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They also said: https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1590393940402147328 https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1590393940402147328 "we know sorting options

They also said: https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1590393940402147328 https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1590393940402147328 "we know sorting options are important & we’re still exploring how to bring these back"

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tehwebguy 4y ago
Furiously Googling to find `git checkout HEAD~1`
- DoctorOW 4y ago
  But since it's the team that does YouTube search that explains the delay...
- danuker 4y ago
  Too bad Googling doesn't work anymore either.
LeonenTheDK 4y ago
"Exploring how to bring these back" What, did they change something in the back end that made sorting videos by channel chronologically impossible? Were there fundamental issues with it? That kind of wording really gets me riled up, feels like such nonsense. Genuinely though I'd like to know what the reason was for this, I'm sure it isn't anything technical but I'm not even sure what removing this feature accomplishes for them. Another comment suggested it might be to move old videos to less expensive, slow storage. Could it be simple as that?
- xg15 4y ago
  Some sort of technical reasons seems most likely to me for now. They probably have some crazy denormalized/multi-level-cached storage where videos can be stored on different media or different locations. It's possible that "changing the query" requires some involved architecture changes in that system. Why they weren't aware of this before adding the new feature is a different question.
- jasonlotito 4y ago
  "It's just a simple change." Listen, I've arm chaired with the best of them, but I've learned it's not wise. You can pretend you have a better understanding of their architecture and numbers, but the reality is, getting riled up over this is the real nonsense.
x0x0 4y ago
It's shocking how incompetent youtube is. eg a (presumably reasonable?) use case: watching a video, posted more than a year ago, and you want to see the either (1) immediately previously posted; or (2) immediately next posted video. Because they are part of a series, or mention each other. It's extremely difficult to do.

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tehwebguy 4y ago

Furiously Googling to find `git checkout HEAD~1`

DoctorOW 4y ago
But since it's the team that does YouTube search that explains the delay...
danuker 4y ago
Too bad Googling doesn't work anymore either.

LeonenTheDK 4y ago

"Exploring how to bring these back" What, did they change something in the back end that made sorting videos by channel chronologically impossible? Were there fundamental issues with it? That kind of wording really gets me riled up, feels like such nonsense. Genuinely though I'd like to know what the reason was for this, I'm sure it isn't anything technical but I'm not even sure what removing this feature accomplishes for them. Another comment suggested it might be to move old videos to less expensive, slow storage. Could it be simple as that?

xg15 4y ago
Some sort of technical reasons seems most likely to me for now. They probably have some crazy denormalized/multi-level-cached storage where videos can be stored on different media or different locations. It's possible that "changing the query" requires some involved architecture changes in that system. Why they weren't aware of this before adding the new feature is a different question.
jasonlotito 4y ago
"It's just a simple change." Listen, I've arm chaired with the best of them, but I've learned it's not wise. You can pretend you have a better understanding of their architecture and numbers, but the reality is, getting riled up over this is the real nonsense.

x0x0 4y ago

It's shocking how incompetent youtube is. eg a (presumably reasonable?) use case: watching a video, posted more than a year ago, and you want to see the either (1) immediately previously posted; or (2) immediately next posted video. Because they are part of a series, or mention each other. It's extremely difficult to do.