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> stepping it back significantly with aliases and multi-account management tools PdM: "Oh, users don't want one account? OK, let them make aliases they think
by Terretta 5y ago
> stepping it back significantly with aliases and multi-account management tools
PdM: "Oh, users don't want one account? OK, let them make aliases they think are different, and log in that way. They won't realize it's all still one account, even when we show them their picture and list all these ~~aliases~~, er, "different accounts" they can log in as ..."
Users: "Yay, different accounts!"
Analytics: "Yay, one account!"
Advertisers: "Hey, thanks for tying even more of their identities together for me."
- munk-a 5y agoFor content producers it has a very real effect - that behind the scenes linking doesn't threaten to expose your real identity to creepy people on the internet. It does expose it to YouTube people, but I think that's reasonable given that there's money involved. It also (so long as you aren't receiving a check) doesn't actually require any connection to your real name anymore.