New youtube layout?

downpunxx , 4 hours ago

they've been beta testing this for weeks, had it come up out of nowhere and stay like this for all video's for an entire evening, then next morning the comments and related video sidebar were back where they've always been

Lost_My_Mind , 4 hours ago

I had it for a week…Which I call the week I stopped watching.

helpImTrappedOnline , 4 hours ago

That looks pretty awful IMO.

Extension suggestion: Enhancer for YouTube

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/enhancer-for-youtube/

To keep it self working it prevents “expiramental layouts” from youtube.

Great for setting YouTube player defaults the way you want.

Lost_My_Mind , 4 hours ago

Commenting here so I can come back to this when I get home, as Lemmy doesn’t have a save option.

jimmydoreisalefty , 3 hours ago

You don’t see a star or bookmark symbol on comments?

Might be app you are using?

Lost_My_Mind , 3 hours ago

I see a star, but I was told that was a way to say you like the post. Like you’re giving it a gold star. I’ve been using them like a super upvote.

01189998819991197253 , 3 hours ago

Long press the star, and it says Save. Not entirely sure where the saved posts go, though.

https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/8fe87490-99c0-4921-a3ab-f5f12ebe2599.jpeg

Edit: found it. Go to your profile, then the Saved tab.

Rolando , 2 hours ago

To do a super upvote you can give Lemmy gold.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/3a9147af-d4a2-4b84-b4d6-400cbe0d8256.png

Interstellar_1 , 3 hours ago

Lemmy absolutely does have a save option

LodeMike , 3 hours ago

It is auful. There’s uBlock rules to disable it.

jimmydoreisalefty , 4 hours ago

They are always testing changes to different groups of people.

Not too sure how that works, but if you wnat the old layout you can add extensions.

Quick search results in:

How to Undo YouTube’s Terrible New Layout [Jake Peterson | May 23 2024 | LifeHacker] lifehacker.com/…/how-to-undo-youtubes-terrible-ne…

How to Get Old YouTube Layout Back: Simple Steps for Nostalgic Navigation [July 18, 2024 | bytebitebit] bytebitebit.com/…/how-to-get-old-youtube-layout-b…

Schal330 , 49 minutes ago

It’s likely A/B Testing and when people receive the new layout, if Youtube sees a drop in engagement for their experiment they may just ditch it.

jimmydoreisalefty , 29 minutes ago

Oh, thanks for the link!

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Edit: added a bit of information below for those interested

A/B testing (also known as split testing or bucket testing) is a methodology for comparing two versions of a webpage or app against each other to determine which one performs better. A/B testing is essentially an experiment where two or more variants of a page are shown to users at random, and statistical analysis is used to determine which variation performs better for a given conversion goal

In an A/B test, you take a webpage or app screen and modify it to create a second version of the same page. This change can be as simple as a single headline, button or be a complete redesign of the page. Then, half of your traffic is shown the original version of the page (known as control or A) and half are shown the modified version of the page (the variation or B).

The following is an A/B testing framework you can use to start running tests:

1. Collect data:
2. Identify goals:
3. Generate test hypothesis:
4. Create different variations:
5. Run experiment:
6. Wait for the test results:
7. Analyze results:

recklessengagement , 2 hours ago

I’ve been getting very close to ditching YouTube. This change showed up a few weeks ago for me and pushed me a bit further.

If they succeed in inserting ads into the video stream I’ll bail alltogether. I can fit a subscription to Brilliant, Dropout, and several creator Patreons into the cost of a YouTube Red subscription, and I won’t have to deal with these attention-optimizing UI changes.

tb_ , 18 minutes ago

I’m not a fan. I prefer watching in theatre mode; when opening comments it closes theatre mode.