More companies cracking down on online comments
Joining the likes of The Huffington Post, both YouTube and PopularScience announced their own initiatives for taking control back from anonymous trolls.
Apparently fed up with the rash of hateful, negative, racist, homophobic, and all-around tasteless comments on YouTube videos, Google is cracking down on the types of comments you’ll see from now on.
From ReadWrite:
YouTube declares that it’s making comments better by integrating Google+. It will prioritize comments from recognizable profiles, like the video creator or friends. Posted comments can be shared privately or in users’ Google+ circles, and additional moderating tools will give video creators the ability to block phrases or auto-approve comments.
So, it seems to be part, “We want to clean up the comments,” and part, “We want everybody to have a Google+ account.” That makes sense, but how will people find opportunities to make $10,000 a week while sitting at home if not for YouTube comment spam?
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