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[Jokey665]

Was that Felicia Day in the Rewind video?

Indeed it was.

 

[CassSept]

It will definitely hit it by the end of the year, there's no question.

I thought it would do it around friday, but that doesn't seem THAT doable. 25 million to go, it would have to average 6 million/day. I mean, it's doable and it's highly probable it will do it this week, but I think it will miss 21st Dec by a little margin.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

1B by the 21st.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

17M views left. It's coming...

 

[Anteater]

It will definitely hit it by the end of the year, there's no question.

I thought it would do it around friday, but that doesn't seem THAT doable. 25 million to go, it would have to average 6 million/day. I mean, it's doable and it's highly probable it will do it this week, but I think it will miss 21st Dec by a little margin.

17M views left. It's coming...

So there were 8 million views just between these 2 posts? Might make it if it keeps up.

 

[Anteater]

 

[SquiddyCracker]

Hm, 6 million views in 18 hours.
We got 11 million views to go, and only got today and tomorrow left.

 

[Tashi]

Hm, 6 million views in 18 hours.
We got 11 million views to go, and only got today and tomorrow left.

What if the 1 billion view mark is the cause of the apocalypse?

 

[red731]

What if the 1 billion view mark is the cause of the apocalypse?

I bet you haven't seen that conspiracy image.
I will look for it now.

ed:

 

[ffdgh]

Randomly decided to look at the vid and was shocked to see this be number 1

Spoiler

baby baby baby nooo~

and almost 1 billion views....in a good way.

I say it'll be there by tomorrow or by some miracle later tonight.

 

[Ashhong]

I bet you haven't seen that conspiracy image.
I will look for it now.

ed:

this was proven fake btw, dont know if you know that or not

 

[ArchedThunder]

this was proven fake btw, dont know if you know that or not

Do you mean the quote?

 

[cacophony]

theres no way this gets 10million more views by the 21st

 

[Ashhong]

Do you mean the quote?

Yes

 

[liquidspeed]

theres no way this gets 10million more views by the 21st

its had at least 700,000 views in the last 2 hours... it might make it...

 

[Synth_floyd]

LOL even if it was real Nostradamus hasn't predicted anything correctly ever.

 

[Hitokage]

LOL even if it was real Nostradamus hasn't predicted anything correctly ever.

Through the power of vague language and the interpretation thereof, you can attribute anything to Nostradamus!

 

[Phonomezer]

I am stunned that this has almost 1 billion views in a matter of months.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

990M it will reach it tomorrow for sure. With all the comments that is would reach it on December 21st, I find it incredibly amusing. The Mayas predicted Gangnam Style 1B!

 

[Bisnic]

How does Youtube count views anyway? Is it unique IP adresses or Youtube accounts? Surely it doesn't count the fact that someone viewed the video 20 times as 20 views.

 

[Shadow2222]

How does Youtube count views anyway? Is it unique IP adresses or Youtube accounts? Surely it doesn't count the fact that someone viewed the video 20 times as 20 views.

Well, yeah. Why shouldn't repeat viewings count? It shows that someone is interested enough to watch a video multiple times.

Plus, even with unique IP addresses, one person watching on their home computer, phone, and work computer is already 3 views. Plus, some people have dynamic IP addresses on their computer, so it changes every time they turn their computer on.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

How does Youtube count views anyway? Is it unique IP adresses or Youtube accounts? Surely it doesn't count the fact that someone viewed the video 20 times as 20 views.

They count repeat views. If someone refreshes 100 times, that's 100 views.

 

[Bisnic]

They count repeat views. If someone refreshes 100 times, that's 100 views.

So... everyone needs to get together and spam F5 to get 1 billions views before tomorrow ends!

 

[Aruarian Reflection]

So... everyone needs to get together and spam F5 to get 1 billions views before tomorrow ends!

I think you have to watch a certain percentage of the video before it gets counted as a view. Otherwise people would just use a Chrome extension to auto-refresh every 100 milliseconds.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

I think you have to watch a certain percentage of the video before it gets counted as a view. Otherwise people would just use a Chrome extension to auto-refresh every 100 milliseconds.

Yeah, makes sense.

 

[Radec]

Gangnam Style doesnt need autorefresh bullshit. It will reach a billion views even they filter it on unique views.

 

[Shadow2222]

Gangnam Style doesnt need autorefresh bullshit. It will reach a billion views even they filter it on unique views.

Actually, if they had a good way to filter it as 1 view per person, I think it would drop by at least half.

 

[StopMakingSense]

So... everyone needs to get together and spam F5 to get 1 billions views before tomorrow ends!

Youtube has heuristics for filtering out fraudulent views. They don't go into any specifics as to how. They do count multiple views, though.

 

[Anteater]

Less than 5 mil to go

 

[Shining Sunshine]

Less than 5 mil to go

Too bad the world's ending.

 

[Doctor West]

Why do people care how many views this gets?

 

[Majine]

Too bad the world's ending.

Don't worry, there is probably some guidlines somewhere for future civilizations to access it.

 

[Candeldandel]

Less than 5 mil to go

Hahaha this is awesome! I'm so glad that they ended up timed right

 

[Supast4r]

that a song is so popular when most don't know it's real meaning. (Which is actually pretty deep btw)

 

[TheKaeptain]

I bet you haven't seen that conspiracy image.
I will look for it now.

ed:

HAHAHAHAHA

 

[ArchedThunder]

that a song is so popular when most don't know it's real meaning. (Which is actually pretty deep btw)

Yes, a song making fun of the people from the Gangnam district is so deep.

 

[Canis lupus]

Less than 2 million, the historic moment is almost upon us...

 

[Pein]

that a song is so popular when most don't know it's real meaning. (Which is actually pretty deep btw)

please elaborate what you think it means.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Less than 2 million, the historic moment is almost upon us...

This is truly what the Mayans predicted.

 

[Kenka]

This is truly what the Mayans predicted.

But it's already the 22nd in Australia...

edit: not exactly yet.

 

[Ashhong]

But it's already the 22nd in Australia...

edit: not exactly yet.

Well the Mayans didnt have time zones back then.

 

[ArchedThunder]

But it's already the 22nd in Australia...

edit: not exactly yet.

It is still the beginning of the day where the Mayans were.

 

[Kammie]

998,976,706!

I think by the time I shower and eat some breakfast, it'll have reached a billion. Wonder how many people are fervently refreshing at this moment.

 

[n64coder]

I haven't watched the video myself but it's kind of cool that this guy became an internet phenomenon.

 

[gutabo]

998,976,706!

I think by the time I shower and eat some breakfast, it'll have reached a billion. Wonder how many people are fervently refreshing at this moment.

It's stuck on that number, anyone knows why?

 

[JustinBB7]

5 minutes!

http://www.billioncountdown.com/

It's stuck on that number, anyone knows why?

Youtube doesn't do live updating of numbers, it would crash the servers.

 

[Mariolee]

This is like the 1,000,000 members scene in The Social Network, except Korean.

 

[Tacitus_]

Why do people care how many views this gets?

At first it was about beating Biebs, but now it's about seeing it be the first video to be break 1 billion views.
Simple, really.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

5 minutes!

http://www.billioncountdown.com/

Oh boy...

 

[ArchedThunder]

Years from now when they ask you "Where were you when Gangnam Style hit 1 billion views?" what will you say?