--- title: "Social Media Roundup: The New Face of YouTube Messages" id: "23820" type: "post" slug: "social-media-roundup-the-new-face-of-youtube-messages" published_at: "2014-06-25T22:32:57+00:00" modified_at: "2026-03-16T12:14:35+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/06/25/social-media-roundup-the-new-face-of-youtube-messages/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/06/25/social-media-roundup-the-new-face-of-youtube-messages.md" excerpt: "Communication within YouTube is about to get another makeover. Plus: How your association could fit into a Box." taxonomy_category: - "Marketing / Communications" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "platform updates" - "Social Media" - "Technology" - "YouTube" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "Director" - "Manager" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Social Media Roundup: The New Face of YouTube Messages It’s always a pain to discover you missed the announcement of a redesign for a platform you commonly use. So to ward off any confusion about the latest iteration of YouTube’s internal messaging, we have a handy primer ready in today’s Social Media Roundup. ### Where’d the YouTube Inbox Go? **Those at associations capitalizing on YouTube** may be more than a little confused to find that the site’s messaging features have been significantly shaken up. Owners of YouTube channels who have grown accustomed to the last changes to the site’s messaging will have to change things up once again with the introduction of [Messages (opens in a new tab)](https://www.youtube.com/messages) . YouTube has been steadily revamping its commenting and messaging platforms, adding new moderation tools and [integrating Google+ (opens in a new tab)](http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2013/11/youtube-new-comments.html) into comments. The backlash to the Google+ integration eventually forced YouTube to move comment notifications away from Google+ and into their own comments page. Now [channel owners’ private inboxes (opens in a new tab)](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/57955) will be hit with their own changes. Inboxes will require a connection to Google+, the layout of the messages section has been altered, and YouTube will eventually clear out everyone’s inboxes. Channel owners will want to [download old messages and contacts (opens in a new tab)](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6049570) before the contents of their inboxes are jettisoned. ### Think Inside the Box https://twitter.com/socialfish/status/481831998151868416 **Earlier this month**, cloud collaboration company [Box (opens in a new tab)](http://box.org/) announced its intention to provide eligible charitable nonprofits access to its collaborative suite. The Box suite is software that would well suit small associations whose members have be relying on numerous inconsistent platforms to access files, edit documents, and manage tasks. Each participant in the program will get only 10 starter licenses, so it’s not a solution for large-scale operations. For interested charitable organizations, Box’s eligibility standards [are listed here (opens in a new tab)](https://cloud.app.box.com/nonprofit-eligibility) . Applications for the Box Starter Kit [can be filled out on the company’s site (opens in a new tab)](https://app.box.com/signup/o/nonprofit) . *(ht @[SocialFish (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/socialfish) )* (YouTube.com) [Morgan Little](https://associationsnow.com/author/morgan-little/) Morgan Little is a contributor to Associations Now. 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