At first glance, the recent changes to how we comment and interact on Youtube seem long overdue. There’s the comment “threading,” where you can easily see replies to the comments you make. Also, the comments that theoretically matter move to the top and you can toggle between newest comments and the most important ones.
For those folks who actively post videos on their channels, you will be able to elect to moderate your comments with more tools like being able to block certain words. In a perfect world where everyone decided to moderate their comments and relevant comments floated to the top, we could maybe all throw away our “Don’t Look at the Comments” shirts. Not so.
It appears that some top-voted comments are coming to the fore and may not be so topical or appropriate. Kotaku unearthed one, and fair-warning, it’s NSFW.
On top of this, Jawed Kawim, a YouTube co-founder took the time to log in after 8 years of virtual silence to comment with a beef on why Google+ is connected to the Youtube account. Yep, that’s right, Google+ and your YouTube are now intricately linked and perhaps it was just a matter of time.
It is interesting that Google appears to be strong-arming users to mindlessly posting their YouTube comments on Google+. If Google+’s engagement strategy is to become a feed of comments, then it has succeeded. As for now, it might be best to un-check the comment box.
Source: YouTube
