Fake YouTube "Likes" Industry

[Otokichi]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/11/technology/youtube-fake-view-sellers.html

This is not about music, though musicians have been known to "buy fake YouTube likes." I have wondered how some very obscure or "narrow focus" Vlogs have attracted suspiciously large "Like" numbers, and it turns out that YouTube has a thorny problem on it's hands. Submitted for your approval, the "Fake YouTube Likes" merchants who "pump and dump" videos.

[Carl]

All 9 views on our latest video are authentic:

 

[Otokichi]

I've heard about the band and the track, but not this performance. Here comes the next big thing, snarling and shouting...