Well I don't want to burst anyones ego's, but a little birdy just told me that this whole view situation HAD absolutely nothing to do with BHW, apparently, it all traces back to the partner program.
As most here are aware, partner accounts are monetarized, so as well as a view count, for the videos, there is also a view count for the adverts, and this is where the major discrepencies were showing up, partner accounts were boosting their videos, and so they were showing views well in excess of the views being recorded by the advertizing programs, so YT stepped in to create a new, more accurate view count system.
& before anyone asks me why they didn't just ban the partners they caught, instead of creating this new system, that's created all this mess, I can honestly say I have no clue, & why should I, not like YT is going to tell me?
I guess there's a strong chance this was considered less embaressing than axing a number of 'popular' partners, and admitting they suspected them of 'cheating'?
Anyway, that's apparently what lead to this situation in the first place, not BHW, or anything written here.
There is a chance, having been linked on the blog, and in the help forum, that they are aware of this place, and reading it, but that wasn't what created this, and it had nothing to do with their motivation in making the changes.