User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Intro to Wiki Modernization/@comment-9093757-20170307134827/@comment-23865-20170307152358

Thanks for the feedback, James, and for the chat earlier!

It'd be good and really interesting to dig into the "Why" behind those points. The better we can understand your concerns the better we can address them. Grab me or Brandon on chat if you see us (or you can reply here if you have a sec).

And we're also trying hard to do the same -- explain why we're making the choices we're making.

Sometimes we'll be able to make a choice that gets us what we're after and deals with your concern correctly. As an example I'll use "videos following you as you scroll".

We're interested in those because they let the user view the video and scan the text & images of the page at the same time. W e hope t hanks to this they'll stay on the site for longer and have a better experience. Additionally, video completion (number of people watching it through to the end) is one metric advertisers look at when signing ad deals.

Now, what is your concern about video following you as you scroll?

Are you concerned about the video covering content (that's taken care of, BTW, but giving it here as an example concern you may have)? Are you afraid they'd be distracting as you yourself edit or browse? Or do you have a different concern?

All of these are valid, and things we'd like to hear from you and others. The key thing is: each of these specific concerns has a number of different solutions. And we'll be able to make better choices if we know about the "why" behind your concerns. :)