Google makes youtube even more impossible to use. (comment changes) - Polidicks

Strange. While I didn't want to do that, I still linked my account with my empty G+ account and I have no problems with viewing, rating and basically the whole Youtube experience, except for those Bob-spamming cunts and comment system being kinda weird (but really, I'm the last person who'd give a shit about comments). So the question is, what is the reason of all that shit flipping? Am I just being lucky that I don't have problems, or what? Enlighten me, please.

Maybe I should actually read those responces I've received after I filed all those complaints. I wouldn't be surprised if I get a generic copy+paste response though. [editline]16th November 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=SouthParkMGT;42882848]Strange. While I didn't want to do that, I still linked my account with my empty G+ account and I have no problems with viewing, rating and basically the whole Youtube experience, except for those Bob-spamming cunts and comment system being kinda weird (but really, I'm the last person who'd give a shit about comments). So the question is, what is the reason of all that shit flipping? Am I just being lucky that I don't have problems, or what? Enlighten me, please.[/QUOTE] Read the thread. Really. Do it.

[QUOTE=SouthParkMGT;42882848]Strange. While I didn't want to do that, I still linked my account with my empty G+ account and I have no problems with viewing, rating and basically the whole Youtube experience, except for those Bob-spamming cunts and comment system being kinda weird (but really, I'm the last person who'd give a shit about comments). So the question is, what is the reason of all that shit flipping? Am I just being lucky that I don't have problems, or what? Enlighten me, please.[/QUOTE] In a nutshell: [video=youtube;9u6Bfnq3aZk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6Bfnq3aZk[/video]

When Microsoft started integrating its products in the 1990s it got sued for abuse of monopoly.

Does clicking on timestamps in the comments still open up the same video in a new tab at 00:00 regardless of what time the timestamp was at?

[QUOTE=lolz3;42846496]A friend of mine has a friend the actually works for Google, I hope this is not true but he says that Google is thinking about make YouTube a Google+ ONLY site. Some details he gave were videos will only be on a 3 minute preview and only available when you create a Google+ profile. You will also not be able use any of the categories to browse videos or search videos, you will only be able to view the Popular Topics section. He has confirmed however that they are terminating accounts (regardless of legacy status or not) that will not link to a Google+ profile.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=lolz3;42875526]Nope, in fact he just confirmed the search plan. Accounts at random not using Google+ can search videos, but they will not be able to see any past page 1.[/QUOTE] Soo you somehow get a friend of a friend that works at Google, and they're so nice and friendly to break their NDA, [I]which could easily cost them the work[/I], to give you a conspiration-like theory that even goes as far as deleting accounts not meeting a criteria (hint: even legacy accounts didn't get deleted, just private'd). And he goes and gives it to your friend, with no worry of it getting spread everywhere. Seems about right.

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;42873147]i'm really quite sorry that you don't see how awesome this actually is because it is quite awesome also alternatives?? didn't you just say a billion users on youtube???? good luck getting all of them to switch![/QUOTE] Quiet sheep. [QUOTE=BlindSniper17;42875126]Is there a gas leak at Google?[/QUOTE] Multiple. As in, the entire reserve of natural gas under NY is now leaking into the Google offices. On a side note(s): Someone thought it was a good idea to make the like/dislike bar different colors. The likes are pale blue and dislikes are a nearly-non-existent light light light light grey. Also, the comments are now 3 extra cups of broken for me. Top comments is now most recent comments (as in, now it loads the most recent instead of top) annnd recent comments, well let's just say they don't exist for me.

[QUOTE=Van-man;42882869]Maybe I should actually read those responces I've received after I filed all those complaints. I wouldn't be surprised if I get a generic copy+paste response though.[/QUOTE] Yep, it were a generic copy&paste response, didn't even address my complaint directly at all.

[img]http://puu.sh/5k9gX.png[/img] no

[QUOTE=HetsuProcyon;42883485][IMG]http://puu.sh/5k9gX.png[/IMG] no[/QUOTE] Just signed you up for a few "adult" toy store newsletters. Enjoy!

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42883497]Just signed you up for a few "adult" toy store newsletters. Enjoy![/QUOTE] Thanks, I abandoned using google a long time ago though so that's not my primary email address.

[QUOTE=HetsuProcyon;42883485][img]http://puu.sh/5k9gX.png[/img] no[/QUOTE] If they know your password is right for your username then why don't they just let you log in? "Oh yeah, we could just log you in right now, but nope, don't want to any more, sorry!"

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42883497]Just signed you up for a few "adult" toy store newsletters. Enjoy![/QUOTE] Jokes on you, that was his intention all along.

[video=youtube;BdURdRYHwFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdURdRYHwFk[/video] Bob will take care of it, don't you worry.

Speaking of, since the update, if I change the resolution of a video AFTER the Suggestion Side bar loads on the side, it will freeze the video and I'll need to refreshed. Meaning, right as the page starts loading, it's a race against time to quickly slap the 720/1080p resolution button or else I cannot change resolution without breaking my video.

I imagine Google have actually deleted the old Youtube user database so they can't go back. It's what they'd do.

[QUOTE=lazyguy;42884182]I imagine Google have actually deleted the old Youtube user database so they can't go back. It's what they'd do.[/QUOTE] nope, my account which has been inactive since before google+ existed is still there

[QUOTE=Eva-1337;42884156]Speaking of, since the update, if I change the resolution of a video AFTER the Suggestion Side bar loads on the side, it will freeze the video and I'll need to refreshed. Meaning, right as the page starts loading, it's a race against time to quickly slap the 720/1080p resolution button or else I cannot change resolution without breaking my video.[/QUOTE] I think it's always done that since they started using Dash playback. Dash playback is one of the worst thing's they have ever thought of implementing. If the servers are slow then users can't just pause the video to let it buffer, and if the user wants to watch the video again then they have to rebuffer the entire video again.

I don't know why content creators complaining about the bob invasion don't just blacklist the various ASCII related characters (█, ▌, ▐, ▀, ▄, ☻, etc.) to prevent people from posting them.

We need anti-Bob army to murder that smug bastard.

[QUOTE=Helix Snake;42884256]I don't know why content creators complaining about the bob invasion don't just blacklist the various ASCII related characters (█, ▌, ▐, ▀, ▄, ☻, etc.) to prevent people from posting them.[/QUOTE] Annoying the shit out of content creators is the only way Google will listen though.

who gives a shit, everyone who comments on youtube videos is either a 12 year old or

[QUOTE=Xmeagol;42884476]who gives a shit, everyone who comments on youtube videos is either a 12 year old or[/QUOTE] or?!

[QUOTE=Xmeagol;42884476]who gives a shit.[/QUOTE] Did you even think while typing that post? [QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42884485]or?![/QUOTE] WOAHHH ROLL THE PRESSES BOYS WE'VE GOT BREAKING NEWS OR... [QUOTE=Helix Snake;42884256]I don't know why content creators complaining about the bob invasion don't just blacklist the various ASCII related characters (█, ▌, ▐, ▀, ▄, ☻, etc.) to prevent people from posting them.[/QUOTE] wait a second i recognise this guy.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42884485]or?![/QUOTE] Azure, three gards Or [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Arms_of_the_Earl_of_Chester.svg[/img]

There's more than a few things wrong here. [img]http://i.imgur.com/8QwILyX.png[/img] 1. 1 to 3 of these pop up on every video you watch on this account regardless of which browser or computer you use. 2. The account in question is a youtube account created through G+. It's signed in and can comment on videos if you block the pop up telling you to sign in. 3. If you refresh the page the number grows by 0-3. Sometimes it completely resets back to 1-3 though. 4. Sometimes they load after everything else and cover the video up. If this happens, you cannot close them. The video, despite being visually under the green message boxes, has priority when clicking, so you just puase/play/fullscreen. I was aiming to take a screenshot of an entire page filled with green boxes, but it reset on me. Highest I've been able to get to is about 25. I'd really like to know how you manage to pull this off. Calling this a spectacular failure simply misses the level of insanity present here.

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;42884317]Annoying the shit out of content creators is the only way Google will listen though.[/QUOTE] Content creators are the main people affected and pissed off by the changes. They're the ones running into all of the bugs like the inability to mark comments as not spam. They're already annoyed, there's no point in getting them more annoyed.

YouTube really fucked me over with this one by completely removing my ability to comment/rate. This was done because a while ago I deleted my G+ account while it was linked with YouTube, so now if I try to link my YouTube account to another G+ account, it just takes me straight back to the homepage. It says it's not linked with a G+ account, but whenever I'm logged in to YouTube and try to access G+ I get this message: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/I0znwIa.png[/IMG] If I sign out before going in, I get taken to the sign-up page as if I were a new user, so I think it's bugged. My account has been in this state for months now, I sent in a support ticket a few weeks ago and still haven't got a response. [editline]a[/editline] Forgot to mention, all new comments on my videos are getting automatically marked as spam, but because of the aforementioned bugs I can't go through and approve them, so basically I cannot interact with other people and vice versa.

[QUOTE=itisjuly;42884294]We need anti-Bob army to murder that smug bastard.[/QUOTE] There is already a lot of that: [QUOTE=Random Youtube Guy] ███████▄ █▄█████▄█ This is the Monster Of Comments. It´s eating all █▼▼▼▼▼ █  Bobs        █▲▲▲▲▲▲ █████████ _██____██__ ´cause it´s hungry... PS: It´s eating Google+ too ;) And all you who don't like diz comment !! [/QUOTE]

Here's one from myself [quote]This is a regular comment about the video you are watching titled "(paste video title here)". This comment involves absolutely no ASCII art or links and is very short. Thank you for reading this comment and I hope you have a pleasant day.[/quote]