The Youtube community has had enough of Google ruining what was once a brilliant website.

The introduction of Google+ has not only shown that Google has intentions of turning Youtube into a social media website, but also shows that Google has no regard for the opinions or preferences of their users. Users are no longer able to create a unique username, Google has repeatedly shown that we will eventually have no choice in keeping our usernames; bombarding users with sneaky pop-up boxes to catch out the less fortunate who do not realise that stopping the constant notifications means permanently losing their usernames. The seemingly only narrow passage out - disconnecting Google+ from your Youtube account - causes users to lose the "privaledge" of commenting and rating videos, this is utterly unacceptable. Google are forcing an unwanted change in what has been the basis of the Youtube community for so long; this is also unacceptable. An large majority of Youtube's user base has shown their distaste in the new changes through many major social websites - Reddit, Facebook and Twitter, even Youtube itself. Youtube cofounder Jawed Karim recently stated, and I quote - "why the fuck do I need a google+ account to comment on a video?" - this was his first appearance on the site in over 8 years.

It is not impossible to force Google to change their mind on this so called "singulisation" of all Google affilates - all it takes is enough people to show that they are willing to stand for what is right, the future of a website which we have all enjoyed for so long is at stake. So please, if you have concern with how Google are managing Youtube, put your voice out there by signing this petition. It is imperative Google reconciles with the Youtube community and coordinates new changes based on our combined feedback.

Sincere regards,

Jack O'Hara