Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by staircasebug on Friday November 08, 2013 @11:26AM
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My memory is fuzzy about this, but at that time, the mpaa/riaa/etc had been coming down real hard on YouTube. Without the G or another big boy coming in, their ship would have been in a precarious situation with all of the lawsuits rolling in.
Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by trothoun on Friday November 08, 2013 @10:57AM
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I agree. Google doesn't seem to understand that the way in which a thing is expressed is important. It's like they don't understand the difference between something announced at a press conference, and something mentioned in passing to a friend. My inability to reason about the social context of online interactions tends to seriously discourage me from expressing much in an non-(semi)-anonymous way.
Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by pinaceae on Friday November 08, 2013 @10:24AM
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so google can claim higher google+ subscriber rates. i just wonder if investors, ad men will be that idiotic when comparing user counts betweent say Fb and G+. real vs. forced users.
Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by Shank on Friday November 08, 2013 @11:16AM
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A bit of an overreaction, considering the quality of YouTube comments has notoriously been below acceptable levels for quite some time.
While I can't agree that Google is doing the right thing by forcing +, they are mitigating the problem by doing so. We'll know in a week if the quality of comments goes up dramatically or stays the same in a few days.
Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by CookWithMe on Friday November 08, 2013 @12:14PM
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The Android Market, erm, Google Play Store, has made the switch to Google + reviews only as well. As far as I have noticed, this switch has not improved the quality of comments (although the quality was never as bad as with Youtube).
Re:Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
by brudgers on Friday November 08, 2013 @09:31AM
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In the context of Google diminishing online anonymity for commercial gain, it is potentially relevant to HN. Likewise as the spark for a discussion of the costs and benefits of the larger trend of which it is a part, it also has potential interest to HN readers.
The post is funny because it cuts right to the heart of the issue.
[Meta] Complaining that HN is turning into Reddit is Google+ material.
"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups."
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link."
For a measly $60M share. My expertise in valuing Twitter tells me he should have got at least 43.6 bajillion runes.
Lost cause?
Joined Apr 23, 2005 - It's actually legitimate.
While I can't agree that Google is doing the right thing by forcing +, they are mitigating the problem by doing so. We'll know in a week if the quality of comments goes up dramatically or stays the same in a few days.
The post is funny because it cuts right to the heart of the issue.
[Meta] Complaining that HN is turning into Reddit is Google+ material.
"On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups."
"Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link."