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June 25, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini for The Daily Dot
If you spend a lot of time on YouTube, chances are you’ve seen recent videos that have had their view counts frozen at exactly 301. But why? Ever since the number appeared last July, YouTubers have suspected everything from a glitch to a conspiracy.
But according to Ted Hamilton, a product manager for YouTube analytics, the answer is far more arbitrary than that. Speaking with Numberphile host Brady Haran, Hamilton offered the explanation in a video dedicated to the mystery.
“We get asked about it all the time,” he said. “I wouldn’t say that it causes angst, but I would certainly classify it as an annoyance.”
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