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And 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.
by JasserInicide 2y ago
And 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.