YouTube has promised to deal with spam issues that occurred after launching its new commenting system.
After launching its new Google+-powered commenting system in Youtube, there has been an increase in the number of comment spam and Google is now working to address the matter.
Subscribers of YouTube have expressed that the new commenting system is annoying because it has privacy-related issues, confusion, and the ability to comment anonymously. Additionally, there has been a petition running around the web demanding Google to reconsider shifting back to the old system. The petition has over 215,000 signatures already as of today.
Google+ acts as a destination website and a social layer that can be linked to all Google properties. However, YouTube, though a property of Google, is different. It’s because subscribers in YouTube have established identities – a real one and a made-up one.
Prior to shifting to Google+ comments, an overlaying statement that says, “Thanks for your feedback. We know there are issues with spam and abuse in the new system and we’re working hard to fix them” will pop out.
The statement somehow seems to be an acceptance note from Google that they failed in implementing Google+ comments on YouTube, plus the consequence of allowing Google+ users to put in links or other casual texts in their comments in YouTube.
On Monday, Google posted an update on its creator blogspot saying, “We’ve worked hard to combat the increase in spammy comments and have made a number of updates, including: better recognition of bad links and impersonation attempts, improved ASCII art detection, and changing how long comments are displayed.
“We know the spam issues made it hard to use the new system at first, and we’re excited to see more of you getting involved as we’ve fixed issues. New features like threaded conversations and formatted comments are coming to life, thanks to you and your fans.”
