YouTube: Where is my damned reply button?

Everything about this update is a mess. Requiring linked G+ account without properly informing users (causing mass confusion), the visual clutter that is bolded hashtags and G+ usernames, and removal of 'In reply to x user' link (resulting in having to guess what it's a reply to in long threads)... Ugh.

PS: nice to see a Gopher fan ;)

Every time they update the comment system, it doesn't get better, it just gets stranger. As if the person in charge of it has no clue how people interact online.

The comment system, as I see it, should be very simple:

1) Comments are shown as a tree (with limited depth possibly)

2) Upvote/downvote/reply/flag-as-spam on every comment.

3) Sort by top / new (would be nice within today, week, month, year, ever).

4) Limit comment length to something sensible like 10K characters, if you want your users to have meaningful discussions.

That's it.