After the massive outcry from YouTubeusers, they quickly switched back to the old system, giving adefault view on whats being made popular by the sites visitors. It would have been drastic, YouTubes Videosfront page used to give its community so much exposure that itallowed the instant birth of global grassroots movements such asAnonymous and that it was even deciding factor in the USpresidential elections as it was constantly being flooded by Obamaspeeches and fan videos.
Where users normally see videos with highviewcounts that have become popular due to viral spreading andcommunity activity, we saw videos like the new MacBookcommercial that gets showcased on the Most Popular 1 spot whilehaving very low viewcounts and even lower ratings. And since this is the veryessence of what made YouTube popular to begin with, such changecould have very well marked the beginning of the end for thevideostreaming giant.
Its great to see that YouTube still caresdeeply for its community and will go out of its way to give it theexposure it deserves.. And since this is the veryessence of what made YouTube popular to begin with, such changecould have very well marked the beginning of the end for thevideostreaming giant. After the massive outcry from YouTubeusers, they quickly switched back to the old system, giving adefault view on whats being made popular by the sites visitors.
And since this is the veryessence of what made YouTube popular to begin with, such changecould have very well marked the beginning of the end for thevideostreaming giant. Its great to see that YouTube still caresdeeply for its community and will go out of its way to give it theexposure it deserves.. updated Two days YouTube replaced its listof Most Viewed videos on the sites Videos section with avaried selection of sponsorfriendly videos that the site calledMost Popular.