(28-12-2010 18:07 )aaron Wrote:  There is a guy on the megaupload forum who says he uploaded a film in 4 parts and was told by several people that part 4 was unavailable. When he went to check on it he found that parts 1 to 3 of the film had 100 downloads each and part 4 which had been unavailable for a while had 600 downloads. Since people had told him that part 4 of the film was unavailable it should have had less downloads than the first 3 parts, not 6 times as many. The conclusion seems to be that you can't rely on the megaupload stats and sometimes the figures are simply way out. The unusual video download patterns that you report are almost certainly not real downloads.

(28-12-2010 20:33 )Dan Volatile Wrote:  Interesting. Did he say if that occurred recently because up to the start of this month there was no hint of any unusual download numbers.

(27-12-2010 18:14 )Dan Volatile Wrote:  

(27-12-2010 15:00 )aaron Wrote:  The answer is that sometimes certain files on megaupload are unavailable for some reason and people click multiple times on the links trying to download them, thereby creating completely false download figures.

I can't believe that it registers as a download when you just click on the download link.
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(03-01-2011 08:36 )Dan Volatile Wrote:  

(27-12-2010 18:14 )Dan Volatile Wrote:  

(27-12-2010 15:00 )aaron Wrote:  The answer is that sometimes certain files on megaupload are unavailable for some reason and people click multiple times on the links trying to download them, thereby creating completely false download figures.

I can't believe that it registers as a download when you just click on the download link.
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I was wrong about this. Choosing "download this file" in MU filemanager starts the 25 second countdown like when a download link is clicked. If you abort while the countdown is happening it still registers as a download, it just seems to take a few hours to register. I haven't been able to test whether this occurs on a "temporarily unavailable" video but from what aaron says it seems likely to be the case. Having said that I have not seen the "unavailable" message for a few weeks so perhaps they have resolved that issue.
So Megaupload users, instead of twiddling your thumbs whilst waiting for your forum page to load, get clicking on your own videos and rack up a few reward points (I managed twenty "downloads" between Chris Tremlett deliveries )

(04-01-2011 19:18 )aceman65 Wrote:  That's a nice idea, but it only registers once per file per day. And the file in question has to 100 MB or less. But if you have a group of friends that click on your downloads once per day, you can rack-up quite a few points.

I bet they fix that bug kinda fast, as people will be racking up points like there's no tomorrow.

(04-01-2011 21:18 )aceman65 Wrote:  Well if that's true, then there own rules which are listed are actually wrong then.

They say that reward points are only awarded once per file, per IP address, per 24 hours. If the file is 100 MB or less. If your telling me that you can click on the download link for the same file more than once in a 24 hour period, and all clicks register a reward point. Then they have only got themselves to blame.

Now lets see if I can rack-up a few more free months.

(05-01-2011 19:09 )aceman65 Wrote:  Well I clicked to download my first 50 smallest files twice yesterday, I registered the 100 downloads, but gained 50 reward points. So I guess there rules are correct.

I didn't actually download a single file, just clicking on the download link is enough to register a download.