Ask HN: Why do so many YouTube videos have exactly 54 upvotes?

9 points by fluentbyfire 2y ago ↗ HN

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annor 2y ago ↗

Cuz it adds up to 9

albert_e 2y ago ↗

Maybe Hallucinations-as-a-Service?

Lot of people reporting similar months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/15fvsu0/likes_are_...

markstos 2y ago ↗

Sounds like a caching bug in the app.

vasili111 2y ago ↗

Maybe system updates counts when it reaches that number?

squeaky-clean 2y ago ↗

The app has been glitched recently and only shows the thumbs up count from the first video you've watched.

u2077 2y ago ↗

It may be related to the famous 301 view count where YouTube would stop updating the total pending further verification that the views are legitimate. See: https://youtu.be/oIkhgagvrjI This behavior was later removed in 2015, but I wouldn’t be surprised if something similar is happening here.