YouTube recently upgraded its comment system with a slew of handy new features, chief among them threaded replies (hallelujah), improved sorting and more robust moderation.
Cool, right? Wrong, according to many YouTubers. The new system firmly bakes Google+ into the YouTube ecosystem, meaning you must connect your Google+ and YouTube accounts to have conversations on YouTube. This also means public Google+ video shares show up in YouTube comments, often devoid of context.
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The forced integration has left many wondering whether Google has helped or harmed its social video juggernaut.
Here to break it down for you, along with a slew of other social media news from the past week, is YouTube extraordinaire Lamarr Wilson. His brand new Mashable show Socially Awkward kicks off today, and you can catch new episodes every Thursday morning. Do us a personal favor and subscribe to his channel — there's a lot more awkward fun in store.
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