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Title: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Lightning on November 08, 2013, 03:01:55 PM
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed all the recent changes on You Tube with more changes yet to come? I don't like what Google is doing to the site. The most recent, you can't make comments on yt videos unless it is done on google+. I don't like this. What are your thoughts?
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: twcclassics on November 08, 2013, 03:23:53 PM
Really? I don't have to do that. :huh:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: TWCJim on November 08, 2013, 03:37:40 PM
I use a Windows Live email account to log into my YT and despite that, Google made me create a Google+ account so I can comment on YT videos. Ridiculous!  :hammer:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Zach on November 08, 2013, 05:14:40 PM
Really? I don't have to do that. :huh:
If you already have a G+ account then you won't really notice any changes. If you don't, then Youtube will prompt you to make a G+ account.
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Lightning on November 08, 2013, 07:24:40 PM
Really? I don't have to do that. :huh:
If you already have a G+ account then you won't really notice any changes. If you don't, then Youtube will prompt you to make a G+ account.
I already have a G+ account, but I never use it since I'm already on facebook and twitter. I guess this is something I'll have to use it for. But it's not fair to people who don't already have a G+ account. If they already have a you tube account, they shouldn't have to add a G+ account just so they can comment.  <_<
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Mike M on November 09, 2013, 12:39:37 PM
I use a Windows Live email account to log into my YT
How? Youtube hasn't allowed any other email clients besides Gmail since 2010. :huh:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: twcclassics on November 09, 2013, 12:45:15 PM
I am annoyed, though, that I have to choose what username to use EVERY FREAKING TIME I LOG IN! :censored:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: TWCJim on November 09, 2013, 12:51:02 PM
I use a Windows Live email account to log into my YT
How? Youtube hasn't allowed any other email clients besides Gmail since 2010. :huh:

Back in the day, anybody could use any email address they wish upon registration to YT, regardless if it was Gmail or not.  :yes:  I signed up in 2009, and to this day, I continue to receive notifications from YT in my Live inbox.
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Localonthe8s on November 09, 2013, 01:27:22 PM
I use a Windows Live email account to log into my YT
How? Youtube hasn't allowed any other email clients besides Gmail since 2010. :huh:

Back in the day, anybody could use any email address they wish upon registration to YT, regardless if it was Gmail or not.  :yes:  I signed up in 2009, and to this day, I continue to receive notifications from YT in my Live inbox.
I signed up in 2008, and it forced me to use a google account. :unsure:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: WeatherWitness on November 09, 2013, 02:00:40 PM
Google has destroyed YouTube and continues to do so.  Heck, they changed the log-in process, and I had the hardest time figuring out how to switch between accounts.  This new comment thing: I guess you can't "like" comments anymore?  And to see replies, you have to click a link, which opens a new window, and then you have to scroll down again.  So confusing, so horrid. :thumbdown:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: twcclassics on November 09, 2013, 10:28:50 PM
Am I crazy, or have the tags disappeared?
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Lightning on November 10, 2013, 11:28:38 PM
Am I crazy, or have the tags disappeared?
What tags?
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: phw115wvwx on November 10, 2013, 11:28:49 PM
With how you all keep talking about YouTube and the changes made, I'm more glad that I left it months ago.  I personally feel YouTube is just good for searching and watching content.  Everything else such as creating videos, maintaining your accounts, and handling feedback seem to be less than desired.
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: twcclassics on November 11, 2013, 10:26:47 AM
Am I crazy, or have the tags disappeared?
What tags?
You can add tags (or keywords) to you videos. It's a way to help people find your videos. For example, I'll tag my local forecast videos with "local forecast." The tags are still there when you go to edit or add a video, but they're missing from page where most people watch it.

Also, I noticed last night that unless you un-check it, your video comments get posted to your G+ page. Why would anyone want to do that? :huh:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Mike M on November 14, 2013, 01:56:23 AM
I'm sure it's a strategy to get a bigger G+ userbase, but it ain't happening. Facebook will continue to be the most popular social networking site for the foreseeable future.
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: Eric on November 14, 2013, 04:45:32 AM
I wasn't a fan of Google+ when it first started, and I'm even less of a fan now.  Since the first day I started an account there I kept saying it needed to make some drastic changes to be successful.  Google+ seems instead to have taken a page out of TWC's longform playbook... :dunno:
Title: Re: Google continues to change YouTube :/
Post by: toxictwister00 on November 01, 2014, 10:51:52 AM
This is somewhat off-topic, but it does have to do with Youtube. The website now supports uploading/viewing videos in 60fps.

EDIT: I think this option may only be for those who use Google Chrome at the moment though. Some folks say it works on IE also, but I don't know I haven't tried for myself. It definitely works in Chrome just fine from one video I watched.