Actually the 'freeze partner vids' idea is not a bad one - just not a likely one. And Goggle is very headstrong so u r right, we're likely not going to scare them no mattter how big or small we are.
ppl on other threads have been trying to freeze views as well. Some have been successful (against older vids or small timer one hit wonder vids, others not so much (against partners/high traffic accounts).
I also agree it would take a large number of people spamming partners views 24\7 to have an impact. The question is even if the spammed views/ratings/etc were equal to or higher than the "realUnique" views would a high traffic partner video be impacted anyway? Possibly not.
At this time don't know what ratios are set, what exceptinos are made, or any thing else about the 'rules' set in YTs new code.