How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views

Why HN readers recommended it

HN cites it to explain freebooting, Facebook's inflated view metrics and why Content ID matters for small creators.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

Topic

facebook video freebooting

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

14

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2019

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• While you're right that Google's implementation of Content ID doesn't handle fair use well, Content ID is critical for indie creators. Facebook's lack of protections lead to tons of lost revenue for them (and for indies, it matters!). This video changed my opinion on Content …

• "How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views" - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell exposed this with detailed analysis and evidence. Watch it here => [VIDEO] This is neither a bug nor a "mistake". It's straight up fraud. Fraud because Facebook uses these false #s to …

• Yes. straight up fraud. "How Facebook is Stealing Billions of Views" - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell exposed this with detailed analysis and evidence. Watch it here => [VIDEO]