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James Xuan [PersonRank 10]

Monday, January 26, 2009
15 years ago2,631 views

http://ie.youtube.com/blog?entry=S303XhZGpec

<<We've all been there. Whether you misspelled "pwned", back in the day when you were just a n00b to the internets, or you simply said something you wish you could take back – now you can remove your commentary at any time. >>

To remove a comment that you've made, go to the "Text Comments" section below the video and click the "Remove" button next to your comment.

This seems like a really good idea to me, hopefully it will help the YouTube comments be less terrible, like the Audio Preview idea is supposed to be doing, speaking of which...

... Techcrunch [ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/26/youtube-now-lets-you-erase-those-dumb-comments-you-regret-you-made/] wonders if this move is also inspired by an XKCD comic strip...

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/youtube.png

David Mulder [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

I would say thats kinda bad, as it often results in discussions or reactions refering to nonexisting comments.

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