Emergency Pod: YouTube Views Just Changed

Colin and Samir · 28:16 · Sep 3, 2026

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thought θiŋk n. an instance of deliberate thinking being bi: v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) yeah jɑ: r not only so, but it it n the branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information short ʃɒ:t n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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Over the past few weeks, there have been some major updates and major announcements that have to do with YouTube and how it operates.

过去几周，YouTube及其运营方式出现了一些重大更新和重要公告。
Can't make more money if you're not in the partner program now, can we?

不在合作伙伴计划中就赚不到更多钱，对吧？
We're going to break down three different updates and announcements and tell you what they mean.

我们将分解三个不同的更新和公告，并告诉你它们意味着什么。
The first update: YouTube changed how they count views.

第一个更新：YouTube改变了计算观看次数的方式。
It now counts as soon as the video starts playing, even if that's on the homepage autoplay.

现在，只要视频开始播放就算一次观看，即使是在首页自动播放。

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