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Re:We hear you: Better commenting coming to YouTube by Urgo on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:14PM (#6440441)
It really depends on what you're on YouTube to do. For me YouTube is my #1 Social Network and has been for many years. Comments are a big part of every video, a place for you to interact with those who watch your content. A place to get ideas, feedback, and just add a personal touch thanking people for engaging with something that took you a lot of work to produce or something you really wanted to share.

That being said I absolutely can't stand google's continued attempt to force people to link google plus to youtube and am iffy on what this new change will do, but I am all for making the comment section more useful especially since they just took away our ability to respond to a video with a video (video responses).

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Re:We hear you: Better commenting coming to YouTube by psbp on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:20PM (#6440490)
Why is the possibility that Google saw Plus as a way to improve youtube, maps, search, so egregious?

I won't be linking my actual name with my youtube or even my google+ account, but, unless google somehow tries to force me, I would be glad to see most users coerced into doing so.

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Re:We hear you: Better commenting coming to YouTube by shocks on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:15PM (#6440453)
Which videos do you watch? Where is this mecca of decent comments on YouTube? 99.9% of the comments I read are awful.
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Re:We hear you: Better commenting coming to YouTube by Urgo on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:19PM (#6440481)
I watch a lot of vlogs as well as skits, music, short films and some gaming videos as well. I make vlogs myself mostly and between my several channels have over a quarter million subscribers.
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Re:We hear you: Better commenting coming to YouTube by shocks on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @06:46AM (#6443707)
So basically you're obliged to commend the quality of your comments? :P

Heh, I kid I kid. I'm glad you've got a good community there.

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