Okay libs, please explain how down votes given against Biden's new press secretary show 10K votes but somehow miraculously dropped to 3.1K just 4 minutes later.
Perhaps MAGA bombarded the video with downvotes in a way that violates YouTube's rules, and YouTube corrected in real time.
YouTube notes the
policies and systems in place to ensure that engagement on YouTube is authentic, and that fraudulent metrics are removed. Sometimes the Likes or Dislikes are a result of spam, according to YouTube documents, at which time they are removed.
This de-spamming process is ongoing, per YouTube. It starts as soon as a video is uploaded and continues to ensure that all metrics are valid.
It turns out this happens
more often than some think, and it can become an issue. A 2019 article on
The Verge calls attention to “
Dislike mobs,” which are the YouTube equivalent to review bombing that negatively impacts a product or service.
Engagement metrics on videos are updated regularly to reflect organic engagement. This process initiates as soon as the stream starts and continues for several hours.
If that actually were the case, it wouldn't be "the democrats" who were cheating the system, would it?