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They seem determined to move the description every couple years just to make sure creators are always pointing to the wrong spot.
by rtkwe 2y ago
They seem determined to move the description every couple years just to make sure creators are always pointing to the wrong spot.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y agoOn the plus side, maybe past videos will become correct again!
- codetrotter 2y agoThis does seem to put the video description where I remember it once was many years ago; on the right side of the video
- kevincox 2y agoAnd they made the description so hard to find that they had to let creators pin comments as a second description.
- chii 2y agowhich might be a hack to get the user to load the comments (esp. on mobile). This means they get to artificially prop up the interaction level!
- JasserInicide 2y agoAnd this time it requires an additional click to get to. Like fucking Christ why?? This is why having a horde of UI designers on payroll is never a positive.
- davidmurdoch 2y agoSome metric they're aiming to improve probably shows this change keeps users on the site a little longer.
- MikeTheGreat 2y agoLOL. I can see it now: User: Nice video! I'd like to learn more, so I'll just look at the descritiopn. Wait, where's the description? Where did that stupid thing go? It's got to be here somewhere - Oh! You've got to click on it! Like fucking Christ why?? Why hide it from me? UI Expert: People are definitely spending more time per video. Mission accomplished!
- rcxdude 2y agoor just "Engagement is up! people interact with the page so much more now!"
- freetinker 2y agoGoogle is Goodhart’s Law in action at corporate scale.
- Jensson 2y agoEvery big company is Goodhart's Law in action, Google just hired the best metric maximizers so they are the best at showing it.
- sizzle 2y agoYou know the PM is the one who ultimately greenlit the changes cause they can take credit for it.
- dpkirchner 2y agoThere's a pattern: they move a feature, making it inconvenient, and then remove the feature because it is not being used. See Google cache links for an example.
- rtkwe 2y agoIt's had a pretty short limit before it shoved things below the "more" fold for a while now if memory serves.
- OJFord 2y agoMaybe just to encourage the screamface-esque [points all over the place] 'wherever it is' cringey behaviour. For engagement or something.