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YouTube reaches terribad new lows
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YouTube reaches terribad new lows
http://socialtimes.com/youtube-testing- ... ons_b64985
Quote:This morning an interesting post went up on the Google Operating System unofficial Google news blog. The post announced that YouTube was testing a new feature—YouTube Reactions. The post features screenshots of the new feature, which apparently lets YouTube users click reaction buttons to decide whether a video is LOL, OMG, EPIC, CUTE, WTF or FAIL.
When I read the post this morning it sounded a little bit too awesome to be true and I wanted to reach out to YouTube to make sure that this wasn’t a late April Fool’s joke. It’s no joke. Jacques Herbert of Global Communications & Public Affairs at YouTube told me, “These video reaction tags are part of a test we’re doing on a small group of our users. The goal is to take frequently used expressions from our comments system and make them into tags to users can express themselves with just a click of the button. Depending on how the test goes, we’ll consider rolling the feature out to more users.”
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Oh god. No. Just no.
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What in the fuck? Oh well, as long as youtube keeps playing videos... Also, I hope someone comes out with a less authoritarian video site soon, youtubes starting to get annoying with their retarded censorshit enforcement.
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Meh, couldn't really care.
Old youtube will always beat new youtube. As Abesent said, as long as youtube keeps playing videos I guess, and adblocker plus keeps blocking those ads then I don't care. At least its free.
Also EPIC is overused to hell and FAIL is a verb. But whatever, shit catches on. OMG will get the christfags raging and WTF will be objected by all mums.
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Re: YouTube reaches terribad new lows
But yet somhow life continues.
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We are officially a nation (world?) of stupid fucks.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
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Re: YouTube reaches terribad new lows
Shame but thank heavens for adblock and noscript.
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Doesn't show up for me on any vid.
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Haha I was wondering what those options were...for like a week I was able to pick them....but not anymore.
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Re: YouTube reaches terribad new lows
Alucard483 Wrote:But yet somhow life continues.
Whilst some work diligently there are those who ask why. I am one of them
(\__/) This is Bunny. Paste Bunny into your signature
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Soul#2: I already have a grip. Doc:and a porno mag and a tube of lube I'm sure"
Lifes a bitch, then you marry one
This has been a test of the emergency pointless argument system. Had this been a real pointless argument, someone would have been called a facist.
Ceiling Cat: For that you need to wear a fursuit, though.
Inside sources say that Carla Franklin has had more dick in her than a public urinal.
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But yet somehow Alucard is still a faggot
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BaronVonStrangle Wrote:But yet somehow Alucard is still a faggot
I see what you did there.
Whilst some work diligently there are those who ask why. I am one of them
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Soul#2: I already have a grip. Doc:and a porno mag and a tube of lube I'm sure"
Lifes a bitch, then you marry one
This has been a test of the emergency pointless argument system. Had this been a real pointless argument, someone would have been called a facist.
Ceiling Cat: For that you need to wear a fursuit, though.
Inside sources say that Carla Franklin has had more dick in her than a public urinal.
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Re: YouTube reaches terribad new lows
Alacurd man you've become a bit of a buzzkill as the years have gone by.
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Absentinsomniac Wrote:What in the fuck? Oh well, as long as youtube keeps playing videos... Also, I hope someone comes out with a less authoritarian video site soon, youtubes starting to get annoying with their retarded censorshit enforcement.
Dude I couldn't agree more. Lots of awesome videos are getting disabled because of "COPYRIGHT" bullshit. Even if the song is playing in the background for like 2 seconds...
I would use another site if more people did though.
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This is a minor change that doesn't affect me in the slightest. However, if Youtube doesn't quit changing their shit, they are all going to die a painful death at the hands of the populace. 'Tis frustrating, adjusting to new crap that was changed or added despite the fact that THE OLD SHIT WORKED JUST FINE, THANK YOU.
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HeartofShadows Wrote:Alacurd man you've become a bit of a buzzkill as the years have gone by.
I thought quite a bit about this and typed out a few replies but I didnt really like any of them, so here we go.
Yes, sometime I am a buzzkill, however that goes hand in hand with my hatred for stupidity. Sometimes I enjoy being a buzzkill, which is called trolling. This situation is about 50% troll, 40% Quite whining like a little bitch, and 10% Sarcasm and Cinicism.
Who the fuck cares if youtube wants to add tags to the videos poeple can vote on? I dont recall people getting up in arms when they made a vezuvela button. I mean, I could see why people might get bent up over something like if they MADE you vote on the video upon its completion before you can even watch something else. If you dont want to use it then dont fucking use it.
Whilst some work diligently there are those who ask why. I am one of them
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Lifes a bitch, then you marry one
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All I have to say is, I creamed my pants when I opened that old youtube screen cap. Sooooo much better than the new shit.
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It's like as soon as you get used to one layout they change it.
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Alucard483 Wrote:Yes, sometime I am a buzzkill, however that goes hand in hand with my hatred for stupidity. Sometimes I enjoy being a buzzkill, which is called trolling. This situation is about 50% troll, 40% Quite whining like a little bitch, and 10% Sarcasm and Cinicism.
Who the fuck cares if youtube wants to add tags to the videos poeple can vote on? I dont recall people getting up in arms when they made a vezuvela button. I mean, I could see why people might get bent up over something like if they MADE you vote on the video upon its completion before you can even watch something else. If you dont want to use it then dont fucking use it.
Fair enough.
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This shit is genius.
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