YouTube is getting rid of its weird ‘301+’ view count
Aug05
Today, Google has made a lot of YouTube creators happy – it’s removing the “301+” static play count for new videos in favor of a more accurate figure. Explained via a concise tweet, the video play count will now show the real-time number of views that the company is confident have come from real people, but won’t include plays by bots, which will still undergo a verification process. Removing the irritating and frankly uninformative “301+” is a sign that the company is increasingly confident in its ability to distinguish between human views and those from automated systems. The 301+ count was…
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