Your first state was kind of contradictory to your second one haha, but I see your point. There definitely is a sub glitch though.There was no update (at least not a big one) or glitch. Simply the dabase was updated and based on it old video connections were broken and new one established (eventually). With other words the database is evolving and the algorithm reacts accordingly. Bottomline - startegies which were very OK an year or two ago - may not work anymore.
Here's some proof
twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/799082749856452608
Your first state was kind of contradictory to your second one haha, but I see your point. There definitely is a sub glitch though.
Here's some proof
twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/799082749856452608
youtu.be/r5bK00aSox8?t=1m10s
Don't take what he said to heart. He's obviously just venting and speaking emotionally.So he is saying Yt is doing this to demotivate you. Why would Yt want to demotivate its creators and destroy its revenue stream? That's like a restaurant manager spitting in soup and rubbing garlic bread on his a** to stop his customers coming back. Why? It makes no sense for the largest video hosting site in the world to kill its revenue.