Here's one prominent Youtuber's thoughts on how the G+/YouTube merge has affected comment quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDTspUNj-4w http://www.youtube

Here's one prominent Youtuber's thoughts on how the G+/YouTube merge has affected comment quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDTspUNj-4w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDTspUNj-4w If you don't want to watch the video, the gist is that the G+ integration is actually highlighting the worst comments and putting them at the top, since they are the ones that get the most replies/likes/dislikes (feeding the trolls, etc.).