Super Seconded.Mr. Gency said:
On a slightly-related note,why did Youtube change the whole damn rating system?
Youtube has cancer.
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On a slightly-related note,why did Youtube change the whole damn rating system?
This. Just this.Pielikey said:
(Here's a bunch of random useless text so that the low-content rule doesn't bite me in the ass).
it's not that we can't switch it off, it's just that the bar raises itself up even if your cursor isn't that close to it. you can be just barely past halfway down the screen (maybe to check out the vid description) and BLOOOP it pops up and gr
but whatever, just delete the second "&" and that's enough to show my disapproval lol
but whatever, just delete the second "&" and that's enough to show my disapproval lol
yes, i hate it, i liked it better when it was on the right, the autoplay off by default. Gah, i hate it.
Yeah, and if you read the topic, you'd know that you essentially can't turn it off, it turns itself back on again.Plazmatic said:this picture pretty much explains it...Mr Montmorency said:
theres an on off switch clearly marked by op.
The answer for the question "why does YouTube do x" is obvious if you look at the parent company. Some years ago Google bought YouTube. Google sells advertising; this is how they make their profit.
As advertising comes up that's apparently relevant to every video, the best way to show more ads (and thus make more money) is to show more videos. Thus, they create an autoplay feature that queues up videos automatically.
They may wrap it up in PR speak as "finding videos you might like to see" but really it's about getting those ads to you.
Luckily there's a lot of ways to kill the behavior. Tubestop is one, an add-on for Firefox, and there's Greasemonkey scripts for same.
As advertising comes up that's apparently relevant to every video, the best way to show more ads (and thus make more money) is to show more videos. Thus, they create an autoplay feature that queues up videos automatically.
They may wrap it up in PR speak as "finding videos you might like to see" but really it's about getting those ads to you.
Luckily there's a lot of ways to kill the behavior. Tubestop is one, an add-on for Firefox, and there's Greasemonkey scripts for same.
Honestly, Youtube started being shit since google really.
The main problem is, There's not many other video hosting sites that are half decent, And you also dont have to pay for, and the fact that if you post videos on youtube, you'll get alot more views them if you posted it on a random video hosting site.
But really, Who the fuck really uses this bar? it's useless, You can just look to the right or look at the videos once the vid is finished, I see no reason for this rubish.
The main problem is, There's not many other video hosting sites that are half decent, And you also dont have to pay for, and the fact that if you post videos on youtube, you'll get alot more views them if you posted it on a random video hosting site.
But really, Who the fuck really uses this bar? it's useless, You can just look to the right or look at the videos once the vid is finished, I see no reason for this rubish.
Do people seriously not like the new channel format? How does that even work? It's far more streamlined and useful than the old channel format, allows for easy scrolling through videos/favorites without having to scroll down past the video itself, and doesn't look like shit to boot!
I'll agree that the autoplay bar at the bottom of subscribed videos is annoying, but really? People still hate the new format?
I'll agree that the autoplay bar at the bottom of subscribed videos is annoying, but really? People still hate the new format?
What really pisses me off on youtube is how hidden away the user history is. It's just about the only button on my profile I ever need to press, yet it's tucked away behind multiple mouse clicks instead of being right there at the start like it should be.
Honestly there was one stage where I thought it had been removed completely.
Honestly there was one stage where I thought it had been removed completely.
Or fix the already existing problems. I like the new channel design they introduced, but I've heard that links to videos mysteriously, vanish. As in the video is still actually on the server and exists, there's just no link TO it that can be seen.ProfessorLayton said:
Besides that, it's really jarring the way it just pops out of the bottom like some annoying brat going "LOOK AT ME!".
