YouTube 301+ conspiracy

[sezir]

So, I'm sure that some of you have seen videos on YouTube with 301+ views. Well, i was wondering why it was like that and did a quick Google search. I came across this conspiracy that states YouTube has a secret council that decides what videos go viral, and that they control the website.

 

source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Shocking-Secret-Behind-YouTube-s-301-Views-XKCD-360394.shtml

 

 

My opinions of this are:

I do not in any way think the conspiracy is true. i think the 301+ views is a cap designed to prevent videos from going viral until YouTube can check it to make sure that the views are genuine and someone isn't trying to get a video viral with fake or computer generated views. On top of this even if the conspiracy is true, I wouldn't care there system is working... I get the videos i want and i am amused.

 

So, What do you think of this conspiracy, do you believe it, how do you think conspiracies like this are made

[Jamdude]

It's something like 301 friends are scientifically the maximum amount any one person can have, so until the views are certified to be genuine they don't increase.  It's only 301 if the views were accumulated in a short period of time as well.

[Denned]

It's to protect against viewbots. Checking if it's actually legit views. That's why it takes some time to show the correct number... As far as I know..

[Samskip]

This conspiracy is false. Here is a video that explains the 301 freeze/301+  :  (numberphile)

 

 

[the_devil52]

Edit: ignore this post. I didn't look at the article.

[Viking Kong]

This conspiracy is false. Here is a video that explains the 301 freeze/301+  :  (numberphile)

 

 

I love the Numberphile youtube channel.

[Art Vandelay]

This conspiracy is false.

Did that really need to be said? The article was basically just an XKCD comic.

 

 

Edit: ignore this post. I didn't look at the article.

 

No, I will not ignore this post.