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Stop autoplaying videos! Some people browse with multiple tabs open (shocking!).

Stop autoplaying videos. Some people browse with multiple tabs open, or at work, or just expect to read text articles. Autoplaying a video at the bottom of an article is annoying, especially when I have multiple tabs going. I do not like yahoo videos, and almost always close articles with videos, or links to only videos.

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    Anonymous shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    Anonymous shared a merged idea: STOP with the auto play audio or I'll stop going to Yahoo for news during the day!  ·   · 
    AlexAlex shared a merged idea: Stop putting auto-play videos on your pages. And if you must, put them at the top, not the bottom of the page  ·   · 
    JasperJasper shared a merged idea: All this redesign, and still not smart enough to either not auto-play videos or at least not start them at full volume, blaring the user.  ·   · 
    completed  ·  Yahoo! Product SupportAdminYahoo! Product Support (Admin, Yahoo!) responded  · 

    Hi everyone,

    This thread is going to be closed as it has been a company focus to stop auto-playing videos when you come to an article page. Please open a new thread and include the link to the article if this happens to you again so we can address the issue. We do not want this experience for our customers.

    Thanks,
    Yahoo! Product Support

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      • AnonymousAnonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I totally agree. I do not go to the site while I'm at the office anymore because it just starts blaring noise out of the blue and scares the **** out of me and an it's anyone around me. What an intrusive idea. Yahoo there are several things you're doing that are simply intrusive. It's time to take a good look at these things and decide how much you like your current market share.

      • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Part A: Dec 27, 2012. Story entitled "RGIII fights Uncle Tom image". Link takes you to a Yahoo page that starts BLARING AN AD AT FULL BLAST SO THAT YOU CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR HEADQUARTERS, and after scrambling to try to find it, the video is buried down in the comments. Meantime, my wife woke up, the dog is barking, and the baby is crying.
        Part B: What do you mean "provide an example"? It's YOUR website. Sounds like nothing more than a delaying tactic or pretending that management doesn't know anything about it gambit.

      • bajbaj commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        yeah stop the auto play...and if there are video options, cut back on the commercial length ...no need to be soooooooooo longgggggggg ....some are longer than the feature video

      • WillWill commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        It is annoying. Lots of eople complained about this. Just look at the comments section.

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