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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by chiefalchemist on Sunday July 21, 2019 @03:41PM (#20493241)
I think one of the biggest bobbles of modern (social-centric) tech history was Google not morphing YT into a more social platform. They had the name recognition. They had the users. All they lacked was some basic functionality to compete for social attention.

Instead they went for G+. The rest, as they say, is history.

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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by dredmorbius on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:51PM (#20493890)
What was staggering is that Vic tried to drag YT down wih G+.

Both sides' users rejected that.

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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by sasnfbi1234 on Sunday July 21, 2019 @04:22PM (#20493434)
They basically tried this with the google + integration . But that was its own mess also
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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by Avamander on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:08PM (#20493685)
If they had not disrupted any users with the integration and turn people off of G+ they could have pulled it off. I guess they'll try again in 15 years.
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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by dredmorbius on Sunday July 21, 2019 @05:52PM (#20493896)
I'm starting to suspect social may have burned over. At least in pesent incarnations.
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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by MagnumOpus on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:22AM (#20515557)
"Burned over" in the sense of zero growth - everyone who wants a FaceSnapGram account has one.

Not burned out in terms of profit opportunities though - FB has $60bn revenue, capturing even 10% of that pie can justify an investment of thousands of person-years...

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Re:YouTube was launched as a dating site by mysticlabs on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:48PM (#20494439)
Those social features existed on LiveVideo.com which was an early YouTube competitor. https://techpost.io/why-you-cant-compete-with-google-the-dep...
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