YouTube Comments change to Google+ WTF???
54The latest move by Youtube to force channels to respond to comments via google+ is unnecesssary, makes finding and answering comments more difficult, and can only harm small channels. Sign the petition to change youtube comments back and lose the forced google+ connection!
WTF is going on youTube??? Why FORCE the YouTube Comments change to Google+?
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Six weeks after announcing a plan to fix the world's worst comments, YouTube said today it has begun the release of its new Google+ commenting system. Starting this week, comments will be sorted by relevance instead of recency. The hope is that high-quality conversations will rise to the top while ad hominem attacks sink to the bottom. Video creators are also getting some new tools to moderate discussions.
To YouTube, good comments are ones that come from the video's creator, "popular personalities," and your friends on Google+. It also includes comments that generate a lot of other comments, signaling the presence of a lively debate. If you don't like the new look, you can switch comments to "newest first" to see the full firehose.
From now on, commenting on YouTube will require connecting a Google+ account. The company says that four out of five people who use comments have already connected their accounts. Among other things, the Google+ link allows YouTube visitors to start private conversations about individual videos within their circles.
The rollout starts today but will take some time before everyone has access to the new look, YouTube said.
Google has been looking to bring Google+ commenting to YouTube. The idea is that it will improve comments, make them more social and keep them better moderated. YouTube comments can be a mess, so we have been really looking forward to this. It's been a long wait since this was announced in September, but now Google is ready to roll the new commenting system to their video streaming service!
The rollout is said to start this week, so you should be seeing some changes in your videos soon. We have no word on when the new system will come to the mobile YouTube apps, but it should be relatively soon. Let's step back and see how this update makes YouTube better, though.
Comments you care about move to the top: Posts from the videos creator will appear at the top (as they do now), along with popular personalities, "engaged" discussions about the video, and of course, people from your Google+ Circles.
Join the conversation publicly or privately: Just like on Google+ you can start a public conversation that is seen by everyone on YouTube and Google+, or keep things viewable to only people in your Circles. Replies will be threaded, making conversations easy to follow.
Better ways to moderate comments: YouTube creators will have new tools to review comments before they're posted, block key words, or save time by whitelisting comments from specific users.
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