I care Google Plus . Some of the smart people I ’ve ever say are on Google Plus , and the resort is amazing .
But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone , and it ’s pissing me off .
Yesterday , I tried to like a television on YouTube . I was n’t signed in to my Google Plus write up , and this is what I reckon :

Where the thumb up and thumbs down used to be , there is now a big G+ Like clitoris . When you go anywhere near it , you get a little popup that severalize you to “ upgrade to Google plus ” for some understanding that I do n’t remember , because the instant I saw it , I made a rageface .
Here ’s what I wroteon Tumblr :
Oh , go have it off yourself , Google . This is just as bad as caller forcing me to “ like ” something on Facebook before I can take in whatever it is they desire me to “ care . ”

Just permit me thumbs up something , without forcing me to “ advance ” to G+ , you dickheads .
The bad part of this ? For a manufacturer like me , I ’m going to lose a crapton of potential upvotes for Tabletop , because the meat of my audience is technical school - savvy and may not require to “ kick upstairs ” to yet another fucking societal web they do n’t want or need .
I am tote up now : Those upvotes are implausibly important to us , because we need them to realize another season of our show .

I ’m even more thankful now than I was yesterday that we own the IP for Tabletop , because we can acquire it ourselves , or crowdfund with Kickstarter , or something like that , if Google keep doing thing like this that will negatively affect how users can interact with us on YouTube .
I was reblogged by Neil Gaiman , who added :
I wish Google would leave behind the Social web affair to others . When Google does what it does , and does it well , it change the humans . When it ride bandwagons , it ’s irritating .

I ’m not on Google Plus , and I suppose that I wo n’t be like YouTube videos any longer .
John Green also reblogged me , and he pronounce :
I powerfully agree with this . get to it so that only google plus users can decide whether a YouTube video is deserving watching benefits no one except for Google Plus : It is bad for viewing audience , bad for video Almighty , and tough for YouTube ’s power to curate and tailor video to likely viewers .

By crippling functionality on internet site Google owns ( like YouTube ) and draw user to “ elevate ” to a service that they may not want or need to get that functionality back , Google is make a huge and pestering mistake . You get multitude to enthusiastically apply service by making them compelling and awesome and easy to expend . You do n’t get mass to sky-high utilise your services by forcing them to . In fact , that ’s probably a dandy way to secure that a immense act of people who may have been concerned in try out your service never even look at it .
Note : While we ’ve been unable to replicate this , there have beennumerous reportsof people encountering the same problems . Hopefully it wo n’t make it past the testing phase .
Wil Wheatonis an actor who ’s appeared in film like Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers , and played Wesley Crusher on Star Trek : The Next contemporaries . He is also an author , blogger , and voice actor . You canfollow his web log here , or keep abreast him on just aboutevery online chopine available here .

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