Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“views” are entirely fake, lmaoThe Verge@theverge.comBy tracking views from the instant a video starts to play, YouTube's new counter works more like TikTok, X, and Instagram. www.theverge.com/streaming/98...theverge.comYouTube is changing how it counts views to give the numbers a boostWatching one frame of a video will count as a view. 1022923
MR. BLOOM LATE ✿ @terrymakesstuff.com · 17/08/2026So when I accidentally leave my cursor over a thumbnail and the little preview plays for 10 minutes is that a view 010
