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by pessimizer 1117 days ago
Being off by up to 50% is plenty of signal.
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The video linked is also a small YouTuber with not many views on their videos. Looking at the comparisons it actually gave a pretty close count. Sure it's not exact, but considering it's a small niche YouTuber it seems to be giving a fairly decent approximation. On even larger YouTube channels it's likely going to give you an even better sample of whether people like or dislike the video.