>How about you think stuff through before even starting to waste time on stuff like this?

What makes you think they don't think it through? This effect is an experiment that they are running. It seems to be useless, unwanted from our perspective, but what if they find that it increases engagement?

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machomaster 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> What makes you think they don't think it through?

Basing it on a lot of stupid decisions youtube has made over the years, the last being the horrendous autotranslation of titles/descriptions/audio that can't be turned off. Can only be explained by having morons making decisions, who can't imagine that anyone could speak more than one language.

	▲	npteljes 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think those were thought through, even maybe the specific concerns that your bring up - and then a conscious decision was made to not give a fuck about those concerns. I don't think it's stupidity, or shortsightedness, or ignorance, or anything like that. They just have different priorities. And they are not having enough negative feedback to reconsider these decisions.

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estimator7292 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Someone at google needs this promotion to feel like a real man

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cmrdporcupine 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think it's more the case that in today's Google, you need that promotion to stay employed.

	▲	uz3snolc3t6fnrq 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		seems to be the reason they go through UI changes every year or so. like agh, there goes my muscle memory again. at least ol' reliable hn is still the same good old plain renderable-by-anything-more-advanced-than-a-toaster html