Topic: My name is Google and all I do is change for the sake of change
Anonymous A started this discussion 15 years ago #14,784
I just can't STAND the idea of people being used to a Web site so I must alienate the users at every single Goddamn moment by forcing huge changes on them without offering an opt-in beta first!
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later[^] [v] #260,610
[whine][/whine]
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 12 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,611
"I DON'T LIKE CHANGE." - OPAnonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,612
@previous (C)
> "I'm a fucking child that wants EVERYTHING to be completely dynamic and bleeding-edge even at the expense of common-sense" - AnonB
All right, let's look at it in parts:
LEFT SIDE
"Add channels" button: worthless. I'll never touch this shit. I add channels when I find stuff I like. I don't read a dumb recommended list with shit like VEVO, Fred or whatever and say "oh, I want to watch this crap."
Subscriptions: first two buttons are Google+ and Facebook. I don't want any of this here (what the hell are these two buttons doing here anyway?), and I hate sharing what I do. I can't remove this crap. This is followed by a list of the pinned subs, which is a horrible way to navigate through subscriptions anyway.
"From YouTube": another way for YouTube to shove content down my throat. I'll never use any of this.
"Suggested Channels": the same thing all over again. It just recommends me content from Brazil because I'm a Brazilian. In fact, I'm actively avoiding all this shit because there's nothing good coming from here.
MIDDLE COLUMN
It only shows one single video from each subscription, and there's no way to remove items I'm not interested in. And by items, I mean individual videos too, not everything new by a channel, which I'm betting is how they'll add this function back. ಠ_à²
RIGHT SIDE
More "Recommended" crap I'll never care about. Shit that's popular in YouTube in general and in Brazil. Bah.
Veredict: YouTube is even less about "you" now. It's just desperately polluting every page with shit you don't care about.
It's just like trying to find a channel to watch on TV when there are 50 TVs all around you playing crap. And you don't know which remote is which.
Here's a really relevant Wired article: "YouTube Revamp Foreshadows Google’s Vision of Media"
At least the new Analytics is an improvement, IMO.
> "I'm a fucking child that wants EVERYTHING to be completely dynamic and bleeding-edge even at the expense of common-sense" - AnonB
All right, let's look at it in parts:
LEFT SIDE
"Add channels" button: worthless. I'll never touch this shit. I add channels when I find stuff I like. I don't read a dumb recommended list with shit like VEVO, Fred or whatever and say "oh, I want to watch this crap."
Subscriptions: first two buttons are Google+ and Facebook. I don't want any of this here (what the hell are these two buttons doing here anyway?), and I hate sharing what I do. I can't remove this crap. This is followed by a list of the pinned subs, which is a horrible way to navigate through subscriptions anyway.
"From YouTube": another way for YouTube to shove content down my throat. I'll never use any of this.
"Suggested Channels": the same thing all over again. It just recommends me content from Brazil because I'm a Brazilian. In fact, I'm actively avoiding all this shit because there's nothing good coming from here.
MIDDLE COLUMN
It only shows one single video from each subscription, and there's no way to remove items I'm not interested in. And by items, I mean individual videos too, not everything new by a channel, which I'm betting is how they'll add this function back. ಠ_à²
RIGHT SIDE
More "Recommended" crap I'll never care about. Shit that's popular in YouTube in general and in Brazil. Bah.
Veredict: YouTube is even less about "you" now. It's just desperately polluting every page with shit you don't care about.
It's just like trying to find a channel to watch on TV when there are 50 TVs all around you playing crap. And you don't know which remote is which.
Here's a really relevant Wired article: "YouTube Revamp Foreshadows Google’s Vision of Media"
At least the new Analytics is an improvement, IMO.
(Edited 2 minutes later.)
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,613
It's always done internet searches for me well enough. That's all I need from it really.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,614
YouTube is fucking the widescreen users over by not using both min-width:*px and width:*%.
Anonymous C replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,616
@260,612 (A)
> "Add channels" button: worthless. I'll never touch this shit. I add channels when I find stuff I like.
I like it. It's given me some good recommendations and I've already subscribed to a couple of them.
> Subscriptions: first two buttons are Google+ and Facebook. I don't want any of this here (what the hell are these two buttons doing here anyway?), and I hate sharing what I do.
Yeah I agree with you there.
> It only shows one single video from each subscription
It doesn't for me, some have 4 or more videos.
I pretty much agree with everything else. Things should definitely be more customizable.
> "Add channels" button: worthless. I'll never touch this shit. I add channels when I find stuff I like.
I like it. It's given me some good recommendations and I've already subscribed to a couple of them.
> Subscriptions: first two buttons are Google+ and Facebook. I don't want any of this here (what the hell are these two buttons doing here anyway?), and I hate sharing what I do.
Yeah I agree with you there.
> It only shows one single video from each subscription
It doesn't for me, some have 4 or more videos.
I pretty much agree with everything else. Things should definitely be more customizable.
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Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 4 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,617
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 9 minutes later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #260,618
> My name is OP and all I do is whine for the sake of whiningAnonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #260,622
> aspies> changes
> mfw
dreamworks !AIy/L67q.s joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,647
so dont use youtube
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 27 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,648
um, they had an opt-in beta for months
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,670
Google here. We really only do that so tons of people will bitch and moan necessary increasing our overall share of what's being discussed. You see we've learned something running the world's greatest search engine: trolling is the future.
Ks !KansasxqvM joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 34 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,675
dreamworks !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 4 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,740
why won't videos go away from my subbox after i've watched them
Green !6PPj7P5Iag joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 19 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,745
Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 54 seconds later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,746
@260,740 (dreamworks !AIy/L67q.s)
Yeah, we didn't like that either. But it cause a good deal of bitching within the focus groups so we decided it had to stay.
Remember, it's not a bug, it's a feature.
Yeah, we didn't like that either. But it cause a good deal of bitching within the focus groups so we decided it had to stay.
Remember, it's not a bug, it's a feature.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,748
@260,613 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> It's always done internet searches for me well enough. That's all I need from it really.
> It's always done internet searches for me well enough. That's all I need from it really.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #260,754
@260,617 (E)
I'd make the design more streamline with Google's theme of their pages rather than some ugly-ass clusterfuck. Also, keep in mind that a TEAM designed this mess of a redesign. An entire team was paid to fuck up YouTube. Again.
I'd make the design more streamline with Google's theme of their pages rather than some ugly-ass clusterfuck. Also, keep in mind that a TEAM designed this mess of a redesign. An entire team was paid to fuck up YouTube. Again.
Anonymous E replied with this 15 years ago, 19 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #261,297
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #261,446
@260,612 (A)
> the entire universe revolves around me
Here's an idea: if you don't like using a free service, then stop using said free service. Fucktard.
> the entire universe revolves around me
Here's an idea: if you don't like using a free service, then stop using said free service. Fucktard.
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 13 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #261,644
are you retardd, OP? who fucking cares
nobody
that's who
you're a nobody
and a loser
loser
you're a loser!
nobody
that's who
you're a nobody
and a loser
loser
you're a loser!
dreamworks !AIy/L67q.s replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #261,645
i agree with anonymous o
Anonymous J replied with this 15 years ago, 14 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #261,945
@260,612 (A)
So if you're so fucking smart and know so fucking much OP, why don't you make your own illegal YouTube clone? You see you can't, and that's exactly why your opinion is totally fucking irrelevant. lol.
So if you're so fucking smart and know so fucking much OP, why don't you make your own illegal YouTube clone? You see you can't, and that's exactly why your opinion is totally fucking irrelevant. lol.
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Anonymous P joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 10 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #261,949
Look at all the Google Defense Force ITT. It's like you guys practically BEG for Google to fuck over your browsing experience simply because it's different from the status quo.