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Real name? No? We'll ask again later
by alex1138 6mo ago
Real name? No? We'll ask again later
- jiveturkey 6mo agoWell played. I don't think many remember this. The product was completely forgettable but the introduction of this user hostile pattern was a turning point.
- natpalmer1776 6mo agoWhat was this referencing?
- berdario 6mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymwars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymwars
- natpalmer1776 6mo agoThank you!
- trinsic2 6mo agoYou sure you don't want to add your phone number? I makes verification easier next time you want to upload a video.
- alex1138 6mo agoI was referring to Google+. I don't know if you mean something else like Facebook, which is no less abusive than Google+ ever was People seemed to like Google+ but a) nymwars lead to dangerous situations (although no less dangerous than Facebook's graph search) for people that don't want to reveal their real names but also b) the merging of accounts ruined some people's Youtube channels. Zuckerberg is so much of a control freak that I suspect (based on evidence I've vaguely heard, not just my own intuition) links to Google+ used to get deleted. It used to be the case people liked it but they "couldn't get their friends to use it". So yeah - in part, inertia; but also what if you linked it and nobody saw it in the feed?