+0.10 YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers (9to5google.com)
422 points by iamflimflam1 166 days ago | 780 comments on HN | Mild positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Technology Advertising Acknowledges
Reporting on YouTube's view count issue possibly caused by ad blockers.
EQ 0.60
SO 0.50
TD 0.40
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 3 evals
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Audit Trail 20 entries
2026-02-28 08:30 eval_success Light evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 08:30 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive) 0.00
reasoning
ED, neutral tech reporting
2026-02-28 08:30 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 08:25 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 08:25 eval_success Light evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-02-28 08:25 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
ED, neutral tech reporting
2026-02-28 08:15 rater_validation_warn Light validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0W 1R - -
2026-02-28 08:15 eval_success Light evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-02-28 08:15 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
tech news neutral stance
2026-02-26 06:54 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers - -
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2026-02-26 06:11 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers - -
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2026-02-26 05:43 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers - -
2026-02-26 05:43 dlq Dead-lettered after 1 attempts: YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers - -
2026-02-26 05:33 credit_exhausted Credit balance too low, retrying in 272s - -
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