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Name and gender. Then again, Google doesn't seem to require you to use your legal name, like Facebook does.
by rufibarbatus 15y ago
Name and gender.
Then again, Google doesn't seem to require you to use your legal name, like Facebook does.
- pasbesoin 15y agoHa. Re pseudonyms, I just realized the problem I'm beginning to face; Multiple Persona Disorder. ;-) (If today is Tuesday, I must be...) Seriously, though, that is a plus, if it is reasonably defensible within the Google ecosystem. I'm an "opt in" kind of guy (there goes the gender anonymity); that includes personally identifiable information. Over the years, I've seen a lot of quite productive and meaningful communication that's been facilitated, or entirely enabled, by selective anonymity. Online. And "in real life". You can have a conversation with a stranger in a cafe, without proffering so much as a first name. People should have the same ability online. I've known some people (in real life) for months at a time on such a basis, e.g. in a particular venue, and gotten to know them fairly well. Selective anonymity is not a new feature, or "aberration", created by the internet, and its value as an element/feature in society is in my mind long-standing and well demonstrated.