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Comment by Jimmy Ruska on December 7, 2008 at 12:21am

Do you want popular videos by the youtube community or do you want stupid popular sites to be able to propel their videos to the top list by a sheer number of views. Ratings, favorites and comments should be taken into account. It's fucking google, they know a thing or two about making google algorithms.

Comment by Vodka on December 6, 2008 at 7:26pm

This is, what, the 3rd or 4th major issue this community has run into with YouTube?

If you ask me, the solution is to select a different online video provider (and try to get as many people on board as possible)...

Or start your own ^_^

Comment by Speakout2day on December 6, 2008 at 4:42pm

Imagine waking up one day and seeing all your videos being deleted. Imagine making comments debating issues with no responds, No more expressing opinions about conflicting issues that help people make it threw the day. I guess the subside hot line will be having a lot more calls coming in now that the amazing atheist Thunderfoot and A lot of great other names will not be able to be there for there fellow atheist when they need them. Dave not a atheist. I don't always agree with atheist's and Evolutionists but if we can get along and have debates and disagree issues like adults we should be aloud to do so most people can't put there difference's aside and just talk we do so on youtube and to tell people they don't have a right to speak there mind. Would not only be a Violation of the Constitution and rights. whats more important the us Constitution and rights or a few cry baby people who don't want there kids to see things they shouldn't be aloud to see anyways there's a reason some videos are marked 18 and if there parents allow them to get on youtube than its a issues with the parents not with Youtubes users punishing people for someones lack of parenting is a outrage. So youtube/google you chose what is more important Rights of people? or making a few parents who are doing a bad job at parenting happy. Make your choice.

>Long live the rights of the American people!/body>

Comment by Dark Johnson on December 6, 2008 at 4:30pm

The Most Viewed section has been a joke for a long time as various people have abuse it by gaming the view counter. To place such a level of importance on it this, saying YouTube is dead, conjures up the dramatic hamster video in my mind's eye.

You're kidding yourself, it didn't go away it just wasn't the default. And I (no doubt one of the few) feel it shouldn't be. If it was a user setting, I certainly would have 'best rated' as that's not as easily gamed.

Frankly why aren't you railing on the comments section? It's the WEAKEST aspect of YouTube these days, it's so last century and deserves a full reset.

Comment by Dean on December 6, 2008 at 4:11pm

this is on the front page of digg.com

Comment by Niche on December 6, 2008 at 1:12pm

The power of testing
They tested it, didn't work out and changed back

Can't see a flaw in this myself

I have always wondered when You tube would start focussing more on it's income generating potential

Comment by Mike on December 6, 2008 at 7:20am

Due to the massive amounts of fake accounts and spambots out there, some of the dumbest shit was getting featured because of fake ratings. I believe Youtube chose the better of two evils.

- Mike

Comment by HiTekHeretik on December 6, 2008 at 6:17am

I very rarely click on the videos on the front page of You Tube but search for what I want, such as "Ummagumma" or "Tang Dynasty" and have downloaded quite a collection.

Anyway, I'm rather surprised with the assumption Internet users have about their own empowerment when the owner, who's invested in their site have the total say over what they want to do with their property and we are just lodgers or guests in a hotel and unpaying guests to boot.

If we want our say, we form a club and pay dues towards funding the website, webserver and for its maintenance.

If we want to freeload, then we have to accept that our host has the final say.

You Tube's owner is a company and like all capitalists, they want to make a profit from it and they may offer it for free to attract traffic but when they have enough, which You Tube does, they will move to the next step and focus on the most revenue-providing content and this comes as no surprise and it will happen with all commercial sites, so let's not entertain any illusions.

At the end of the day, it will be like rock bands. When they are new and have a cult following, they will be at their most creative but once they become big, their music usually become commercial and they become millionaires, while we struggling fans lament the change.

Of course, new bands will emerge which are creative but they usually will go down the same road if they get big, just as a baby will grow up to adulthood and then gradualy age until it's an old and grey person and then dies and ends up in the tomb.

Comment by Will on December 6, 2008 at 4:19am

I've really lost interest in the I Power crew since seeing so many videos that seemed to be just ads for Obama. I appreciate them having their own political views, but just felt more like that kind of energy was better spent on helping promote Net Neutrality, than supporting Barack Obama.

Comment by Andrew on December 6, 2008 at 4:10am

Yes, it is true that you can just click the most viewed tab to see the videos which are actually the most popular. In addition to what Dean said, there seems to be another important concept that people are missing.

Since a user's home page defaults to the featured videos, these will obviously receive A LOT more views than they normally would. Consequently, they will actually MOVE UP into the most viewed section, taking the place of videos which are not sponsored.

In other words, the most viewed section is a complete joke. Both the "most popular" and "most viewed" sections will be filled with YouTube's featured crap. Thanks a lot YouTube, you are officially screwing everyone over...

Comment by Vinay on December 6, 2008 at 1:21am

I've never used "Most Viewed" or "Most Popular" or anything from that page. Every YouTube video I've ever seen, I've either searched for, or been linked to (or embedded in) from another site. I'm pretty sure this is the case for the majority of users.

Comment by pat donovan on December 6, 2008 at 1:16am

tube is banking on illliterates...
and they're gonna win.
pat

Comment by Ryan on December 6, 2008 at 1:13am

Most viewed was constantly being messed with before this, it's only going yo get worse now (if we go with the flow).

Youtube now shows the total views on a video instead of the daily views, that way it's much harder to catch them out - but certain Google labs tools can show it very clearly.

Comment by Jimmy on December 5, 2008 at 10:42pm

You guys really think the previously "most popular" videos will show up in most viewed? I personally noticed recently that many of my "most popular videos" are no longer on youtube. Stuff that shouldn't have been removed for infringement or censorship purposes either. The content that I used to watch regularly in the past is diminishing, and I'm beginning to suspect that youtube's new policy is the cause of this.

Comment by azra on December 5, 2008 at 10:05pm

youtube is becoming this big evil giant for quite some time now. and it's all about the money.

Comment by Planning4aCrash on December 5, 2008 at 10:00pm

I never used the most viewed section anyway. Youtube led the way, there are plenty of video sites proppin up all over the place. Support em, like, when is the alternative to facebook gonna spring up? Those people got a nerve!!

Comment by Cesar Kohl on December 5, 2008 at 9:49pm

YouTube is dead, but the Internet don't!
We are the internet, not what YouTube wants to show us. I think YouTube will go down and we are going to prevail. It's a matter of time.

What is happening here is the tradicional media entering in the internet. This is the shit, and everybody knew it would just happen someday..

The question here is: How these big corporations will go against the new flow? They are very very fucked.

We are not. The solution for us is to find another site which respects net neutrality and that's it.

(But stays the question: Will Google respect this site in their services?)

Comment by Alex on December 5, 2008 at 9:04pm

Has anyone honestly ever clicked on any video from the Most Watched, even when they were on the first page? I mean I see the only reason to do so is when you are bored to death.

Comment by Pablo on December 5, 2008 at 8:42pm

well it's sad, but their a business company, they are not a grassroot movement, they are not a comunity work, they are simply a big company who want to make money showing and hosting people's videos.

I don't think that the barack obama boom on youtube, was something made without some help from the youtube staff and I dont think that if ralph nader or any other candidate who was truly against big companys control over the media and politics would have had the same help that barack had from youtube and google.

by the way, i like the phillip defranco show :P

Comment by Nate on December 5, 2008 at 8:31pm

Another thing, to the guy in the sun glasses and handkerchief on his face. The goofy hat, sun glasses, and handkerchief on your face discredits you.

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