In answer to his comment: Because you sold it to Google.
Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
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Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#22Because YouTube comments were completely useless, and now the company is trying to make them useful / interesting. If I go to a viral video, and I see comments on it from people I actually KNOW, I personally think that would be really cool. That was completely impossible, the old way.
If that were really the sole motivation, they could have just linked G+ in addition to other social networks to your old account.
Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#23At this point it seems like Google's mission is to help make profit for Apple and Facebook.
Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#24slow clap
Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#25Because YouTube comments were completely useless, and now the company is trying to make them useful / interesting. If I go to a viral video, and I see comments on it from people I actually KNOW, I personally think that would be really cool. That was completely impossible, the old way.
Yes, the internet makes it so convenient to remain within one's echo chamber.
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#26He's a real genius.
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#27Surely it wouldn't be it couldn't be that hard to built a better youtube and seed it with quality content. I'm surprised nobody has succeeded.
Is it just that the costs of serving video require an enormous company or is it that the term youtube is basically synonymous with "internet video".
Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#28Surely it wouldn't be it couldn't be that hard to built a better youtube and seed it with quality content. I'm surprised nobody has succeeded. Is it just that the costs of serving video require an enormous company or is it that the term youtube is basically synonymous with "internet video".
uh, you mean like Vimeo?
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#29I've pretty much given up. Google has deleted my playlists and favorites countless times. Every time they try to integrate YouTube with one of their services/account management, I end up losing everything. My only consolation is that Google+ is accumulating a lot of vitriol and hate across the web. It's shaping up to be the most hated "social" product in the entire Internet.
Forgetting Buzz?
Re: Co-Founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years
#30In answer to his comment: Because you sold it to Google.
My thoughts as well. If you're going to sell out, you should fully anticipate that "the man" will just gut your company & let it bleed out. Maybe they bought it to kill it off, etc.