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That's not actually a bad thing, YouTube comments are very bad and anything they can do to improve that is OK, including requiring a real name.
by btipling 14y ago
That's not actually a bad thing, YouTube comments are very bad and anything they can do to improve that is OK, including requiring a real name.
- fluidcruft 14y agoThat's fine except I wasn't trying to comment. I was just trying to view some trivial video shared by a family member. Instead I was assaulted with this UI atrocity forcing me to evaluate some complicated modal dialog before I could even view the damn video. I mean, look at it: it's a pretty clear yes/no question with three confusing answer buttons and none of the labels answer the question posed at the top. I could tolerate it if it happened when I tried to upload, comment, like, report or favorite something, but just to watch? If I had been logged out I wouldn't have been hassled by this. Apparently my sin is having bothered to create an account at some point in the past when I just wanted to click the like button as feedback to some poster. Why is it so unreasonable to like things without endorsing them? I guess the answer it to delete my youtube account and lurk moar. Fine. This is exactly what wil warned about.
- anoncow 14y agoSadly youtube is now entrenched. Everybody else is a fringe player.
- anoncow 14y agoWhatever happened to freedom of speech. This is exactly what autocrats everywhere want and even we now believe it to be good - just because of youtube comments. Comments which reflect the real us. With a real name policy it will be replaced by a few polite lines with emoticons.
- btipling 14y agoFreedom of speech seems to be very important to you but you do not seem to understand it well. YouTube is not a product of the government.
- rhizome 14y agoThen require a real name rather than these passive aggressive, evermore-obscure by turns, login modals.