Google needed Facebook to have a MySpace moment to open the door but their insistence on real names, binding all of your accounts (Gmail, Youtube, etc) to your

Google needed Facebook to have a MySpace moment to open the door but their insistence on real names, binding all of your accounts (Gmail, Youtube, etc) to your Google+ account and Google's history of unceremoniously dropping support for services if they under-perform kept me and millions of others from going there.