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That wouldn't be hard to add at all; great suggestion! I've been working on a few different notification methods namely: automatically changing the title of a video that is under attack, sending YoutTube PMs (thanks!), sending EMails, Twitter updates, etc, etc. I am currently working on a web...

It seems that not only do they attempt to woo their God with songs and sexy horns, they also partake in ritual anorexia in an attempt to look more thin and catch their God's eye more readily. Public Fast Called to Fight Swine Flu Recently we caught up with Daniel Owen for a comment. Upon...

Yes, a votebot attacker could effectively make their attacks harder to detect by decreasing the severity of the attacks either by slowing down, or not so stupidly leaving only 1 star votes. The irony of this is that the original votebots were designed to uprate peoples' videos and to garner...

This issue has been raised a few times. You can see a video from a Tuber expressing the same concern here: I responded briefly in his comments section, and I will include part of my PM response to the video's author: I would further state that the the mathematical premise behind...

Alright everyone, this post will seem long and boring, but I didn't want to put it into the blog, so ... here are a few short help files I've compiled while providing support to the masses. Please be sure to read them to completion before posting a support request! The most simple step by step...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 My last post in this thread ever in case anyone was following my updates. I've posted a demo vid on my channel, check there for any further updates.

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 12 hours later ... the re-write is almost complete! Everything is done except for the code to actually disable ratings. I've run rudimentary test, but very shortly I'll be looking for others to play with the program, and see how it runs for them. Here...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 Yes, there is a quota on call frequency. This shouldn't be a problem for individual users since I will make the minimum data resolution 20 minutes. I am a little worried that it's based solely on the API key (the FAQ is vague) but I suspect that it goes...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 One more update, time to get excited (all 2 of you that paid some attention hehe) Here is a screenshot of the program working! Here are some close ups of the options I have implemented so far If anyone wants to be part of this little project...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 LOL. Good catch. Yea, the API key is pretty big ... and I can't see why someone wouldn't just grab their own (or three), but as you said: "better safe than sorry." Image edited ;p. I hope to have a working version tonight, if anyone is interested in...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 Well, I've been experimenting for the last few nights, and I thought you guys might like an update. First, I have a few new ideas on votebot detection. Idea #1 goes like this... we know the following: N(0) = number of votes at t = 0 N(1) = number of...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 I originally thought the resource hogging nature of a real-time monitor would be an issue, but I have a few novel ideas on how to minimize the traffic and to hopefully avoid irking YouTube into paying attention to my software. Here's a short version...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 Yes, I've considered this, but I haven't thoroughly tested it. YouTube/Google provides means for getting these statistics via their Data API, and it's just a matter of a few tests to nail the delays down. I've already got a developer's key (you can get...

Re: Votebot Anatomy 101 – Part 2 Great analysis you have going here CS, keep it up. I've been kicking around the idea of writing some software to combat vote botting. I've asked a few tubers their opinions on the idea, and I've gotten lukewarm responses; so, tell me what you think, and...