Backlash to YouTube Channel Update June 25, 2009
YouTube has announced that they’re officially overhauling channel layouts on July 15th. The response on YouTube’s official blog has been largely negative, with users protesting the switch and demanding that the channel designs remain as-is.
We gave the new layout a shot with GTANet a little over a month ago, but received a few criticisms within 24 hours of the flip. So we went back to the old design. (We’ve since switched back up to the new layout since the July 15th announcement was made, fyi.)
The backlash shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, though. When things change, people freak. When people freak, they get loud. Mob mentality sets in and then it all goes to hell:
Why would ya change it from good to crap? That makes no sense. For a moment I thought this was meant to improve it. Dunno why I thought that, obviously it’s meant to make it worse. Silly me!
Don’t bother changing it. The YouTube Nazi’s cannot force the people! Viva la old channel resistance!
YEA THE NEW CHANNELS SUCKS BALLS! change it back!!
And so on.
Personally? I welcome the new design – I think it’s a nice, much-needed change from the current format. Yes, there are still some bugs to be sorted out, but the YouTube team has been great thus far at rolling out bugfixes.
In response to: New Channels Coming Soon – YouTube Official Blog