Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-20644-20180423192744/@comment-20644-20180428012036

There are a number of features on the site that are not optional on a wiki-by-wiki basis. This is one of them, as it's one that we've concluded to be in the long-term interest and health of the site as the online audience continues to grow and evolve. So if we see that, on the whole, the feature is not impacting how people interact with the site, then yes we judge that to be a success.

When we first tested the Featured Video player over a year ago on several test communities, we absolutely took user input into account for how it should look and operate. That’s one of the reasons why the player isn’t as large as some of our other test options were, for example. We can’t tailor a feature to the preferences of every single community, but we have built it in a way that balances the different needs of the different parts of our audiences as much as possible.

And of course, if you would like there to be an account preference or some other option to disable the scrolling part of the video, for example, by all means send us that feedback. That’s something we can send to our Product team. And if our Product team sees feedback saying that it’s something important to wiki editors, they may explore that possibility for the future.

But in the meantime, the best way that users can help the Featured Video experience be as valuable to the audience as possible is through involvement in the creative process.