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Flickr doesn't make me use my real name. Nor does tumblr, nor does Skype. If Google wanted me to merge my YouTube and G+ accounts, and didn't try to force me
by antimagic 13y ago
Flickr doesn't make me use my real name. Nor does tumblr, nor does Skype. If Google wanted me to merge my YouTube and G+ accounts, and didn't try to force me to use my real name, I would have much less of an issue with it - indeed when other services merged identities, I didn't complain. But merging combined with real name policy is poison as far as I'm concerned.
Some of us belong to minorities that are actively discriminated against, legally and illegally. If services start forcing us to use our real names for discussion, we are opening ourselves up to potentially dangerous situations, all in the name of allowing Google to monetize us better. Wow, sounds like a great deal.
- Shooti 13y agoThey don't force you to use a Real name/G+ Profile, you can create up to 50 G+ Page pseudonym identities on one Gmail address: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2848323 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2848323 They even made an easy to follow help video to walk people through it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKBGsu0TxnY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKBGsu0TxnY There's actually no problem with the system on this front. The real issue is Google's haphazard communication.