- Jan 8, 2011
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"Facebook says it’s now streaming more video than YouTube. To be able to make that claim, all they had to do was cheat, lie, and steal."
Read more: BLOG POST BY HANK GREEN
Via: TECHRADAR.COM - Facebook is playing dirty to kick YouTube off its throne.
Read more: BLOG POST BY HANK GREEN
Facebook is playing dirty in its quest to be a bigger video platform than YouTube, according to popular vlogging star Hank Green.
Green, who makes up one half of the Blogbrothers, a video duo who have racked up over 552 million views, has published a blog post called 'Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video' which criticises Facebook's behaviour when it comes to video.
Green complains that Facebook not only promotes natively posted videos more so than embedded YouTube videos, but it also exaggerates the number of viewers.
"A SciShow YouTube video embedded on Facebook will reach between 20,000 and 50,000 people and be viewed by hundreds of people," writes Green. "The same video uploaded natively will get a reach of between 60,000 and 150,000 and be 'viewed' by tens of thousands."
Green, who makes up one half of the Blogbrothers, a video duo who have racked up over 552 million views, has published a blog post called 'Theft, Lies, and Facebook Video' which criticises Facebook's behaviour when it comes to video.
Green complains that Facebook not only promotes natively posted videos more so than embedded YouTube videos, but it also exaggerates the number of viewers.
"A SciShow YouTube video embedded on Facebook will reach between 20,000 and 50,000 people and be viewed by hundreds of people," writes Green. "The same video uploaded natively will get a reach of between 60,000 and 150,000 and be 'viewed' by tens of thousands."
Via: TECHRADAR.COM - Facebook is playing dirty to kick YouTube off its throne.
