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Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by chrismonsanto »

adventured wrote: post #10

I think Google is choosing a particularly terrible point to start alienating users of YouTube. It seems like everywhere I go online these days, the YouTube hatred is universal. It's regarded as uncool, boring, obnoxious, and just generally yesterday's news. This is merely an observation, however a few years ago I rarely saw the kind of negative sentiment toward YouTube that is now very common. If I were a betting per…

This is the feeling I get too. We try to host content on YouTube due its reach, but a lot of our content creators (and viewers) have requested that we use Twitch instead. Esp. for its xbox integration. (We're a gaming site btw)

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by javert »

Zirro wrote: post #35
patrickaljord wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Women tend not to have penises.

I am sure you were joking, but to clarify and expand: Why do men seek contact with the opposite sex more frequently than women? Why do they tend to do so in a way that seems to bother the woman in question? Why are women not doing the same to men?

Part of it is purely game theoretic.

Once one person realizes it's a successful strategy to send more messages then their competition, their competition also has to send more messages. Arms race quickly ensues. And once you have such an arms race on one side, the other gender no longer has to even bother initiating conversations.

Why did the arms race tip towards men competing and women getting it easy? Probably cultural norms. But once the arms race got started, there was no putting it back in the bag.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by octagonal »

vondur wrote: post #19
jyap wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google to Pay $8.5 Million in Buzz Privacy Class Action Settlement http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2050437/Google-to-Pay-8...

8.5 million is just a rounding error for Google.

Regardless of the size of the fine, Company x being sued for infringement y is very bad pr for company x.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by icarusmad »

mavroprovato wrote: post #38
ivank wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe you're blocking apis.google.com or plus.googleapis.com? Even more unrelated: NoScript users who allow apis.google.com might want to add an Adblock Plus 'Ad Blocking Rule' ||apis.google.com/js/plusone.js to prevent spying via G+ buttons.

And now that I checked again, I get them. This is weird... I use AdBlock Plus, maybe it updated its filters? Thanks anyway!

Have you unchecked the "Allow non-intrusive advertising" option in AdBlock Plus? I think that Google has paid to be added to the list.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by teaneedz »

acqq wrote: post #56
marvin wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're missing 50% of the picture here. Anonymous, unmoderated discussion in an uneducated crowd is the worst of both worlds. Obviously . But anonymous, moderated discussion in a forum of disciplined and/or informed, educated users is better than the same discussion in a forum where all the identities of the participants are known, precisely for the reasons fat0wl outlined. You can look to any of the heavily moderate…

I think they are aware of everything, they just don't care: those that make the decisions that affect the "peasants" won't take their own dogfood. Suggested readings the texts about the "feudal internet" from Bruce Schneier.

Agreed.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by amagumori »

dictum wrote: post #12
graeme wrote: post #5

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Assuming your question was serious: Because she displays a very minor amount of cleavage in the picture, with a pleasant smile. In other words, her picture is fun and completely unobjectionable. Unfortunately, if that picture is shown outside of her private context it's also liable to generate hordes of crude come-ons from lonely men who see it while browsing Youtube. This is different from a facebook profile picture…

I understand her discomfort with harassers, but it seems to me that it's a trade between crude come-ons from people with real names attached and murder/rape threats from people without their real names attached. I prefer a web where pseudonyms are allowed, but if anything, real names could reduce harassment.

the issue is not the visibility of the harasser's names but hers. using your real name gives people the ability to find your phone number and address fairly easily.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by marvin »

Zirro wrote: post #35
patrickaljord wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Women tend not to have penises.

I am sure you were joking, but to clarify and expand: Why do men seek contact with the opposite sex more frequently than women? Why do they tend to do so in a way that seems to bother the woman in question? Why are women not doing the same to men?

I think the three other responses you had received to this comment when I post this give a more general answer: No one knows, and most fall back on evolutionary psychology to come up with a plausible-sounding explanation.

Re: Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

shittyanalogy wrote: post #27

Also, people are different in different situations. People are different on youtube than they are on tumblr than they are on pinterest than they are on twitter than they are with their family than they are at the DMV than they are at a night club than they are .... People aren't a personality attached to a name they're who they want to be at any given time and personalities change. This kind of forced identity is not…

This is rather insightful. Now I'm actively considering changes in my personality based on different social interactions. I wonder if enjoyment of various activities is contingent upon the personality one puts on while engaging in them. Which raises the question, what if any parts of our personality are consistent throughout all activities.
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