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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2024
- The title of this video should change with the times. But nothing lasts forever: here's the story of how I made it work, why it used to be easier to make that work, and how it all ties in to the White Cliffs of Dover and the end of the universe.
Edited by Michelle Martin: / @onthecrux
Includes an accelerated section of "Traduction automatique des flux d'information (Yahoo Pipes IV)" by Laurent Moccozet, which is licensed under CC-by: • Traduction automatique... - the remainder of this video does not fall under that license.
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Tom: “if it’s actually spot on, it’s a miracle”
It’s spot on
It’s a miracle
It’s a miracle
It’s a miracle
I ate a hotdog.
@@ianseldoon1197 It's a miracle
I love how this vid appears on my recommend every once in a while.
Ikr
Ikr
Yup
realtable moment
Same
Who else keeps getting recommended this and seeing how much it goes up?
Me too
same for me bro
Yep me
ikr
it's me.
The code is better than he thought. It’s still 100% correct
still is
It's true and not true at the same time. Let's just say yt helped him with that code working right... He obviously didn't expect a company to bother with his video. But they obviously did... and now it is always right because they'd made it so.
@@korana6308 RUclips is not doing this. It's very easy to achieve this affect of having some code that updates the title every minute.
@@Maxikinz That's the thing. He said it would be close but not perfect. That code does that. No code would allow updating it in real time, it would just be counted as DDOS. So they are helping this video out by feeding him the statistics live. It's not hard. It just requires server level of intervention.
They did a smiliar thing with Numberphile's "why every video has 301 views?" It shows 301 views in it ( of an outdated counting technique) with millions of comments and likes. Because it was a server level intervention done so by youtube. It's not hard. From time to time yt devs do some fun easter eggs just for funzies.
@@korana6308 'So they are helping this video out by feeding him the statistics live'
But do you know that, or are you just saying that
I love how this video periodically gets recommended to us when the title is exactly right
it did to me as well
@@samuelboczek1834 same
happened again
It mainly has to do with the title changing
The algorithm does that whenever parts of a video change, whether it be the title or the thumbnail
It did it to me aswell
The title is completely accurate, I couldn’t be happier.
Not anymore
@@h6_ still
Now it's not
yh
Funny how people are still watching it. Luv it
I feel honored to see the title when it’s still exactly accurate and counting
Nunya Bisness ikr
Same
Yes me too
Claim you’re blank blank view counter...
SAME
its literally spot on
Ikr
At this point I would be more surprised if the title was wrong.
its wrong rn
@@newend2116 nope
It's been wrong once for me but now it's back to 100% accuracy
not just accurate its magic!
As of now its wrong the title says 32,870,178 while the actual views is 32,870,305
“The title will not be exactly spot on”
“That statement is exactly spot off”
its not spot on
@@IAm-zo1bo it is
@Samuel Dunlap for me it is! 24,679,454 views!
It is for me rn
@@TheMedjed-k9n 24 737 512
4 years later, and it still working flawlessly
I’m assuming Tom has had to fix this dozens of times by now.
@@Sef_Era Probably
4 years, and it’s still spot on!
not anymore
@@XIXDuckyXIX Spot on for me
This guy's a genius. This video is the ultimate clickbait, except it isn't a clickbait!
Agreed m8, agreed
He's a paid actor.
This is a TED talk, but with better background.
Cienciabit: Ciencia y Tecnología. Exposed on my channel
yep
Spot on!
What
All his videos are
Watching in 2024, the title was accurate to the exact view, crazy
This is the perfect " never gets old " video
Fr
Unfortunately, someday it will.
@@LanaaAmor it did
@@g00berthealien wdym its working?
Ikr
This title went from a cool experiment to a massive flex.
The most accurate flex in the entire Internet
The universal S
Very much so
Him: *I flexed on 20M people because I simply changed the title too: "This video has 20M views."*
Came here for the title, left with a existential crisis.
Ikr
Same
funny seeing you here!
at least the code still works... :-)
Yep.
It’s 100% right, at this moment, we miss you Tom.
A lot of people witnessing miracles, on this fine day.
"fine day"
*_[about time 2020 experienced a miracle]_*
And I’ll name them
It’s a Rosa Reference do you guys even know who that is ?!?😂💀
Its a miracle today for me as well
So according to him, this video will never stop being a miracle.
@DON'T reported lmao, hope you get banned
No the title of the video will always be wrong in some way it can be wrong right now and you'd never know it because it hasn't updated yet
@@rainbowsonglyrics6018 ? 😐
it stopped
It’s wrong at the moment
Fun fact: This title is probably the most refreshed title in all of RUclips
G
It has to be, because otherwise if a video was uploaded at the beginning of youtube the title would need to be updated about 7000 times a day
true
You boys have any idea why did this video explode recently? Remember it being at 32m views like a week ago
@@HazzySW1 I smell cap
4 years later still spot on accurate.
I literally come here every month and it’s perfect
Same
Same
Not anymore 😌😏
Omg it’s perfect
@@VaultYT. it Automatically updates through script
Tom: “The title won’t be exactly right”
The Title: Exactly right
RUclips: So you think you’re smart do you?
this comment looks familiar
Doge Guy grow up mate, there’s 132k comments and I read about 3 but if you think I’m sad enough to scroll through and copy another comment then fine but I can assure you you’re wrong. Jealousy at its finest.
Liam Daly lmao just because of a "this comment looks familiar" comment u wrote a whole paragraph? if anything ur offended af, admit it lmao
and its dont u
It’s exact every time I check
This video is getting so many views from people coming back to see if it’s still accurate
Yep. I noticed that
*distantly screaming* you've been trolled, you've been trolled...
I saw it once get messed up but it was fixed
Are u a jojo reference
We've been bamboozled
This has to be the greatest timing of recommendation yet
I went straight to the views and wasn’t disappointed
what was it for you?
Same 31,471,637
@@imeldajokowidodo1413 mines just 31,491,466 views
31,494,477
It's 31,497,384 now
Honestly, this is the coolest “Monument” on RUclips.
More like Easter Egg
Fun and Games apart from the 8 year old video that still has 301 views.
What about neutral response?
why does this have 666 likes I’m scared
This feels like his final message to humanity before some secret organization got to him.
AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Could be
Who knows... Maybe students have to analyze his words in the future 👀
Would love to like but its at 911 likes
Fr
this is insane to me how it’s still working 4 years later
This feels like a part of RUclips history.
It will be
It is
No
But in my history
Existence=History
It is
More than one year later and it’s still 100% accurate
How?!
Yep I can’t believe it
Incredible
Fun fact: everything is either a potato or not a potato
@@Plasmicballs it broke?
"If the title is 100 percent correct, its a miracle"
Seems like it's been a very long miracle
Exactly
It is omg
I checked the views 3 times. 1. Correct. 2. Incorrect (had more views). 3. Correct.
¿ ? U got 126 likes in one day wo
@@provestic 376
4 years later, its still spot on
Tom: *says title will be a bit off*
Viewers: *reality is often disappointing*
Facts it’s 100% spot on
It’s off for me as well but damn it sure as hell is close
Raging Overwatch not anymore
Its exact for me
Exact same for me.
This has been recommended 3 times and hasn’t wrong once.
Sameee
I got wrong one
it’s wrong for me now 💔
It's only been three months, after a year or two it'll slip
Wow same broooooo
I just wasn't expecting something so deep and philosophical, you're a mad lad.
More than MadLads
everytime I see this in my recomendation, the title is always right
pov: you're refreshing aggressively to see the title change
🅿️🅿️
🅿️0️⃣0️⃣🅿️
🅿️0️⃣0️⃣
Did it change?
Maybe its really a miracle
k
This is turning out to be way more accurate than Tom expected
I'd imagine the views presented by the RUclips API are what are also used to show end users. All of the view fudging and aggregation will happen in the background before it's presented anywhere.
ikr
100%
Outside it’s exactly the title
it´s perfect for me
"If it's actually accurate then it'd be a miracle"
Title: Is accurate all the time for over a month
Kyrox Productions I ruined it it was perfect
Kyrox Productions It’s not accurate right now
Over a year*
nah 4 years
It still is accurate
Still spot on.
The title won’t be spot on, it’s a miracle if it is
The title: has always been spot on no matter what
I would like to ask you to listen to my latest song by simply clicking on my channel, you will not regret it
I would like to ask you to listen to my latest song by simply clicking on my channel, you will not regret it
I would like to ask you to listen to my latest song by simply clicking on my channel, you will not regret it
I would like to ask you to listen to my latest song by simply clicking on my channel, you will not regret it
That saying was meant for when the code breaks in the future
So if you want to tell people about this video, you can’t actually give them the title
It depends, you can give them the title if you give it before it updates. And does it matter? No. You can search “This video has views - Tom Scott”. Or send the link
@@gras2121 it uhhhh joke
Greg 👏👏👏
HM maybe but it is indeed a shitty one if it was a joke.
Greg you’re just a troll that got wooshed get over it
"The code was never the important part"
Sounds like the pivotal part in a film where the protagonist has a deep realization.
Sounds like "I am always angry" but in matrix.
Wow stole my comment
The real code was inside us all along...
Someone's watching Westworld
The real matrix was the friends we made along the way
It’s mad how it’s been a year since this came out, feels like yesterday
It’s just a sussy Baka and it cannot be that bad.
*I’m feeling like imposter, I might just be a monster.*
ikr
No, it's feel like yesteryear
omfg
4 days ago 😂
4yrs later and it's still 100% accurate
People are going to be amazed by this when they're recommended this in a couple of years.
And I will be here waiting
This video has 30 million views
@@GhostlyOnion After all this time?
Yup
poop
When the title is correct:
Impossible
I've seen it correct 20 times
the views and the title changes 0-0
Melissa Belmar Davis did you watch the video
@@lol_txch the owner of the vid has the setting to chang the numbers or they can pause the views
I know it cause iam a youtuber
i thought the title and views is just luck and meant to confuse one person and i got so happy
Its a bot
@@AstroVisionProjector we can see u typed it 15 minutes ago, not 15 years
@@szelll *really???????????????*
hm yes
I just view this and did not add views at all
4 Years later and it still works
Him: “don’t bother refreshing and refreshing”
Me: *refreshes anyway*
RUclips: Updates title.
its actually wrong
yep...
Same
I was recommended this at 8.2 million. Then at 12m. Then at 18m. And finally 21m and now I’m finally watching it.
every day since posting
I’ve been here since around 100k and I’m astonished on how much it’s grown
Exactly
Same
title stock market
“Don’t bother refreshing and refreshing” everyone: *refreshes*
Tru tru
Benhasaspike 666 likes
Not true
800th like
Bruh mine was exact
The title, once again, is perfectly correct
This is the most brilliant idea to get views ever created.
The best part is that it’s one of the best RUclips videos I’ve seen in a long time
@@finestcustard5647 I'd definitely say is one of the best videos i've seen on youtube ever.
*This reply has exactly 1 like.*
@@arnaudj.5314 no
@@mohammadzanjani1060 👍👍
recommended huh? we assemble once again
No
Next video to be recommended is the video stuck at 300 views
Why is this on my recommendation page help me out
remember me and i saw this video after it was uploaded
Hi
"The title of this video won't be exactly right"
I'm convinced RUclips just operates on pure spite, because it's been exactly right for over a year now
It baffles me how seemingly no one seems to understand what Scott meant by saying that. The title is simply identical to the youtube's own viewcount, which doesn't keep track of views in real time, only every minute or so. Which means it isn't accurate, and therefore neither is the title.
@@MrSamulai exactly, so many people don't understand this.
@@MrSamulai I feel so stupid right now
Today I have witnessed the title of this video being wrong
What I mean is the RUclips view count says the last theee digits being 288 but the title says 180
4 years later and its STILL spot on everytime i rewatch the video
“If it’s spot on, it’s a miracle”
Here is your wish everyone! 👏
69 likes
😔 309 likes now
@Vaggod1 470 likes :(
@YoZnn 810 likes now
Yo I didn’t expect this to blow up
People literally pushing RUclips's limit no matter what.
Hey gigachad.. I thought you weren't real
@@rishabhbhatt1534 same thought
Not really the limit, just a bot renaming the title to the video views in simple
Your profile picture is the peak of humanity
Nice pfp
"the title of this video won't be exactly right"
"those bastards lied to me"
Nah it's a miracle
@Thomas Kirkpatrick fr
Its exact for me right now
i love that after 10 months its still spot on
@@TiredEyePilot its a miracle
4 years later and it’s still accurate :D
If the code breaks the code isn’t slipping, reality is
Yes
*Classic music starts playing*
ATTENTION THE CODE HAS BROKEN
@@hussainbedair7676 😔😭☺️😶☘️🤣😉😢🤩🤩😶🥒🥒👈
:{
"It's a miracle if it's right"
It's literally exactly right
It's a miracle then
I was kinda blown when I checked up on it today
Hey same with mine!
I was so weirded out for a minute. (Not to mention, 3,203,203 seems like a bit too much of a patterned number)
kirjian right rn too
I don't know why this got recommended to everyone all of a sudden, but it's unbelievable how it's still exact.
It’s broken
@@ashbyglenn5389 mine is 100% correct
You can actually stop your video's views count
@@terminatorgamingthen4369 no you can’t
when the views changes the title changes to that number
just popping by to say it still works
who else is always coming back to check if it’s still correct
I just exited and played it again, it ended in 702 ( the title) and the actual view count was 438. (The last three digits)
Me
Me
its correct now
I am
"Don't bother refreshing and refreshing"
The true master of reverse psychology.
Nova OM™ it was a 1.9m like 10 minutes ago
I got it spot on after one single refresh!
Guess it's more likely to get it right now that the video is years old and doesn't get as many concurrent views all the time.
"The code was never the important part" gets you thinking as a software developer!
Logic is more important, code is just an image but logic is the idea
Code monkey think 'Maybe manager wanna write
Goddamn login page himself!'
I tend to say that every new line of code is just a new chance for failure... and then cry quietly in a corner about my broken code.
Code is a product of your imagined solution of any particular problem and your skill in using any particular tool (language). It's an intermediate step of translating means (imagination and language) to an end (solution).
@@houghwhite411 well i don't think that's entirely true, i don't really know about software developing or coding but i study coding in C++ at school so i am not completely ignorant. i think that knowing the instruments you're working with improves improves the range of things you can create with them, for example in video editing, having a cool idea in your head is and then making one person realize that is fine, but knowing the tools themselves opens many more possibilties, cause you know how they work from the inside and you can come up with many more creative solutions
It's still spot on.
It's creative ideas like these that got me interested in coding.
Fight club
do you play call of duty?
If it’s 100% right then it’s a miracle
Everyone in the comments: I’ve witnessed a miracle
Keagan Davidson same!
IKRRRR
I got it
K.
Meet too
It's incredible how comments made an hour ago are getting 1000s of likes
Ikr 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Trying to get likes oh i see
Ikr
Not yours though
This was literally made an our ago-
this was a very wholesome video the number is still spot on
This has been recommended to me twice, and the title has been exactly right both times. Tom, you clever clogs.
yep
It’s not right
It’s correct rn
Off for me.
It’s right atm
This guy sounds like he’s telling us something from the future
@Brandon Biek same
eirly
I thought that was what was happening
Oof
Hello random person in this chat
nice profile pic
The perfect title doesn’t exist
This video title: *Hold my codes*
Farah haha!
Nice
Ever heard of the ‘Why does youtube views get stuck at 301’ video?
The title and views were actually wrong for me
Edit:it just fixed itself.
I just realized its changed
After all this years, this video is paying for the pension of Tom😊
The code hasn't broken yet, it's still perfect surprisingly
Mine has often been off by a couple hundred views.
It has broken
@@kratz_creed8427 what you mean
Mine is off by 39 views
I refreshed it and it’s back on track
Well, in the south pole. its rare to find people with non-clickbait titles, you earned a penguin's respect
Penguins use smartphone Nowadays?
@@hansamitamajee1930 why not? it's 2020, you know...
@@hansamitamajee1930 Yea you can identify yourself as anything you want
Btw i am a *TREE*
So my experiment worked-_•
I love this comment
Tom: “it won’t be exactly right”
Video: “Hold my beer”
hold my views
It isn’t right, at least it wansnt when I saw it
It’s right for me
It ain't right for me
It’s right right now
the code is so good 😭 it's landing right where it needs to
Him: The title wont be exactly right,
The Title: Literally exactly right
Its because the way that youtube works with the views now
Its 300 views off
it's off now by like 300 views
@@ah1551 It's exactly right again.
@@seagull1311 its right now
I'm watching this. And I'm noticing. This means something more than just code.
TySquii i remember once it was 1000 away from the view count
"If its actually 100% spot on it's a miracle."
Perfect for me
It's Perfect for me
Same
Same
Same
'sgood here
I come back here at least thrice a year, to check the numbers. Impressed everytime!
“The title of this video won’t be exactly right”
Comments: *_are you sure about that_*
Lmao
I was gonna like but 900 looks better then 901
@@benjamingriffith4161 *are you sure about that*
Benjamin Griffith i respect that
I HATE YOU PEOPLE THAT COMMENT THESE
“Just because something is going to break in the end doesn’t mean that it can’t have an effect that lasts into the future”
I needed this
I am a simple german. i see a bavarian, i like.
That effect is me spending nights trying to fix what just broke.
If it’s 100% correct it’s a miracle.
Well Tom, its a miracle then.
Yep
Ikr
Nah the last digit is 4 not 3 for me 😅😅
This dude is a Matrix hacker
Ikr, as soon as i refreshed both the title and viewcount changed and it was exact
Still spot on 4+years later.
Even after a year, it’s still going and still getting it correct every time.
it wasnt correct a few days agot
@@ketamineyoda7627 agoti more like I got tea or a goatee
well no longer correct
Give me your liver
@@doctoryoyogaming5122 DoctorYoyo gaming more like DoctorCorny gaming
Two years later and it's still holding up. Nice work, Tom.
I wrote some code for a company that no longer exists "Bankers Trust". Many years later I came across a small pocket of people I used to work with at BT and found that the remnants have been bought sold traded for around 13 years. At that moment I got introduced as the "Guy who wrote the zzz system". I was mostly shocked that they still had it running. It was written in vb4 using DCOM and MTS in the lat 90's. AFAIK it's still going.
@Kakashi Hatake It is not the same for me, yt shows me 63,614,385 views instead of 63,614,332 Views
@@cobrakzu_2916 yep its starting to drift now i reckon
@@sherr6847 Yee
@@sherr6847 same still for me, maybe you guys caught it before it refreshed. Remember Tom said it doesn't refresh quickly
Tom: Title won’t be right
Title: Actually right
Tom: 🗿
its still spot on
Tom: “The title of this video won’t be exactly right”
Me every time I come back to check it: ‘You lied to me’
I was about to say something similar
@The Tailor ツ bro nobody is changing this on purpose, have you watched the video?
It failed once for me
That's british people for you. Set our expectations low so they don't disappoint when they don't deliver
@@requiem165 Screenshot or it didn't happen.
Did anyone else come into the comments looking for people who commented “whys this in my recommended” because it feels like this video was uploaded like 8 years ago, but it’s not
same
Nah not at all
yes dude
Kinda impressed that this video was uploaded on 6 apr 2020. Just a few weeks ago. Mind blowing
You all should watch his other videos, they are all mind blowing
"The title of this video won't be exactly right
"
The title: _say sike right now_
You got likes thought I’d tell you
How has it been 4 years and the title is still on the dot, this is insane!