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Jon888 24 points ago +24 / -0

Yeah, youtube bullshit going on. This is why no one likes / trusts them.

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looncraz -20 points ago +4 / -24

I hate to side with Youtube, I really do, but they actually run an algorithm over videos that tests up/down votes from people and checks to see if those accounts actually watched the video - those who didn't will have their votes removed.

The process is a bit time consuming so it only gets run every so often.

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Siretch 7 points ago +9 / -2

That is not true at all - up and down votes are not qualified based on view duration because they are not included in digital marketing earnings. The algorithm does use votes to promote videos though.

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looncraz -1 points ago +2 / -3

They absolutely are, the process once began at 300 votes and the videos would have all votes suspended until a review, but the review now occurs as a cron job. I'm not certain which videos are targeted or the scheduling, but what I said was correct as of a year or so ago.