I Redesigned Wikipedia JUST to MAKE IT MONEY

Watch me redesign Wikipedia solely to make it MONEY! 😈

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[juxtopposed]

This was mostly for the lolz, but... would you pay for it?...

[Brokkolii]

came for the nice designs, stayed for the marketing masterclass

[DrWne]

a designer’s dream is a developer’s nightmare.

[tchin]

Wow, as an employee, I can say that this video was shared around internally when it was first released. Loved seeing how some of the designs suggested in this video are things that we’ve already made or have plans to make. Also how some of the design decisions are really difficult because of how the thing is architected. And of course we’re not going to paywall anything lol

[Xeimyn]

This is half a horror movie for me ngl

[quinnobi]

What I have learned today is that 80 characters per line is the "ideal" width, which is why news articles and blogs and such that I read take up this tiny little narrow bit of the middle of my screen instead of being a normal page width. I agree with the wikipedia default on this one, I think it's a great width.

[upgreyedd]

There’s something about that gold “Go Pro” button and that price tag of 9.99 per MONTH that makes my skin crawl.
To me wikipedia is like relic of the past where the internet is more of a communal space where people share their knowledge/interests and wiki (being free) is the biggest middle finger to the big corps out there

[iAmPerflexed]

"I let users optimise their own experience"
Developer reading the design brief: ***throws computer at juxtopposed*** "leT uSErs OPtiMIsE"

[ollie_]

seeing that "GO PRO" on a wikipedia page scares me 😰

[KvaGram]

The reason wikipedia's UI has not changed much, is because that format works.
Something in me died when you killed the navbox.
It went from a large world of discovery, to bland unknowns.

Sometimes, clutter is good.

[theJesai]

i actually prefer the wider width to make use of all my screen space. it helps as i super quickly skim through the page and grasp info.

[nobodyschannel]

I think every time a website makes significant changes to their layout, they need to produce videos like this explaining what has changed and why. I'm sure many users will still scream "DO NOT LIKE CHANGE IT BACK IMMEDIATELY" but at least there's a video that isolates what the problems were, how they were addressed and *why* they were addressed that way.

[sunshineeee]

I think this is cool, but I think if I opened Wikipedia and saw a bunch of options held behind a yellow pro paywall I might throw myself off of a bridge /hyp

[JanWeigangMusic]

3:52 loses so much information though, I really would not want to miss that amount of directly visible links. Gives such a great overview.

[Milena_aneliM]

everytime i see a "redesign" or "making X app better" it just ends up looking like every other generic page. Wikipedia having that 2006 look is excellent. it still feels vintage, just like picking up a book

[whyme]

Only problem with “top-level articles” is that articles can go in multiple categories, theoretically staying separate all the way to the top level categories.

[indmur]

I'd rather just donate. I think there's something unbelievably depressing about having the cornerstone of the internet have a fucking subscription model.

[әкрәм]

as a wikipedia editor, you can freely customize any page layout and theme, including your profile, using custom css and js. also, the purple navigation bar at the bottom is created by users, unlike "related articles". and the “notes” thing can be achieved by creating a wikipedia plugin. although, you've got pretty nice ideas and design work, i wonder if we'll see these on wikipedia. thank you so much for your effort! ^^

[joelbruning]

Your design decisions are not only super thoughtful, but I also enjoy your narration and editing style so much. I just hope that one day all those companies hire you for their redesigns!

[Klatski]

as a dyslexic individual, 100% disagree on "wide = unreadable". it's already hard enough to keep track of what line i'm on, but also more jumps disrupts line of thought