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[LincolnShep]

3 hours 23 minutes. That's the latest Shiels video. This has gotten ridiculous. I've added it to my 'watch later' but I imagine it will stay there forever, since I'll never get time to watch that!

It's had 1.7m views though. That's 3 or 4 times more than most of his recent videos. I watched it, but not in one sitting.

 

[Slab]

It's had 1.7m views though. That's 3 or 4 times more than most of his recent videos. I watched it, but not in one sitting.

So does that make you one 'view' of 1.7m or are you 3 or 4 of the views

 

[Crow]

It's had 1.7m views though. That's 3 or 4 times more than most of his recent videos. I watched it, but not in one sitting.

Anything longer than half an hour and I can't be bothered.
Even if it's someone I generally watch I just skip to near the end and see who won.

 

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[Lord Tyrion]

Job done

Very clever, his sponsors will have loved it.

 

[SteveW86]

watched the Shiels video with the birdie challenge scramble with Finch/GH and the Bryan bro’s. Definitely different levels of ability across the group and enjoyed the watch.

Ricks attempt at the chip on the first hole genuinely made me laugh.

 

[LincolnShep]

So does that make you one 'view' of 1.7m or are you 3 or 4 of the views

Good question but I don't know the answer. YouTube must have rules for what counts as a 'view' but I don't know what they are. I expect they're pretty robust rules, as views are one of the measures that determine how much the creators get paid.

 

[Orikoru]

Good question but I don't know the answer. YouTube must have rules for what counts as a 'view' but I don't know what they are. I expect they're pretty robust rules, as views are one of the measures that determine how much the creators get paid.

Each person must surely only count as one view, otherwise all these channels would have bot account that endlessly click on the videos in new tabs to bump up the views.

 

[LincolnShep]

Each person must surely only count as one view, otherwise all these channels would have bot account that endlessly click on the videos in new tabs to bump up the views.

Sounds reasonable. I'd expect that there must also be a minimum amount of time spent watching. No idea if that would be an absolute number, or a percentage of the video's length.

 

[Slab]

Good question but I don't know the answer. YouTube must have rules for what counts as a 'view' but I don't know what they are. I expect they're pretty robust rules, as views are one of the measures that determine how much the creators get paid.

Yeah I guess, but I suppose if I watch the same 10min vid once a day for 5 days it’ll likely track that as 5 views, so watching different parts of a 3hr vid on 5 different days could be 5 views too
Just means the 1.7m could simply be down to a core of 400k ppl who all consume it in bite sized chunks through the week

(on separate note, I really hope YT analytics have a metric for minimum duration before it counts as a view. Hate these vids where the uploader feels they have to add their own narration to content that’s bleedin obvious, and I click off it double quick)

 

[Imurg]

I can't confirm this as true but I remember, during one video, the YTer saying that watching a clip for 30 seconds counts as a view.
If that's correct then watching a 2 hour video in 4 sessions would count as 4 views...

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The same could apply for standard tv viewing figures as well. The people with the boxes checking these things, if that is how it still works, don't have to watch a full programme for it to count, just part of it. These things are a guide, not an exact science.

 

[howbow88]

I can't confirm this as true but I remember, during one video, the YTer saying that watching a clip for 30 seconds counts as a view.
If that's correct then watching a 2 hour video in 4 sessions would count as 4 views...

This is correct - each view is counted as a view. I'm not sure how it gets around bots but the only losers there will be companies that pay for the adverts. My guess is that YT must have some sort of anti-bot software?

 

[howbow88]

Ps. 3 and a half hours is absolutely insane. I rarely watch films that long, let alone a bang average golfer talk rubbish, whilst playing bang average golf.

Each to their own of course

 

[Orikoru]

My wife was away this weekend so I watched the two 3 hour-ish videos with the Bryan Bros, Rick etc over the two nights. I watched them at x1.25 speed, so instead of 3 hours it becomes just under 2 and a half. Doesn't take long to get used to watching it at that speed actually. You can still hear the dialogue fine as well.

 

[LincolnShep]

My wife was away this weekend so I watched the two 3 hour-ish videos with the Bryan Bros, Rick etc over the two nights. I watched them at x1.25 speed, so instead of 3 hours it becomes just under 2 and a half. Doesn't take long to get used to watching it at that speed actually. You can still hear the dialogue fine as well.

It's a shame we can't click a button in the real world to make some golfers move at 1.25x normal speed.

 

[Slab]

New (I think) RC video uploaded to YT overnight, lots of behind the scenes stuff with a summary of the play
A bit slow to get going but interesting watch. Very limited on which players etc got plenty 'facetime' in the 90 minutes and many who got zilch

 

[Slime]

New (I think) RC video uploaded to YT overnight, lots of behind the scenes stuff with a summary of the play
A bit slow to get going but interesting watch. Very limited on which players etc got plenty 'facetime' in the 90 minutes and many who got zilch

RC video?

 

[SteveW86]

RC video?

Ryder Cup?

 

[Crow]

RC video?

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