Mr. Schmidt and Mr. Kamangar,you are both well educated trade savvy individuals, so I am going to give you some trade savvy advice to heed -- Start listening to your public, and since they are beginning to awaken to their collective power. It is still not too late to offer the option of choosing between two channel designs. Sooner or later you will see that the data will prove that this new design absolutely and unequivocally discourages people from creating channels,since you've taken absent the creativity, individuality, and fun and social interaction. These are the main reasons that most people created YouTube channels in the first place. We are not soulless robots,we are human beings. From a faithful YouTuber who cares about the future of YouTube. Joel B.
Source: cnn.com