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This video demonstrates features now available on the YouTube homepage (when you are logged in). I wasn't in the habit of opening the homepage, so I didn't realize that it had these useful features.
For example:
- List all videos you've recently watched.
- List all uploads and/or activity by people you are subscribed to.
- List all uploads and/or activity by a specific person you are subscribed to.
On the homepage, there is a "Manage Subscriptions" link in the lower left hand corner. This lets you control the settings for each channel you are subscribed to. Each channel has an option for "Email with new uploads" - before now, I never could figure out why I'd get notification emails for new videos on certain channels but not for other channels. There is also an option "Show only uploads in feed", in case you don't want to see another person's likes, favorites, and subscriptions in your feed.
For a while, I thought that YouTube had completely removed the ability to leave or view Channel comments. But they are still available. This page explains how to find them. Basically, open a channel, click "Browse Videos", then click the "Comments" link at the top.
That assumes that the channel has comments enabled. Comments may be enabled or disabled in the Channel Settings, under "Feed - Feed Settings - Allow channel comments".
With the latest YouTube updates, I also had trouble figuring out how to view all comments for a specific video. There used to be a "View All Comments" link (or something like that). Now, the video page only shows a set of comments, with a "Show more" button at the bottom, which retrieves another limited set of comments. HOWEVER, above the comments, the text that says "All Comments" is actually a link. If you click that link, it will open a page with all the comments, with the oldest comments at the bottom.
For example:
- List all videos you've recently watched.
- List all uploads and/or activity by people you are subscribed to.
- List all uploads and/or activity by a specific person you are subscribed to.
On the homepage, there is a "Manage Subscriptions" link in the lower left hand corner. This lets you control the settings for each channel you are subscribed to. Each channel has an option for "Email with new uploads" - before now, I never could figure out why I'd get notification emails for new videos on certain channels but not for other channels. There is also an option "Show only uploads in feed", in case you don't want to see another person's likes, favorites, and subscriptions in your feed.
For a while, I thought that YouTube had completely removed the ability to leave or view Channel comments. But they are still available. This page explains how to find them. Basically, open a channel, click "Browse Videos", then click the "Comments" link at the top.
That assumes that the channel has comments enabled. Comments may be enabled or disabled in the Channel Settings, under "Feed - Feed Settings - Allow channel comments".
With the latest YouTube updates, I also had trouble figuring out how to view all comments for a specific video. There used to be a "View All Comments" link (or something like that). Now, the video page only shows a set of comments, with a "Show more" button at the bottom, which retrieves another limited set of comments. HOWEVER, above the comments, the text that says "All Comments" is actually a link. If you click that link, it will open a page with all the comments, with the oldest comments at the bottom.