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Pure change aversion from users. This is a more sensible design. You can now read comments while you watch a video, which is clearly a more important use-case
by blehn 2y ago
Pure change aversion from users.
This is a more sensible design. You can now read comments while you watch a video, which is clearly a more important use-case than browsing a bunch of recommended videos while you watch a video. The comments should scroll independently from the main column though.
- wing-_-nuts 2y agoI can't remember ever once reading a youtube comment and being glad I did. They are certainly not valuable enough to take away video real estate.
- OJFord 2y agoI mostly only watch 'technical' videos like machining, 3D printing, electronics, etc. so sometimes I might think something's wrong or strange and appreciate validation from a commenter saying the same (or learn with them when someone replies in correction). Or someone will chime in plausibly claiming experience/relevance to the thing discussed and provide some additional interesting information, in the same way we see in comments on HN. There's a lot of crap too of course, but at least on content that's informational to begin with (not saying memes and music videos) there do exist good comments.
- blehn 2y agoyou can expand the video into "theater mode" and it will fill the window width. just as before.
- viscanti 2y agoFor some people, the comments are the worst part of YouTube. I could see them being pretty vocal about not liking the design that makes them more visible.
- yodsanklai 2y agoI have the feeling these comments went from overwhelmingly hateful tu overwhelmingly praiseful. I don't know how they managed that transition. Moderation or culture change? They are useless either way.
- spinach 2y agoTruly. I have an extension that blocks them ("Hide YouTube Comments, Live Chat, & Related"). Every so often I will unblock them for a certain video, but life is not better with them for the most part.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoYoutube comments used to be the worst comments on the net, but for a while now youtube comments have been decent. And no better or worse than reddit comments yet people go to reddit just to read the comments. I find myself often reading comments alongside youtube videos. I agree with this redesign since it turns the right side of the video into a general social space: chat when it's a live video, comments when it's a normal video. Related videos, on the other hand, are static and can be easily moved beneath the video.
- schmidt_fifty 2y ago[flagged]