return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1325arrow-down13
arrow-up1322arrow-down1external-linkYouTube will now count a view as soon as a video starts playingtechcrunch.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoRevenue is already largely based on watch time, so if people click away after a couple seconds, you didn’t really get anything anyway. Plus you tell the algorithm that your videos will cause a room of people to leave quickly
Revenue is already largely based on watch time, so if people click away after a couple seconds, you didn’t really get anything anyway. Plus you tell the algorithm that your videos will cause a room of people to leave quickly