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This layout change lets the big grow and leaves the small in the dust. Removing watch page banners leaves little to differentiate anyone, and the fact that now everyone has custom thumbnails only adds to that fact.
The change to searches still benefits the big, because they have more "watch time" invested in their videos. There needs to be some way to fix the search function. The change you've implemented works in theory, until you realize that "watch time" equates to cumulative watch time, meaning that people with more views still are at the very top, and small channels are even FURTHER below. Hell, if my name is in someone else's video title, THEIR video shows up before MINE when I search MY name. How the hell does THAT make any sense?
Recommendations should not take over the subscription box. If you insist on keeping the recommendations section, keep them on the side like they were on the previous layout. At least there, they didn't clog my subscription box. I could choose to watch them if I wanted to, and if I didn't they were out of the way. Forcing recommendations, again, helps the big in ways that harm the small (and the general viewer).
Unfortunately, I am optimistic that the subscription box will actually work 100% now, just because I really want it to. Although I'm sure you'll find some way to mess it up. AGAIN.
Give partners features that help them stand out. We've lost watch page banners and exclusivity to thumbnail use. We have shows, but the new watch pages make those null and void because you can't distinguish whether a video is in a show or not. Partners deserve something for the hard work they've put in, without it being given to everyone just so you can get your grubby hands on some money.
I'm curious what is going through your mind concerning this layout. Basically what you've done is cripple a channel's ability to grow all together. In this way, the big KZitemrs, who are already established, have no problems because they're already high up in the rankings (even though many of these same big KZitemrs have complained publicly about these changes). But now you've made it impossible for a smaller channel to distinguish themselves. The only way to get into the top of the search results is to either be a partner and have an approved show, or create 3 hour long videos so you dominate the "time watched" search result.
But you don't care. You'll do whatever the hell you want and not care about the actual users of your website, the ones that keep you going, because you've created a monopoly on video sharing.
I fear for you, KZitem, because I truly do love you. You've given everyone an opportunity to let their voice be heard by hundreds, potentially thousands. If you continue to run your site in a way that makes users HATE you, someone smarter will come up. Someone else will create a rival video sharing site that actually listens to user feedback, and you'll be the MySpace of video sharing websites. Forgotten.
"All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward." -- Ellen Glasgow
#BringBackKZitem2009
P.S. Did your web designers forget the "align=center" tag? Such wasted space. You could use the space more effectively to give us at least a more current look from an old homepage... The sub box that had the 5 videos across it was PERFECT. WHY TAKE THAT AWAY?
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