Youtube Stops View Counter On Ron Paul Interview

I think the situation was rectified. There were about over 40 thousands views..:)

I wonder if YouTube has a new system in place to deter people trying to boost their view count? A program that says, "Oops, a view spike, better shut it down!"

That might explain why they would fix it later on a piecemeal basis. You'd think if they really were being sinister, they'd say there was some incurable glitch and leave it at 204. But I wouldn't be surprised if they or some other huge site tried to pull a fast one... And maybe they did...

That is rather evil, if intentional.

After Fox and ABC were doing their "we're not inviting you to our interviews" crap, onward it goes.

Sadly, these things happen all the time now, with the mass media controlling almost everything. For example, you mentioned Digg ... which itself censors postings. Many Digg posts with huge numbers of diggs will never appear on the front page, simply because the topic is not desirable to them.

There's another one with over 8,000 comments but strangely, only 213 views.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMliyeIDp4

YouTube view counters don't update in real time. Only once every few hours, or possibly once a day or less.

That view counter stayed like that for weeks, Google tools clearly show that Ron Paul is more popular online that Mc Cain or Obama (not just searches but articles as well).

This was you tubes response to the view count problem.
March 3, 2009

March 10th 2009
This Is the only response we have got from You Tube

Hi all,

We’ve made a change in our public-facing view counts across the site
that will enable us to consistently reflect what is considered a
'view,' based upon video consumption, video streaming and spam
filtering. This only affects view counts from February 25 moving
forward.

Implementing this change also caused view count updates to slow down a
bit in general; many people have noticed this and we're aware of the
issue.

Thanks,
- Timmy

I believe that this response is the problem. When Timmy said
Implementing this change also caused the view count updates to slow
down a bit in general; THIS IS A FALSE STATEMENT ! The view count
STOPPED COMPLETELY for 2 weeks or more. You tube could have come back
and corrected itself
but decided to just sit on this statement, and ignore all of us. THIS
IS THE PROBLEM . YOU TUBE GET A PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT
RESPONSE TO THE NEEDS OF THE SUBSCRIBERS.

On Mar 10, 3:18 pm, autman123 wrote:

The main goal of a public relations department is to enhance a
company’s reputation. Staff that work in public relations, or as it is
commonly known, PR, are skilled publicists. They are able to present a
company or individual to the world in the best light. The role of a
public relations department can be seen as a reputation protector.

The business world of today is extremely competitive. Companies need
to have an edge that makes them stand out from the crowd, something
that makes them more appealing and interesting to both the public and
the media. The public are the buyers of the product and the media are
responsible for selling it.

Public relations provide a service for the company by helping to give
the public and the media a better understanding of how the company
works. Within a company, public relations can also come under the
title of public information or customer relations. These departments
assist customers if they have any problems with the company. They are
usually the most helpful departments, as they exist to show the
company at their best.

PR also helps the company to achieve its full potential. They provide
feedback to the company from the public. This usually takes the form
of research regarding what areas the public is most happy and unhappy
with.

Also the public relations job is to make sure that a public out cry
does not hit the press. A good PR department would have monitored the
situation and made sure that You Tube communicates to the public to
keep the press out of this before it snow balls into a disaster. WELL
WE ARE IN A BIG FREEZE AND THE SNOW BALL IS ROLLING.
Neal

On Mar 10, 3:20 pm, autman123 wrote:

It has been 5 days since one of my video views started working again.
The other ones are still frozen. For the one that is working before
the freeze I was getting 200-250 views a day. My average now for the 5
days is 56.4 views a day. There is no way at this rate I will ever
catch up, or get back all my lost views.This was the best response I
ever had for a video in my life, and the first time and maybe the last
time I can try out for the biggest talent competition in the world.
America's Got Talent. They specifically ask me on my application if I
had any videos on the net.So that they could monitor them to see how
well we were doing. I have a neurological brain disorder and may not
be able to compete next year, or ever again. My dream of being a
singer could be lost forever. This view problem could not have
happened at a worst time. I'm so sad and depressed I could cry.
autman123

On Mar 10, 3:22 pm, autman123 wrote:

I am livid! Months of work creating my first video concieved primarily for my music demo promotion on YouTube ...then stops counting the very next day at 302 views! With the time and money I have spent on this project, I'm so mad I could organize a class action suit!