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comment by elizabeth
elizabeth  ·  4029 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is youtube shoving google plus down our throats?

I'm pissed off by the update, but not so much by the fact they are forcing G+ on us. I mean, I am, but everyone saw that coming so long ago it isn't much of a surprise. I grew accustomed to the idea and now I'm not pissed off they're pushing it even more. It's more of a sight of resignation. With time, you learn to accept shitty stuff because you can't really do much to change things anyways. Sort of like in politics.

I'm pissed off at the fact they did it BADLY. Unlimited characters, links, sorting top comments by putting the comments with the most replies on top (meaning top comments are often hateful stuff nobody care about). The threaded system is a bit of an improvement, but there is SO MUCH SPAM right now, i'm not even reading comments anymore...

On top of that even if I integrated my G+ account, I can't seem to be able to leave a comment myself (and yes, I've disabled adblock). I doesn't affect me too much because I rarely leave comments but still... it's now the cherry on top of my sunday of disappointment.

But I won't leave YouTube, not because of the platform but because of the content creators. I'm subscribed to LOADS of channels and I really really like them. So for now, I just have to accept the system.