YouTube's Time-Based UX Problem for Live Sports
impressivewebs.comThis is not a YouTube problem or a live sports problem, it's just that a video player's progress bar spoils results of recorded games.
A thoughtful production team could add a "spoiler block" to the ending of short matches, like here: https://youtu.be/IGaG3X_-CIM?si=PIwmn8Phgnq2kUMM&t=1220
Or the community could create a spolier-free viewing site, like here: https://vods.co/melee?event=27501
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> A thoughtful production team could add a "spoiler block" to the ending of short matches
Yes, that's why I recommended in the article:
> Events that livestream sports or games where the result can be strongly implied by the video duration could append empty livestream time to all their videos.
And after writing the article, I was told by a friend that when AVP streams on their own website, they do in fact disguise the results with extra streaming time. So it does happen, but it would be nice if a large platform like YouTube took certain measures by default on certain types of videos.