Youtube most replayed parts

[ocanada_techguy]

It's been a short while that Youtube has introduced "Most Replayed" parts to navigation.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23117452/youtube-most-replayed-parts-of-video-feature

 

I've searched the Forums and haven't found a thread discussing it.  Is there, and the search just isn't good enough?

 

I think maybe Linus & Luke briefly touched on it in a WAN and somewhere in a TechLinked, but, I would've thought Linus of all people would have pretty strong opinions about it one way or the other, but I don't recall seeing him do so.  Maybe it's a waiting to see what the impact will be or is kind of situation.

 

I found this discussion interesting

YouTube - Pushing Pixels - Could This Feature Kill Your YouTube Channel? (PP-001)

 

[Vishera]

I think it's bad since it incentivizes viewers to skip to the most replayed part and reduce how well a channel does in the analytics.

[AnonymousGuy]

I like it in principle.  I can see it being better for small channels because instead of your viewing time being hogged by a 9M sub channel with a 15 minute video that has a 30 second "hook", you can get through that video in 5 minutes and have 10 minutes to watch other videos.

 

The only complaint is going to be from clickbait youtubers and generally shitty ones who are padding their videos to run more ads.  And...who cares what they think they're not *really* adding value to the platform anyways.

 

Take this for example:

 

 

The answer is 30 seconds long.  It's a 11 minute video.

 

 

Hey look the system works perfectly for getting me to the answer.