They have been manipulating this for years on Youtube. I once clicked a thumbs down on an Obama video once, then went off and right back to the same video 10 seconds later and it showed that I had given it a thumbs up instead of a thumbs down.
Yes. This is true.
I was on a thread last night. When a pro-Obamacare remark was posted, it had an instant thumbs up.
The Antis were marked down instantly.
Also, there is a group of pros who are commenting with talking points. I was amazed that the first comment on the video posted by a FReeper from MI was a Pro-Obamacare person.
Someone is tracking these.
I’ve noticed something fishy (to use an Obama term) about the thumbs down/ups at YouTube. It doesn’t seem like mine get counted all the time.