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When YouTube revamped its comments section recently, the emphasis was on squeezing out trolls in favour of conversations that matter to you. Given the often-toxic nature of YouTube comments, it sounded like a smart move. In the days since, theres been a considerable backlash against the changes, which appears to be gathering pace, and its all about the way YouTubes comments section is now tied to the Google+ social network. More than 95,000 people have so far signed a Change.org petition calling for YouTube to change the comments section back to its original form: Google is forcing us to make google+ accounts and invading our social life to comment on a youtube video and trying to take away our anonymous profile. They are also trying to censor us unless we share the same worldview as they do, claims the petition, which is aiming to get 150,000 signatures. YouTubes official video introducing the comments changes has also been catching flak, and not just in its comments. At the time of writing, 2,127 people have given the video a thumbs-up, while 40,450 have given it a thumbs-down.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:38:53 +0000

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