Youtube and Google+ are separating

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Google has announced that YouTube and Google+ (Google's social network) are splitting up after they were joined years ago amid much criticism.

Several months ago, Google stopped requiring users to make Google+ accounts to sign up for other Google services like GMail or YouTube. As of today, your YouTube comments will no longer be posted publicly to your Google+ account automatically.

However, YouTube channels and videos are still linked to Google+ accounts. This separation will come later. DO NOT DELETE YOUR GOOGLE+ PROFILE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO ALSO DELETE YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

Google claims that this decision will help to remove things from Google+ that aren't "essential to an interest-based social experience".

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[HaloEffect17]

Quite frankly, I'm glad they're separating. They've received a great deal of vitriol together for a reason.

 

[FAST6191]

https://github.com/YePpHa/YouTubeCenter/wiki/Developer-Version ensures I do not see youtube comments but the less than brilliant merger did not escape my attention.

Wonder what this will do to google plus.