http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Google to limit anonymous comments en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:45:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11671#post-133388 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 15:12:04 +0000 steveo 133388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>How much weight should you give to a stranger's opinion?</p> <p>If you ask YouTube, the answer is: not much.</p> <p>The video sharing website has made changes to the way users can comment on clips. Google, which owns the website, now requires them to sign up to its social network Google+ before they can post their thoughts.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24987726" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24987726</a></p> <p>Apparently Google have realised just how innane and trollish the comments on YouTube actually are and have taken steps to reduce it. I wonder if the chipwrapper has similar plans in the works. </p>