Topic: What's up with the youtube logo?
Anonymous A started this discussion 2 years ago #113,573
The one at the top left of the screen on the desktop version of the site.
It seems to change like every day or so and when I hover over it with my mouse, the alt text has some often vague caption where I still don't know what the logo is supposed to be representing or celebrating.
When I click on the logo, it just takes me to the generic youtube home page with no context or information. It used to be on google search that when they showed a custom logo and you'd click on it, it'd bring you to a search page related to whatever it is the logo was commemorating. I don't know if they still do that for google search because I stopped using it a while ago.
I guess they decided for youtube we don't need any context or info and everyone will just instantly know from a 100x100 px image what's being represented.
When I view the page from a different browser, or even in private mode the custom logo goes away and I get the generic one again. Same thing when I use IPs from different countries. So I can't even tell if the logo is supposed to be in reference to some event or if it's even just something related (again very vaguely, from what I can tell) to my watch history.
The weird thing is I've searched around and I don't find anyone talking about this, although I didn't spend that much time searching around. There used to be sites dedicated to documenting all the different google logo variations (maybe there still are), but I didn't find anything or anyone talking about the youtube logos.
It seems to change like every day or so and when I hover over it with my mouse, the alt text has some often vague caption where I still don't know what the logo is supposed to be representing or celebrating.
When I click on the logo, it just takes me to the generic youtube home page with no context or information. It used to be on google search that when they showed a custom logo and you'd click on it, it'd bring you to a search page related to whatever it is the logo was commemorating. I don't know if they still do that for google search because I stopped using it a while ago.
I guess they decided for youtube we don't need any context or info and everyone will just instantly know from a 100x100 px image what's being represented.
When I view the page from a different browser, or even in private mode the custom logo goes away and I get the generic one again. Same thing when I use IPs from different countries. So I can't even tell if the logo is supposed to be in reference to some event or if it's even just something related (again very vaguely, from what I can tell) to my watch history.
The weird thing is I've searched around and I don't find anyone talking about this, although I didn't spend that much time searching around. There used to be sites dedicated to documenting all the different google logo variations (maybe there still are), but I didn't find anything or anyone talking about the youtube logos.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 41 seconds later[^] [v] #1,257,589
I don't know what your talking about.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 3 minutes later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,590
Youtube (pronounced as one word)
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 3 minutes later, 7 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,592
@1,257,589 (B)I mean, what the fuck is that? Most of them I can at least tell what is being shown, even though I don't know why it's being shown or what it's referring to, but this one is particularly bad.
dj coco nutty joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 8 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,689
boof joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 3 hours later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,696
it's in that fucking globohomo art style too
someone needs to make horrible pornographic globohomo stuff so that anyone who sees globohomo will be reminded of the porn horrors
someone needs to make horrible pornographic globohomo stuff so that anyone who sees globohomo will be reminded of the porn horrors
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,705
@1,257,689 (dj coco nutty)
I had no idea that this was a term. It's like South Park but unironically.
Why breakdancers though? Was it international breakdancing day? International bad art day?
I had no idea that this was a term. It's like South Park but unironically.
Why breakdancers though? Was it international breakdancing day? International bad art day?
dj coco nutty replied with this 2 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,907
@previous (A)
Yeah I really hate that the term ended up using Memphis in the name as the Memphis Milano art group was actually talented and created some of the most memorable design of the last century but sbah can you do
Yeah I really hate that the term ended up using Memphis in the name as the Memphis Milano art group was actually talented and created some of the most memorable design of the last century but sbah can you do
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,913
@previous (dj coco nutty)I can see the appeal of some of the Memphis Milano stuff, but it's a little too busy for me. Maybe a good style for a public space, but I feel like it's just not relaxing enough to have in a home, unless it's contained to only one part of the house.
I hadn't heard of Memphis Milano before so I looked up pictures and found this one. The look of it made me think of a 3D computer rendering so I clicked and zoomed in. A quick glance and I still couldn't figure it out, especially after looking at the specular red and gray cabinet in the back of the room. Anyone that's done any work in Blender knows that look. Blender gives this specular look when you're previewing a render and it slowly fills and smooths it out as it loads.
It reminds me of Max Headroom.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 years ago, 9 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,257,990
They change it constantly and for no apparent reason. It's not like Google's doodles; it's often just random artwork celebrating nothing.