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Co-founder of Youtube makes his first comment in 8 years

97 points by m4tthumphrey 13y ago

jaxomlotus 13y ago
In answer to his comment: Because you sold your product to Google.
- nly 13y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim For a measly $60M share. My expertise in valuing Twitter tells me he should have got at least 43.6 bajillion runes.
  - donretag 13y ago
    He was given stock in Google, which has more than doubled in price since then.
  - staircasebug 13y ago
    My memory is fuzzy about this, but at that time, the mpaa/riaa/etc had been coming down real hard on YouTube. Without the G or another big boy coming in, their ship would have been in a precarious situation with all of the lawsuits rolling in.
  - kordless 13y ago
    And what, pray tell, is the limit on what is 'enough'? A billion? Two billion?
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- colinramsay 13y ago
  http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups." "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link."
- brudgers 13y ago
  In the context of Google diminishing online anonymity for commercial gain, it is potentially relevant to HN. Likewise as the spark for a discussion of the costs and benefits of the larger trend of which it is a part, it also has potential interest to HN readers. The post is funny because it cuts right to the heart of the issue. [Meta] Complaining that HN is turning into Reddit is Google+ material.
xSwag 13y ago
https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Joined Apr 23, 2005 - It's actually legitimate.
- surreal 13y ago
  Indeed - the one video on his channel was the first YouTube video uploaded.
yiedyie 13y ago
What I find appalling is that now if I like a comment it is public on G+.
- trothoun 13y ago
  I agree. Google doesn't seem to understand that the way in which a thing is expressed is important. It's like they don't understand the difference between something announced at a press conference, and something mentioned in passing to a friend. My inability to reason about the social context of online interactions tends to seriously discourage me from expressing much in an non-(semi)-anonymous way.
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Zecc 13y ago
For the record: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6695904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6695904
pinaceae 13y ago
so google can claim higher google+ subscriber rates. i just wonder if investors, ad men will be that idiotic when comparing user counts betweent say Fb and G+. real vs. forced users.
- hackula1 13y ago
  Does it really matter to them? (serious question)
robleathern 13y ago
Part of the point is that according to their own numbers, YouTube is the only part of Google+ anyone gives a ____ to interact with: http://marketingland.com/google-hits-300-million-active-monthly-in-stream-users-540-million-across-google-63354 http://marketingland.com/google-hits-300-million-active-mont...
gcb1 13y ago
His first comment is a word for word of my last comment.
- namenotrequired 13y ago
  Was the choice of the word "last" as opposed to "latest" deliberate? :)
riyadparvez 13y ago
Just out of curiosity, why do you even need an account to comment on a video?
lotsofcows 13y ago
Because the single to noise ratio on Youtube was beyond a joke. This is, possibly, an easy way to mitigate that.
- CookWithMe 13y ago
  The Android Market, erm, Google Play Store, has made the switch to Google + reviews only as well. As far as I have noticed, this switch has not improved the quality of comments (although the quality was never as bad as with Youtube).
pearjuice 13y ago
So what is next? Youtube becomes Google+ its video section.
- e40 13y ago
  My guess is yes. Picasa is already being merged into G+ and I hate that. It's totally confused the whole product.
Shank 13y ago
A bit of an overreaction, considering the quality of YouTube comments has notoriously been below acceptable levels for quite some time. While I can't agree that Google is doing the right thing by forcing +, they are mitigating the problem by doing so. We'll know in a week if the quality of comments goes up dramatically or stays the same in a few days.
chiph 13y ago
.. Waiting for John McAfee-style video. "I sold it to them, and I don't know what they did to it..."
iambateman 13y ago
Ironically, the quality of a comment from the co-founder of YouTube isn't any better than a typical YouTube comment. Lost cause?
- Scriptor 13y ago
  When in Rome...

97 points by m4tthumphrey 13y ago

jaxomlotus 13y ago

In answer to his comment: Because you sold your product to Google.

nly 13y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawed_Karim For a measly $60M share. My expertise in valuing Twitter tells me he should have got at least 43.6 bajillion runes.
- donretag 13y ago
  He was given stock in Google, which has more than doubled in price since then.
- staircasebug 13y ago
  My memory is fuzzy about this, but at that time, the mpaa/riaa/etc had been coming down real hard on YouTube. Without the G or another big boy coming in, their ship would have been in a precarious situation with all of the lawsuits rolling in.
- kordless 13y ago
  And what, pray tell, is the limit on what is 'enough'? A billion? Two billion?
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colinramsay 13y ago
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups." "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link."
brudgers 13y ago
In the context of Google diminishing online anonymity for commercial gain, it is potentially relevant to HN. Likewise as the spark for a discussion of the costs and benefits of the larger trend of which it is a part, it also has potential interest to HN readers. The post is funny because it cuts right to the heart of the issue. [Meta] Complaining that HN is turning into Reddit is Google+ material.

xSwag 13y ago

https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed Joined Apr 23, 2005 - It's actually legitimate.

surreal 13y ago
Indeed - the one video on his channel was the first YouTube video uploaded.

yiedyie 13y ago

What I find appalling is that now if I like a comment it is public on G+.

trothoun 13y ago
I agree. Google doesn't seem to understand that the way in which a thing is expressed is important. It's like they don't understand the difference between something announced at a press conference, and something mentioned in passing to a friend. My inability to reason about the social context of online interactions tends to seriously discourage me from expressing much in an non-(semi)-anonymous way.

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Zecc 13y ago

For the record: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6695904 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6695904

pinaceae 13y ago

so google can claim higher google+ subscriber rates. i just wonder if investors, ad men will be that idiotic when comparing user counts betweent say Fb and G+. real vs. forced users.

hackula1 13y ago
Does it really matter to them? (serious question)

robleathern 13y ago

Part of the point is that according to their own numbers, YouTube is the only part of Google+ anyone gives a ____ to interact with: http://marketingland.com/google-hits-300-million-active-monthly-in-stream-users-540-million-across-google-63354 http://marketingland.com/google-hits-300-million-active-mont...

gcb1 13y ago

His first comment is a word for word of my last comment.

namenotrequired 13y ago
Was the choice of the word "last" as opposed to "latest" deliberate? :)

riyadparvez 13y ago

Just out of curiosity, why do you even need an account to comment on a video?

lotsofcows 13y ago

Because the single to noise ratio on Youtube was beyond a joke. This is, possibly, an easy way to mitigate that.

CookWithMe 13y ago
The Android Market, erm, Google Play Store, has made the switch to Google + reviews only as well. As far as I have noticed, this switch has not improved the quality of comments (although the quality was never as bad as with Youtube).

pearjuice 13y ago

So what is next? Youtube becomes Google+ its video section.

e40 13y ago
My guess is yes. Picasa is already being merged into G+ and I hate that. It's totally confused the whole product.

Shank 13y ago

A bit of an overreaction, considering the quality of YouTube comments has notoriously been below acceptable levels for quite some time. While I can't agree that Google is doing the right thing by forcing +, they are mitigating the problem by doing so. We'll know in a week if the quality of comments goes up dramatically or stays the same in a few days.

chiph 13y ago

.. Waiting for John McAfee-style video. "I sold it to them, and I don't know what they did to it..."

iambateman 13y ago

Ironically, the quality of a comment from the co-founder of YouTube isn't any better than a typical YouTube comment. Lost cause?

Scriptor 13y ago
When in Rome...