NONE@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down13
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareIf a YouTube video is watched using a frontend such as Newpipe or Indivious, does it count as a view for the video? Why or why not?NONE@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square23linkfedilink
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days agoYouTube doesn’t make public their view counting algorithm so that it can’t be gamed, so it’s anyone’s guess.
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 days agoOhhhhh! So that’s why a lot of the comments to this post contradict each other. Well, that makes senses.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 days agoYep. I have a few hunches about how it works (I would guess that the answer to your original question is “no” or “only kinda,” for instance) but honestly my hunches are likely no better than tea leaves and significantly less tasty.
YouTube doesn’t make public their view counting algorithm so that it can’t be gamed, so it’s anyone’s guess.
Ohhhhh! So that’s why a lot of the comments to this post contradict each other. Well, that makes senses.
Yep. I have a few hunches about how it works (I would guess that the answer to your original question is “no” or “only kinda,” for instance) but honestly my hunches are likely no better than tea leaves and significantly less tasty.