I'm not activating commentary on new uploads full stop. I have other channels than my main one which is on my profile here, and some of them will go totally dark in protest. If my main were not with Maker Studios and making money for me, I would leave YouTube altogether; I don't like being "force fed" Google "features".[DOUBLEPOST=1386231545,1386230623][/DOUBLEPOST]
Whether you like it or not G+ is here to stay. Get in on it and reap the benefits and growth it will bring.
NO.
Though I do have a G+ for some of my channels, I am definitely
not jumping on the bloody "bandwagon". I have enough to deal with in my web life without having to manage a dozen G+ pages on top of it. And you should remember, Zaphod (how unlike the Douglas Adams character you are), that all "good sheep" end up at one of only two destinations: either A: the Shearing Shed, or B: The Slaughterhouse.
Google wants to be the next Facebook (but they want to be that with a broken system which is full of holes), and they want everyone on Google Plus not for ease of use, or any other user convenience. They want us there for the purpose of
marketing demographics. I get enough SPAM in my email boxes, and enough unwanted telemarketing calls which I simply don't pick up the phone for. I do
not want Google coming in and demanding my real name, my telephone numbers (which are now required if one wishes to upload videos longer than 15 minutes), and eventually my Government-issued identification.
You do know that requirement of a Government-issued ID is the next step they will most likely attempt, don't you?