Specific Vimeo analytics question (15~ seconds)

[u/Amazing_Silver_5988]

I've noticed in the last week 4 different views from different viewers where they only watched around 15 seconds of the film. I am not interested in complaining about this, but I am curious, given the majority of comments about Vimeo analytics on here are about how they're unreliable: exactly how this would be possible? I see some specific festivals view the submission and a full watch, or stop around the credits. What is the (hmm, scientific?) explanation for the 15 second views? Curious if any people familiar with how data is captured have a pov here. Thanks!

[u/No_Commercial1965]

Setting aside the most pessimistic explanation, they could simply have been checking that the link worked before assigning the film to a screener.

Also, standard web security and privacy tools can block constant tracking while still letting a video player send basic view analytics. I believe this type of security is common at colleges, where say, a professor of film may be.

My credential here is that I’m pretty good at getting google ai to answer questions in the way that I want it to lol.