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How could a sane supposedly normal person come up with an idea of such a link? It's all part of the magical thinking. If you know someone's True Name, you have
by mechanical_fish 15y ago
How could a sane supposedly normal person come up with an idea of such a link?
It's all part of the magical thinking. If you know someone's True Name, you have the power to require them to be polite. But if it turns out that you don't have their real True Name, your spells will fizzle!
Geez, the more you think about the "civility" rationale the harder your head hurts. Let's go back to the simpler explanation: Google wants to require everyone to use a canonical identifier to make it easier to perform the giant JOIN across your entire life. Now the rationale of the "report your neighbor" link becomes clear: People who don't use their True Names are committing the mortal sin of... (shudder)... denormalization. Off with their heads!
- bricestacey 15y agoFirst, there is not a link for reporting people with fake names. At best, you can report people with "fake profiles" or "impersonation".