New YouTube Homepage design? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2019, 08:57:36 pm
content: Hi everyone,this evening, i noticed that YouTube seems to think i have gone blind...When i am logged in, i now only see huge video thumbnails, four per row, three rows in total, for the last row i cannot even fully see the title. On 27" at 2560x1440, no zoom in the browser, Windows scaling 125%. When i disable my bookmark sidebar, i see 5 per row.Also, those videos are not categorized in any way. They just look like randomly selected according to the "algorythm".The interesting thing is that this goes to normal as soon as i log out, with location based video recommendations. When i log back in, the mess is back. This is *not* browser specific. This happens in Firefox and Vivaldi.On the specific channel pages, everything still seems to be like before, whether i am logged in or not.I suspect i have finally been hit by one of those user tests that are supposedly done by Google from time to time.Does anyone know how i would turn that off or opt out of a test like that?

author: Yansi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2019, 09:26:08 pm
content: make sure you find the "give feedback" button on the new shitpage and leave them nasty and honest review of their changes.Have you seen the Studio Beta piece of crap? I was so pissed. The GUI looks so horrible even 10 yo old could make better. I could not find anything there. I was extremely pissed.

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 17, 2019, 10:04:36 pm
content: Quote from: Ranayna on September 17, 2019, 08:57:36 pmJudging by some gripes I hear about the algorithm there are those who might preferrandom selection. But the algorithm will learn over time what you like and if you click the x on the offer it will learn faster.I suspect over time with suitable training based on my viewing selections the algorithm will only offer things very similar to what I already watch. The offering of views that fit comfortably within ones own realm or the tribe will serve to further polarise discourse. I'm pretty sure that's a bad thing. Flat Earthers need a global view.I can easily ignore Pewdepie's 100M trophy unboxing.

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2019, 07:54:49 am
content: Nah, the algorithm is somewhat allright. What I see, at least the ones at the top, are definitely related to what else I watch. I actually like the algorithm, it sometimes points me to interesting new channels.My main issue with that new interface is, that it is not grouped at all anymore.Originally, and it still is when I log out, the thumbnails were grouped either by channels, or by theme, in a one or two row box with a distinct border to the next channel/category. Only the top few rows were uncategorized. Now it's all jumbled together and huge.I will see if I can share a screenshot this evening (I am at work currently and will not login to my account there).

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 18, 2019, 08:54:28 am
content: There's definitely something going on whereby YT makes the odd recommendation that's completely 'outside the box'.On my home page right now there are 10 'recommended' videos. Of these, two are from channels I subscribe to, and 7 of the others are on a subject (woodworking, FWIW) that I've taken an interest in recently.Then there's #3, titled "S6.E16 Beach Life in the City of Georgetown", which was posted a couple of days ago and has just 1400 views. It's clearly a completely random suggestion with no obvious link of any kind to anything I've ever watched. It's not even as though it's a highly popular video that lots of people are interested in.