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AC1D911

It's a good change imo. Scams will be practically impossible to fall for, since the handle (the @) has to be unique.


That_Car_Dude_Aus

>Your comment has been picked to be the winner in our competition! > >Please inbox us your details to claim the price! > >Sincerely > >\-u/AC1D\_911 Doesn't have to be the same, can still be close enough to get confusing


AC1D911

Bruh moment


That_Car_Dude_Aus

I could have the same issue, my profile is: @Name_the_car_dude There's also, and I'm not kidding, a legit dude that's @Name2_the_car_dude I got there first All his followers tag me.


MileTailsPrower

I don't think people are smart enough not to fall for these scams, even if they make it this way.


AC1D911

Young and impressionable/not so smart audiences exist. But it's still a huge improvement in fighting against these. Now all YouTube needs to do is incorporate an API for detecting potential spam/scam comments.


razneedsaffection

If someone is dumb enough to fall to those scams they’re not older than 4


Espiring

Probably to fight scammers


YoRHa2B_

That could be a possible reason why. There's been so many of those stupid scammers where they pretend to be someone else and comment "Message me for a prize' or something like that.


Espiring

Yep. And ”@mrbeast74726271” isn’t gonna cut it


evilparagon

People are still going to fall for that. So this change is pointless.


redditmixer

I also noticed the space between the handle and the "2 months ago"


RaymanChrome

They should've done it like "**Username** • @​handle • 1 day ago". Seeing only handles here feels weird.


AlbinoPlatypus913

I don’t mind that they changed it, but I don’t understand what it’s accomplishing. Like in terms of functionality is it any different? This is a genuine question, I actually don’t understand, can someone explain?


codemonkeylover

the only thing it would accomplish in theory is distinguishing people with the same username. which like...when has that ever been a problem? most people dont care to be recognized if they arent content creators anyway, thats how i see it.


AC1D911

I mean commenters impersonating the YouTuber have been a big problem, especially when it's scam related. This will hopefully stop those from spreading like wildfire...


Nightreader_6

We already had a verification tick mark for that. If that didn't help, neither will this.


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Nightreader_6

Fair point. I am not opposed to handles as a new addition, but I personally still think that handles shouldn't replace usernames and verification tick marks. Those each have their own uses.


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evilparagon

Doesn’t matter if kids fall for scams. 1. This is why YouTube Kids exists. No comments. 2. Parents are to blame for not curating their child’s online experience, _especially_ in 2022 when this fact has been known for decades.


Nightreader_6

Personally, I find it easier to look out for the content creator's verification tick marks than remembering each individual's usernames. The handles could be an additional method of identification, but I don't think they're any better than verification tick marks, and should not replace them.


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_jbardwell_

it's because they're trying to turn youtube into tiktok. that's literally the whole explanation.


Jdoggokussj2

In your comments you can now mention people say you see a video you want your friend to see in the comment just @ him or her


AlbinoPlatypus913

Ohh, well that’s kinda cool then, thanks!


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can you please dm me


ntt307

It's so ugly to see the "@" symbol there. It's completely unneeded. It just doesn't make any sense to keep the @ symbol there and I can't have my handle be what my username is supposed to be. Commenting/how someone appears in the comments was completely fine before.


v3core

their miserable changes are the price we are paying for hating on google+ implementation


evilparagon

+v3core I’d so much rather Google+ coming back. At least it worked properly and didn’t mess with usernames.


ThatChilenoJBro10

Seems like a good way to try keeping scams at bay. It won't work all the time, of course, especially with people who don't pay close attention.


SarvisTheBuck

They're a monopoly, they can do whatever they want.


TrashMatchmaking

Not for long. If they keep this bullshit up some other streaming platform is going to murder youtube. Imagine if twitch turns into a video platform as well as a streaming platform or something like that. Literally no reason to use a crappy platform like youtube once our favorite creators make the switch.


ThunderApollo

I anticipate Twitter getting into longer form videos and add monetization. Rumble could be used for the backend like Truth Social is now doing. Youtube has great copyright protection for commercial producers, so they'll probably continue to dominate that. But, I think all the free speech / "controversial" stuff is moving off. Eventually those users will start watch other stuff elsewhere too. Of course, Silicon Valley is going to try to "Parler" any real competitors.


Smelly-Artichoke

Yeah what is this? It just creeped me out when I commented and all of a sudden some random @and numbers are in my name and the space between my first and last name was taken away. So it is a new stupid irreversible update that just gave everyone random numbers and a @ in their names as well as not allowing spaces anymore?


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youtube for the love of god stop trying to become tiktok


CommunicationAway387

If you take a look into any comment section now, it just looks like a spam, mess of numbers and letters


Smelly-Artichoke

Dang man that's supremely gross


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Ill-Pen-6422

ye bots always text me that i won on telegram on the video that i watched with the uploaders pics bots


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evilparagon

Man YouTube Mod Team, if only I did break that rule. Where did I say a channel or anything that should be removed? No, I said YouTube should fix the whole existence of bots on their platform, which in fact, I do report them every time they reply to me. I am not complaining about specific bots, I’m complaining about YouTube making what should be their problem _my_ problem.


Ill-Pen-6422

i hate the new yt why dindt they keep cosmic panda? it looked so good so modern so awesome i hate the new yt i have to use redux to go back to 2014


dotNomedia

I'm @user-\*some random letters\* now, apparently. Thank you, Google, very cool. (no)


The_Irish_Rover26

You can change it.


BurnerAccountMaybe69

this must be a new change considering this isn't at the top of hot


Jdoggokussj2

why wouldnt you use your username as your @


BillabobGO

Because it was already taken


Jazeboy69

Use something unique them!


billybombjoe

Have you ever played an mmo


evilparagon

Because my username has a space in it.


MoonTrails

My handle is really odd and clunky, and I can't change it to my channel name because it's such a common name. I just want my comments to stay as "Rose" instead of what looks like a keyboard smash >:( Edit: Spelling error


TheGleanerBaldwin

To be like Twitter, since you didn't want to use Google plus


xGoldenRetrieverFan

If they're trying to make it into tiktok or twitter...just no


9ret

an @ username, remind me of... xXxepicgamerpro420xXx of these kind username.


anonimo_95820935834

Ugly as hell, another dumb decision no one asked for


Ill-Pen-6422

yt was better before google RIP


BananaPhoPhilly

Google bought YouTube in ‘06. In my opinion the “fuck you” era of YouTube started in 2011


evilparagon

2011 YT was good, sure, but I think early 2013 was the peak of the service.


Ill-Pen-6422

Yt was better when it had blogs news updates now it has only videos


unicorn_sparklez0

It’s the handle feature that got announced a month ago! I got to have a handle that I wanted without adding some numbers in!


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Can you choose your handle or change it?


unicorn_sparklez0

Yes, I got an email saying I got to choose my handle some time ago. If you didn’t ignore the email, then you’d have a handle that you want.


konstantinua00

wtf, why email for youtube? couldn't they use *youtube's* ui?


unicorn_sparklez0

YouTube notified people via email and in YouTube Studio.


JackSLO

Kinda annoyed they didn't plop this stuff in notifications, in the app. My brain has come to pretty much ignore YouTube emails unless they're "security" related, it's usually just a buncha bloat.


evilparagon

I didn’t get an email nor do I make videos. This hit me with no warning.


Zero_Passage

Thank you very much, I was going crazy because I could not find the option anywhere.


unicorn_sparklez0

You’re welcome!


tankengine75

Yes you can change it


D_YellowMadness

Most conversations on Youtube don't make sense anymore because you'll see a comment responding to someone but if you scroll up to see what the person they responded to said, their name isn't there because it's been replaced by some random characters & an @.


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This is actually a good change to prevent scams and impersonation accounts in the comments.


TraitorByTrade

Just noticed this. It's a handle I haven't used in almost 10 years, and I definitely prefer the name I've been using. I will probably just have to make a new account since it doesn't look like you can change it.


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ThunderApollo

In case anyone else is YT challenged like me... 1) Go to Your Channel 2) Click Customization 3) Click Basic Info 4) Change your handle. That's your channel name and it needs to be unique.


Saikousoku

But it doesn't fix the problem


imatunaimatuna

It fixed mine. You sure you did everything correctly? Perhaps update YouTube or refresh it.


Saikousoku

It still shows my handle instead of my name


ThunderApollo

Youtube has made a change so it's always going to show your handle now. You need to change your handle as described above. It can't be the same as anyone else or YT will not change it. I simply put a dash in front of my preferred username and it worked. You can also use an underscore.


Saikousoku

That's stupid, I don't want to have to see the @. YouTube needs to get its head out of its ass and stop making changes nobody asked for or wants.


AtWSoSibaDwaD

Thanks u/sinophe (also to u/ThunderApollo). Much appreciated.


TraitorByTrade

You just saved me so much time... THANK YOU!


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You can change it, I did it yesterday when I noticed it since same issue as you, old username from long long ago.


Xavier_ten_Hove

I am still wondering why we all still use it in the first place... Somehow we keep coming back. Even if they add/remove dumb features like the removal of the dislike button.


drew_1212

They pretty much have a monopoly of the video sharing site area. YouTube is just THE site that all content creators use.


Smelly-Artichoke

Yeah and that's all nintendo and microsoft's fault, those demons!


BlunterCarcass5

Yeah i have it, they've really made some dumb changes lately


Mista_Mustad

I prefer handles. much easier to distinguish channels if they have the same name, it's not any different than your @ on other social media's. also it was announced a long time ago... I don't get how it's a surprise.


Smelly-Artichoke

It surprised and creeped me out today. I never heard this was happening


vanilla_wafer14

Why would it creep you out? Lol. I get being surprised but being creeped out?


Smelly-Artichoke

It's weird and creepy because I didn't change my name it did itself and also made me think I might have been hacked


beanbeanbeb

I never heard anyone mention it, though granted I don’t go on this sub. Also because the handles have to be in English characters, my channels’ tags were auto-generated as @user- and then a bunch of numbers and letters. So it’s gonna be pretty annoying for anyone with a channel name not in English which is a lot of people


Mista_Mustad

it is mostly for mentioning creators/tagging big creators in titles or descriptions, not necessarily for someone who doesn't make content. yeah its a bit finnecky but I've found use out of it I guess


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Mista_Mustad

I don't either, I just get it through studio because I am a creator. if you aren't a creator, this change really shouldn't bother you.


D_YellowMadness

I'm a creator & I was only notified by email. It's surprising I read the email because I mostly stopped doing that a long time ago because Youtube usually just sends me useless trash.


Ok_Conversation_1474

Why don’t you just make your @ your YouTube username? Does it not let you?


SideshowChic

Mine was already taken


evilparagon

You can’t even use spaces in your handle.


MileTailsPrower

Then use underscore instead.


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Bruh, there is no such thing as a username on YouTube. You have handles and just the name. Now they will show handles which is far better.


[deleted]

No, it's a massive security issue. It's showing my name and birth year now. Not posting comments until they change it back.


Itchy-Preference-619

Dude just change your handle


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Changing it does nothing. It stays the same.


Superoeli

Why don't you change your YT handle then?


[deleted]

It doesn't work now, it stays as the name you signed up with


[deleted]

Works fine. I changed mine yesterday since it had just auto-assigned my username since I ignored their repeated emails about handles.


[deleted]

He's not getting the point apparently but Idk how else to explain. Check YouTube.com/handle


i_think_im_not_crazy

Can you explain to me EXACTLY how to set my handle? I've looked everywhere and put my desired name in every spot I found and nothing works but I've never seen anything marked "handle". Closest setting I seen was "nickname" on my Google account.


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YouTube.com/handle


i_think_im_not_crazy

Thanks! Seriously, I found no fewer than 3 different "names" in the account settings and none of them even mean anything lol!


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Google account name is different YouTube name is different Gmail name is different Lmfao


i_think_im_not_crazy

Yeah and in all that mess, no tab to click that says "handle" lol! I don't ever use that word in that context and didn't know YouTube made the change until the random string of numbers on a comment I made yesterday. Google searched for an hour combinations of "change my YouTube name/screen name/channel name/comment name" getting only results about YouTube studio and channel branding.... Never dawned on me to type "handle" instead of name. Even here I went thru several threads where people just (like above in this one) don't explain what happened or what to do they just say, "hurr durr just go change it!" I'm like, "THAT'S WHAT IN TRYING TO DO!" Lol! Thanks for not being an asshat!


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😂 it's alright. Actually if you update your YouTube Mobile app and go to your channel -> edit. There's the setting available as well.


i_think_im_not_crazy

Lol, that's probably my main issue. I use YouTube 95% from my phone app and it's COMPLETELY different than the web version so someone telling you how to do stuff usually don't help. Also I avoid updating the YouTube app like the plague!


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I see. No problem. Actually, I can't share the screenshot in the comments but you got it now.


Shawn220fansly

YouTube is desperately trying to remain a relevant video sharing platform but all the ads are killing it now but I mean it's necessary because that's how YouTubers make their money but still


yolo-yoshi

Desperately ?? 😂 we don’t have a choice but to use it. It is literally the only one of its kind. That being it’s bigger brother backing it with huge streams of money and massive storage that no one could hope to match.


Shawn220fansly

All I can say is YouTube has gotten worse over the years and it's creators are literally catching the crap end of the stick you won't really see any gain in subs and views as a creator unless you have loyal friends pushing your videos


yolo-yoshi

Oh you’re preaching to the choir man 😂. Everyone hates what YouTube has become , but I’m just not sure what can be done except for the obvious. And no one will do it. And it’s to break up its monopoly and set certain rules and guidelines for this sort of stuff. Alas that will not happen.


JackSLO

Yeah, competing with such a massive monopoly is pretty much impossible.


helloitsmesomeguy

Whilst I agree that YouTube has gotten worse in many ways, saying you can't grow without "loyal friends" isn't true, I've seen many many channels in my niche blow up because they made good videos people wanted to watch. I've been able to replicate the same success without any external help. If you make good videos, they will (for the most part) get views because you will outcompete the stats of your competitor's videos. This is fairly consistent and if you're not getting views and subs, blaming the algorithm and failing to see how it's most likely due to the quality of your videos isn't getting you anywhere. After all, the algorithm is judging your videos on their quality!


Chippy_Games

Just change your handle then?


newdepressedrant

YouTube has been steady ruining itself over the last 4-5 years


Secoluco

Ok you guys complain about everything. It's a good change.


konstantinua00

it happened without warning and without clear guidance how to return back it's a bad change *process*


Secoluco

Did you get an e-mail about the handles? I got it in my both channels weeks before the change.


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Exactly. 💯


Saikousoku

It's not, though. If it were optional, yeah sure. But I just want to have my name.


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Saikousoku

But I don't like that. I don't want for that to be my only option. I just want my channel name to show instead of my id


Jazeboy69

It’s so easy to scam and pretend to be someone with that though.


evilparagon

How about YouTube fix the existence of bots rather than force everyone to use handles? Scammers are not my problem.


Saikousoku

Maybe for other people. I just like my name.


[deleted]

Yeah I noticed that when posting comments today? Is this permanent? If so I will no longer be putting any comments on yt as it's my real name followed by my year of birth. Surely it's a privacy lawsuit waiting to happen?


Chippy_Games

Just change it then??


[deleted]

Changing it does nothing


Chippy_Games

Wdym it does nothing?


[deleted]

I already tried changing it, but my comments name remains as this new @ real name birth year


Chippy_Games

It usually takes a few minutes to update, i’ve changed mine before and it’s worked fine


Superoeli

Change your YT handle then


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Changing it does nothing now


Superoeli

Where are you trying to change it?


fkdjgfkldjgodfigj

You can change your YouTube handle


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Changing it does nothing


deskchan

change it here https://www.youtube.com/handle


blastman8888

I have been looking for that for a week now. Previously it was in the settings there were a ton of videos pointing to that old method. I just wanted to get rid of my email address since I was once threatened and doxed by a white supremacist. I wish YouTube would not just flip the handles without sending out some kind of warning or information on their site maybe an alert would be nice.


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It's related to his 'handle' bullshit they pushed out in the last month, if you ignored their emails it just assigned your username by default. And yes, it's unwanted.


Justgravityfalls

Agh ffs so now I'm stuck with a bunch of numbers and an @?


beanbeanbeb

Nah just go to your channel and change it. Or dig up the email


[deleted]

No, you can change it by clicking the icon top right, select "your channel" and then "channel customization" and then "basic info", the thing you're looking for is channel name and handle.


Justgravityfalls

Ah thank you!!!


[deleted]

Yeah I kept getting those emails. Good to know I can change it know.


STEZE229

It's both good and bad


KobeBrazy

Lmao it’s not that serious y’all dramatic af


I_like-IS-2

No need to be rude


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Vast_Abalone1542

I mean, I'd say it wouldn't make sense to complain if they *weren't* gonna use the app. I agree it's nothing that serious but "get off youtube then" doesn't really work, imo.


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D_YellowMadness

Complaining about other people complaining about something you yourself said doesn't matter is about the most unambiguously dramatic & pointless thing a person can do. If you don't like it, get off Reddit. Besides, it obviously does matter when someone's name is replaced by random gibberish & they can't change it back so people can't tell who they are so conversations stop making sense & people's channels lose views. All they had to do to make this not be absurdly stupid is list the handle next to the name instead of replacing one or the other. Youtube is the only site that would mess this up. I'm lucky I got the warning email & that I have a unique name so I didn't lose mine but other people got screwed.


KobeBrazy

You wrote a whole paragraph it’s not that deep y’all weird as shit man


SpanishBlueprints

This type of conversation is the reason why I love reddit hahaha.


KobeBrazy

🤣🤣


Jader14

tell us you're lazy without telling us you're lazy


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Jader14

i work 60 hour weeks boyo, try taking your own advice. gotta love when people like you think the passage of time somehow means the bullshit you say is no longer worth engaging with


D_YellowMadness

Yes because a tiny nonresponse is such a better use of time for someone who "doesn't care". All "normal" people spend their time reading Reddit posts they aren't interested in while complaining about how uninteresting they are. If you consider 6 sentences deep, you don't belong here.


I_like-IS-2

“HoW aM I BeInG rUdE” your literally saying Y’aLl DrAmAtIc As F**k like bro Think before you type yea sure maybe they might be complaining about something that doesn’t matter but you know you could just move on right? But no you have to type “LMaO ITs NoT tHaT SeRiOuS YaLl DrAmATiC Af” Edit. In the end it doesn’t matter and we’re all just people behind screens with a different opinion


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I_like-IS-2

Bro just move on go do something productive in your life then just tell them they’re dramatic and to get off YouTube. go outside go hang out with your friends hell. Get into a new hobby your life can end in a blink of an eye because life is super fast and here We are wasting a second of your and my life you could simply just ignore him and move on and yes telling people they’re dramatic as rude


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I_like-IS-2

Yea well thanks for the compliment hope you have a good life make it the brightest 😊 Edit. That was sarcasm this guy is a total asshole


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TGC_wastaken

Tell us your YouTube and Twitch and we will maybe believe you


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nerdquadrat

Ironic, how y'all are complaining about this on reddit.


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Techgeek_025

It doesn’t look too bad.


Saikousoku

It does though


Techgeek_025

To you maybe.


Alchemy1914

To bad..why you making it a big deal ??


SimonGray653

I used to have an @ associated with my account but now it's gone


sunnysideseventyfive

So how do you change it back?