Video launching automatically at start of hub - is this a good thing?

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   Sally's Troveposted 11 years ago

   http://simonesmith.hubpages.com/hub/Dating-Advice-Sucks
   
   This hub assaults the reader with an automatic video play. The video launches within seconds of landing on the hub, without the reader having the choice to activate it or not.
   
   In my surprise about hearing uninvited sound and in my subsequent effort to turn it off, I lost all interest in the topic of the hub and therefore didn't read it. It was like landing on a website full of sound, animation, and pop-ups...sorry, I'm outta there, instantly.
   
   I'm guessing this is an experiment?

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   Cagsilposted 11 years ago

   Hey Sally's Trove,
   
   Yes, HubPages team has said in the past that they would be testing auto-run videos on Staff's pages.

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      Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I missed that announcement, so ty, Cags. I wonder if others find it as offensive and counter-productive as I do?

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   2uesdayposted 11 years ago

   I tend to leave pages quickly that open a video or ad without warning, I prefer having the option of playing it or not.

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      Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Likewise.

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      JimmieWriterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Agreed. I tend to open lots of tabs at once, so I often can't find which one has the offending noise. I just start furiously closing tabs. I despise auto play. When you are in a quiet house it can be very startling to have audio begin without your consent.

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         Debby Bruckposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         This happens to me, too

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         Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, yes, yes, especially in a quiet house or quiet workplace shared with others.

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      lobobrandonposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I hate automatic videos. If someone's interested they'll play them else just leave them alone.. I wouldn't like that happening on HP

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   leroy64posted 11 years ago

   I tend to cut the video off and read the article.  If I am interested, I go back and watch.

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   maxraviposted 11 years ago

   I too agreed on this with Sally.It should be left to the users to select the video or not. make it automatic will distract the attention.

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   Arlene V. Pomaposted 11 years ago

   I want to read the article.  If a video is offered, I will probably view it after reading the article.  Sometimes, the article is good enough for me, and I'll bypass the video because I see videos as entertainment or something to hold my attention.

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      JimmieWriterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      This is my MO, too. I prefer text over video. I find I can read much faster than it takes to watch a video.

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   Debby Bruckposted 11 years ago

   I have written about this issue on the forums five days ago. It is quite bothersome. 
   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/89081
   
   Arlene. It is not a "video" per se. It is an advertisement.

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      JimmieWriterposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      We are talking about two different (albeit equally annoying) things. Your thread is about an ad. We are talking about a video on the hub, created and uploaded by the author. It is set to auto play.

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         Debby Bruckposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         Oh! Yes! You are quite right. And, auto-play videos are also annoying. I've never set any videos to that selection when posting. The person who has created the video link has the option to go back and relink without the auto-play feature.

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            Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            I took a look at a couple of my hubs that have videos, but none of them show an option for auto-play. Whaddup with this? Some hubbers see this option and others don't?

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   JimmieWriterposted 11 years ago

   Look at Cagsil's post above. This is a test by some staffers.

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      Debby Bruckposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I see that is Simone speaking on dating. That is NOT a YouTube video as far as I can tell. I believe that Hubpages is rolling out its own form of video uploads.

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      Sally's Troveposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for that reminder, but Debby's post could be construed as meaning that there's an option on HP to select auto-play or not for a video.

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   Danette Wattposted 11 years ago

   I agree, I don't like the auto-play videos either and I hope the HP team doesn't follow through with this idea. I want to choose whether to play the video or not.

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    Fafadewposted 11 years ago

    I'll have to say that it is annoying.... When I am quietly browsing HubPages at night and a video pops on full blast... Ugggh

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