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I got the impression that the people who cared about the real names policy was a pretty niche (although a quite active group) compared with the millions that th
by robryan 12y ago
I got the impression that the people who cared about the real names policy was a pretty niche (although a quite active group) compared with the millions that the service really needed to attract to hit the mainstream and seriously compete head on with Facebook/ Twitter.
- egypturnash 12y agoI may be biased by being in a subculture that likes to use obviously-not-real handles on the net (furries) - but seriously, like half my Livejournal circles migrated to G+ when it started because they were sick of where that was going, and then scattered elsewhere when Google said REAL NAMES ONLY. This was a pretty connected set of early adopters moving at once. Would things have been different if Google had quickly relented and said "okay, sure, if you wanna be Fuzzybutt Wolftaur on G+, go for it"? I dunno. But chasing them away, along with all the other people with scarier reasons to want to avoid using their real name, sure didn't help.