{"id":2397,"date":"2013-11-11T16:19:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:33:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:33:32","slug":"youtube-changes-commenting-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/2397\/youtube-changes-commenting-system\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Changes Commenting System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Youtube_Logo-300x109.png\" alt=\"Youtube_Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Youtube_Logo-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Youtube_Logo.png 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Announced a few months ago, but finally rolled out this week, are <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube-global.blogspot.com\/2013\/09\/youtube-new-comments.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google&#8217;s newest changes to the YouTube commenting system<\/a> requiring all commenters to login with their Google Plus accounts. Since Google requires a real name be associated with each Google plus account, it is now harder to remain anonymous when commenting this way.  <\/p>\n<p>This move has outraged a huge fan base who either prefer to remain anonymous,  or enjoy seeing all the vitriolic comments left by others.  A quick Google search unearthed at least a dozen petitions asking YouTube to bring back the old commenting system, garnering tens of thousands of &#8220;signatures.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>To see what the new comments look like,  here&#8217;s a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/soulpancake\/discussion\" target=\"_blank\">discussion page for SoulPancake YouTube channel<\/a>.  And here&#8217;s an official video introduction.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bVGp8Z8Yb28?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There are dozens of funnier videos railing against the changes, but most were not G rated, so I will leave it to you to find them yourself.  What do you think of changes?  For the better or for the worse?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announced a few months ago, but finally rolled out this week, are Google&#8217;s newest changes to the YouTube commenting system requiring all commenters to login with their Google Plus accounts. 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