"a public Youtube comment that was once authored by user LordofPants, but thanks to G+ real name policy is now known to the public world as John Smith" Are you

"a public Youtube comment that was once authored by user LordofPants, but thanks to G+ real name policy is now known to the public world as John Smith" Are you saying the real-name policy was retroactive? I wasn't aware of that. If that was the case, wow.