
bicknergseng 13y ago
Now I'm really interested in the correlation between video hits and interview invites.
- pritianka 13y ago
  Hahah me too!!
- sfrechtling 13y ago
  I don't really think there is much to look into, and if there was a relationship it is probably spurious. You don't know the reasons why they are looking at any particular video, nor do you know if they are using auto-play (which might not show on stats). Possibly you can see whether you make it past the alumni filter (http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-each-application http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-ea...), but beyond that I am not sure.
  - bicknergseng 13y ago
    Oh I suspect so. But sometimes it's nice to feed your own confirmation biases for a few hours.
ivv 13y ago
Why not submit a unique link, the clicks on which you could track?
shawnreilly 13y ago
I didn't realize they were still working on it, saw no E-mail so I deleted the Video without looking at the stats. Oops!
winterchil 13y ago
Yes, we got 7 views spread over 5 days that were probably all from YC reviewers (embedded player). They watched an average of just over 1 minute of the video which was just under 2 minutes long. We were not invited to the interview. There was some very cool discussion at the end of the video and I'm guessing none of them saw it. Elsewhere in this thread is the speculation that high views = application that was on the fence and I guess I take comfort in that. Anyway, if we were to apply in the future I'd ensure we had a shorter video. On the other hand, we were highly unusual candidates so it's possible we were just a bad match.

anubhav_iim 13y ago

Did not send the link to anyone else except YC. We got one view from US the next day (after the deadline). Being from India, we believe that should have been the YC team.

jpjodoin 13y ago

In our case, we had 1 view from California, but it lasted 22 seconds (our video was 1:37), so it doesn't look too good...

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soneca 13y ago

YC watch from a embedded player, so check the traffic source also to know how many from YC.

sjtgraham 13y ago

Are they embedded views or from the YT view page? I'm not sure whether 7 views from YC is good or bad. If they were all from YC, I'd say that means they might be on the fence about inviting your team to interview. When they're sure either way there is little point in watching the video repeatedly, especially when they have another 50 to get through that day. Good luck to everyone.

keithwarren 13y ago
5 different views from embedded players in California. Oct 24, 27, 29 and twice on the 31st. average view durations are odd though, 1:09 and 1:02 for the 24th and 27th; :23 and :22 for the others. Lots of ways I could analyze this but I choose to view it as positive sign.

agibsonccc 13y ago

1 minute out of 2 for me. Meh just applied for fun anyways. I'm still staying in SF on my own with product revenue anyways. Location is all that matters to me.

shuppent 13y ago

I had three views from the embedded player, but they were all for about 55 seconds, when our video was about two minutes long... I don't know what this means, but I guess I'll find out soon!

Cookingboy 13y ago
To be fair, the application specifically asked the video to be 1 minute long...
- shuppent 13y ago
  Haha, that is true! So I have a random question: your account was created 700 some odd days ago, which seem like a long time for some one who is currently applying, but if you read hackernews just for the content, I am not sure why you would be on this thread... And I believe one of your older posts said you worked for google... so I guess my question is what is your motivation to be in this thread? Purely for curiosities sake...
  - Cookingboy 13y ago
    I have been enjoying HackerNews before I even learnt much about YC. I am currently working for Google and I've worked for a YC company before, so I am pretty interested in this space. 700 days is slightly less than 2 years, it really is a very short amount of time in the grand scheme of things. Also, most people create account on HN for the ability to comment on things, this is a fun site that's popular for way more than just YC related things.

bicknergseng 13y ago

Now I'm really interested in the correlation between video hits and interview invites.

pritianka 13y ago
Hahah me too!!
sfrechtling 13y ago
I don't really think there is much to look into, and if there was a relationship it is probably spurious. You don't know the reasons why they are looking at any particular video, nor do you know if they are using auto-play (which might not show on stats). Possibly you can see whether you make it past the alumni filter (http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-each-application http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-ea...), but beyond that I am not sure.
- bicknergseng 13y ago
  Oh I suspect so. But sometimes it's nice to feed your own confirmation biases for a few hours.

ivv 13y ago

Why not submit a unique link, the clicks on which you could track?

shawnreilly 13y ago

I didn't realize they were still working on it, saw no E-mail so I deleted the Video without looking at the stats. Oops!

winterchil 13y ago

Yes, we got 7 views spread over 5 days that were probably all from YC reviewers (embedded player). They watched an average of just over 1 minute of the video which was just under 2 minutes long. We were not invited to the interview. There was some very cool discussion at the end of the video and I'm guessing none of them saw it. Elsewhere in this thread is the speculation that high views = application that was on the fence and I guess I take comfort in that. Anyway, if we were to apply in the future I'd ensure we had a shorter video. On the other hand, we were highly unusual candidates so it's possible we were just a bad match.