1.0Silkstreamhttps://www.silkstream.net/blogSilkstreamhttps://www.silkstream.net/blogrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="g8DoMU1p1s"><a href="https://www.silkstream.net/blog/2014/04/facebooks-autoplay-video-bad-idea.html">Why Facebook’s Decision to AutoPlay Video is a Bad Idea</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.silkstream.net/blog/2014/04/facebooks-autoplay-video-bad-idea.html/embed#?secret=g8DoMU1p1s" width="600" height="338" title="“Why Facebook’s Decision to AutoPlay Video is a Bad Idea” — Silkstream" data-secret="g8DoMU1p1s" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.silkstream.net/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Randal reports on the problems with Facebook's latest video update, which automatically plays videos that have been uploaded to the social network as users scroll over them in their news feeds.https://www.silkstream.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/facebook-video-autoplay-rage.jpg