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[[Sonic Says...|Sonic says]]: "If someone tries to hack the views of your YTMND, that's '''no good.'''"
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We're no strangers to love
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You know the rules and so do I
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A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
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You wouldn't get this from any other guy
  
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==Viewhacking==
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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A new way to garner votes and views is to change the name of the site or to change the substance of the site to trick people into clicking the site and bumping it up to the top of the YTMND list. Since its inception and spread, the term "viewhacking" was coined for this practice and thus became the general phrase. The original person to do this, TDP, only did it to see how long it would take to get 100,000 views; he was successful, and the final version now lists the site's previous incarnations. However, several others followed after that, and has since become a fairly imminent nuisance. In November 2005, a group of users from the North Carolina State University forums led by the user 'justkeepthatinmind' artificially raised the number of views on their sites in order to get into the top 15 most viewed.  When called on their actions by other YTMND users, they viewhacked their critics' sites as well in an attempt to confuse people. Such actions are generally frowned upon and subjected to low votes, much along with the practice of using misleading search terms or titles to attract viewers to a page. On rare occasion, the titles are updated to keep in relation to a site that has been only moderately changed, such as an update, fix, or response to attention.
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Gotta make you understand
  
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In January 2006, Max deleted hundreds of users who had upwards of 20 alternate accounts that they were using to upvote/downvote theirs and other user's sites.
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
  
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Once in a while, there will be an error in the system, and the "Top-15" will reset itself to the default alphabetical order. The user A-Z2 is near the top of the user list, and therefore occasionally gets several of his ytmnds in the daily "Top-15" at the same time this way.
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We've known each other for so long
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Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
  
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And if you ask me how I'm feeling
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Don't tell me you're too blind to see
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down
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Never gonna run around and desert you
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Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye
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Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
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(Ooh give you up)
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(Ooh give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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(Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)
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We've known each other for so long
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Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
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Inside we both know what's been going on
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We know the game and we're gonna play it
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I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
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Gotta make you understand

Revision as of 17:17, July 18, 2010

We're no strangers to love You know the rules and so do I A full commitment's what I'm thinking of You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

(Ooh give you up) (Ooh give you up) (Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up) (Ooh) never gonna give, never gonna give (give you up)

We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it Inside we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand

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