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This policy is even worse than deleting users accounts for obvious non-real names: "we’ll be adding support for alternate names – be they nicknames, maiden nam
by AJ007 15y ago
This policy is even worse than deleting users accounts for obvious non-real names:
"we’ll be adding support for alternate names – be they nicknames, maiden names, or names in another script – alongside your common name."
The whole point of a nickname/handle/etc is to disconnect it from your real identity. Google wants Google+ to be a phonebook connecting people to their semi-anonymous nicks?
Google can go fuck themselves. Thankfully all of the hot girls are still using Twitter and FB; I'll stick with those and leave the geeky stuff to semi-anonymous participation on the internet's various sub-communities.
- thristian 15y agoMy biggest practical issue¹ with G+ has always been that I could never recognise any of the people in my circles because they used their real names instead of the names I knew them by. As long as I can see people's nicknames and figure out who I'm talking with, I can grudgingly put up with the rest. ¹: As opposed to philosophical issues like centralisation or privacy.
- yuhong 15y agoIdeally I'd prefer that people be authentic if possible, but I know in the real world there are various problems that makes this not always possible. I'd push for these problems to be fixed too.