YouTube is once again changing communications on its video site, after it announced plans to retire Channel owners’ inboxes and introduce a new messaging system to_reduce spam and general clutter. The company upset some_channel owners by relocating_their inboxes to_a less than obvious place in the dashboard, following the introduction of Google+-powered comments last year. Now it is doing away with them altogether. As an initial step, inboxes will become read-only, with no ability to send or receive new messages. After that, they will be removed entirely. The company says content with inboxes will remain in tact for “the next few...

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