Q: Hi again, I would really like to buy 5 codes BUT, while Swarmify does have a big plus (almost instant video ...
play) - it also has two huge minuses.
1. Counting views system is clearly flawed and the only answer until now is that video creator clicked more than he realised and after a day or two, view counts will become "real".
Your "counting clicks" system is not only un-realistic but potentially misleading even the video owner (eg a viral that's not really viral). Somebody mentioned the bots issue. Bots can be used anyway on anything, but in your case, it's the easiest bot doing just an F5 - compared to other solutions where bandwidth or minutes played are counted.
100k "views" can easily become 100 in reality.
With your system, youtube would go bust in a day :)
2. Swarmify link on my videos
I probably wouldn't mind to advertise Swarmify (on *some* videos) but as a client I *should* have the option to keep my viewers on my page.
From this point of view, smartvideo is absolutely no better than youtube - just more subtle.
Any chance these points are clarified?
Philip_Swarmify
May 15, 2024A: James_Swarmify has just published some information about the inflated view counts and the teams findings
https://appsumo.com/swarmify/#q337617
weavermedia
Verified purchaser
You can hide the acceleration button using this custom CSS on your page:
.vjs-swarmify-signal-icon { display: none !important; }
Hopefully full player customization is coming soon. If not full visual styling, at least the ability to show/hide the various elements.
SumoGTThank you very much for this, it sounds encouraging - to know that it's possible. (as of now)
But rather than a css workaround I think a proper "completely unbranded" option from Swarmify, mentioned for a paid appsumo deal would be more appropriate.
The "views counting" issue still stays. :)
bram49150PLUSVerified purchaser
🙌 thank you so much