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Re: FixYT

#51

Post by cjstewart88 »

calibwam wrote: post #30
cjstewart88 wrote: post #14

As always, I love sites that strip down YouTube. YouTube houses tons of great content; however, they seem to be making their consumers pretty unhappy. Check out http://www.tubalr.com it's my app and focuses on YouTube's music content. Grats on hitting the front page and I hope you can retain users, its the hardest part about websites like this.

I would use tubalr more often, but whenever I need it, I can't remember what it is called. I've liked you on Facebook, so my usual way of finding it is by going there and finding you amongst my likes. In other words, you should try to come further up on google searches for "youtube music".

I've heard this far to many times :( Thanks for being a user when you can think of the name though!

Re: FixYT

#53

Post by zapt02 »

I love how channels are presented. Now I can actually see the new videos.

Will use this instead of YouTube for a while!

PS Can you make "load more" optional? I just want stuff to be loaded as I scroll automagically. :)

Re: FixYT

#54

Post by znowi »

This is what YouTube should be like (or how it once was actually).

However, I agree with others that building a UI on top of it is not much of innovation. I'd rather see new and better apps instead of new and better props for the old and ugly services.

Re: FixYT

#55

Post by geofft »

1qaz2wsx3edc wrote: post #50
zokier wrote: post #21

I think this is completely wrong approach. We as a community should stop giving G/YT our traffic if their stuff does not please us instead of making an effort to give them more traffic.

This is unreasonable. YT isn't going to disappear. Did myspace? No. The fact that YT provides an API is plenty to reface it. You should view this website as another from of protest. Which of there have been plenty of protests in recent. It's not wrong, just a different one.

... wait, MySpace is still around?

Re: FixYT

#57

Post by jessedhillon »

1qaz2wsx3edc wrote: post #50
zokier wrote: post #21

I think this is completely wrong approach. We as a community should stop giving G/YT our traffic if their stuff does not please us instead of making an effort to give them more traffic.

This is unreasonable. YT isn't going to disappear. Did myspace? No. The fact that YT provides an API is plenty to reface it. You should view this website as another from of protest. Which of there have been plenty of protests in recent. It's not wrong, just a different one.

YT isn't going to disappear. Did myspace?

Yes...?

Not literally, but in many other ways they absolutely fell off a cliff.

Re: FixYT

#58

Post by tehwebguy »

nemof wrote: post #29
RossM wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope - they run homepage banners, sidebar ads and occasionally full-page adverts (that hijack the background). It's surreal browsing without Adblock occasionally.

Not to mention the ads shown next to original content created by youtube creators earn them a living.

Ads displayed around the video are almost always tied to the ad displayed on the video and ads displayed on the video are part of the revenue-sharing program.

Re: FixYT

#60

Post by lignuist »

Recommendations are actually nice, but the problem on YT is how they are based on the current video and my personal browsing history at the same time. I think in earlier days they were just based on the current video and this made much more sense to me.
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