Just spent a while working out that I am now not allowed to post a comment to Youtube as "Fatpie42" any more.
I was a little confused at first, but now it all makes sense. You can't just post a comment on Youtube any more. You now have to be part of Google+, which is basically just Facebook only owned by different company.
Google seem to be trying to systematically ruin everything they provide that I enjoy. First it was Google Reader. Google Reader no longer exists. (Thankfully I now use Feedly and it's working pretty well so far.)
And now it's Youtube they are trying to ruin for me. I hadn't been following my subscribed channels that closely recently, but I certainly don't want people on Youtube knowing my real name. Now when I post comments I have to be known as Phil, because apparently I cannot use the name "Fatpie42" because it's not a real name. Never mind that it's the name of my Youtube account and that all my OTHER comments are in that name.
Oh, and when I post comments it asks me a load of stupid questions about who I want to share the comment with. Gah!
So yeah, this is stupid and frustrating as hell. Please sign this petition to get them to stop being so blooming daft, yeah?
https://www.change.org/petitions/google-change-the-youtube-comment-section-back-to-its-original-form#
