YouTube has learning difficulties apparently.
Last March they posted a blog on their website telling of a new phase of operation; namely they are freezing the view counts of those they consider to be deliberately manipulating those counts, and they remain frozen until the actual count catches up with the "manipulated"one.
But, wait! why have some of MY counts been frozen, and what about the almost 2,000 replies to their blog who deny such underhandedness?
These people are morons if they think that this shall be tolerated; they ignore all requests to have this problem looked at again, and an email address at the top of the blog is not a real one. Write to it and get the usual list of YouTube so-called "Help" pages, which are no use at all. Finding ANYONE or any address to make a complaint to on YouTube is impossible, and it's a frustrating task looking; going round and round and round and round to eventually get back to where you first started.
What it needs is for a MASS evacuation of users from that site, or for someone, or many, to actually go round and see to them at their California office.
Here's a copy of a letter sent to the editor@youtube.com
The non-answer I may place here also:
Dear Madam.
I have been reading your editor's blog about this subject of so-called "manipulated viewcounts, and made a few contributions to that blog, noticing at the same time, many disgruntled and indeed furious other members' notes.
Judging by the number of posts to that blog, and the time since it was first placed on line, do you not think it time to address members' concerns, and take another look at this?
I have had two videos which seem to have been deliberately slowed-down or count arrested in the last few weeks.
I am NOT manipulating my videos at all, and if your robot detects my Web browser, screen size, and IP address when I first upload, then it is because of Edits of the side-panel notes, and the adding of annotations, each time that an edit of both is made it is necessary to look at the video again, and after an annotation is completed an invitation to view the video is given at the top of the screen.
There is also no harm or malicious intent to view one's own video to test for playback quality of sound and speed, and some choppiness has been noted on some videos. I think it high-time that this problem is addressed and your own robot given an overhaul to look for real spamming, etc.
I uploaded a new video lasting just over seven minutes last Sunday: it has proved popular and the count was high. Now it has been arrested at 311, which seems to be a nominal number for other users too. This must change, and I shall not be uploading any more at all until this is sorted out. Maybe treating users badly, so they delete their accounts or no longer upload to YouTube is what it is all about.
The video in question and I know that MANY have viewed it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqRPS_IkxIY
