Comments on: How Google could dig itself out of the Google+ real-name hole

By: Marcia S.

Marcia S. — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:09:34 +0000

I am a writer who writes under more than one pen name. Not being able to have a presence on google+ with my pen names leaves a big hole in my marketing. And having an account as MS writing as EB doesn’t help. You are supposed to for all intents and purposes BE that pen name.

By: Guest Account

Guest Account — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:14:04 +0000

Here here.
Google has turned into ‘Anonymous Coward’.

By: Kent

Kent — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:55:13 +0000

So, what if my drunken father wrote, “Dipwit Crappytoes Hamstring” on my birth certificate and I have always been known as “Bill Hamstring?” I suspect that Google’s automate-everything and no-human-response-ever approach couldn’t begin to process that reality.

By: Sling Trebuchet

Sling Trebuchet — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:32:35 +0000

I should explain that the posting above was a Reply to the ‘contribution’ of classic comment spammer. The spammer comment has now been deleted. I’ve seen the same text under a variety of “Real” WASP names in a number of blogs.

I quite like seeing that spam intruding into discussions of “Real Names”. The particular spammer has always used “normal” names.
It’s living proof that “Real Names” is hogwash in terms of preventing abuse.

To butcher the line from the movie Soylent Green – “Real Names isn’t people!”

By: Sling Trebuchet

Sling Trebuchet — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:24:35 +0000

Yay! Ronnie Wilkins !!

Ronnie could sign up for Google plus with no problems. That’s a good non-challenging WASP sort of name. It look “real”.
Although – Google might insist that he change it to Ronald.

So then Ronald Wilkins is free to spam the hell out of everyone until such time as Google hit his account on the head.

Rinse and repeat.

By: John Harrington, Jr.

John Harrington, Jr. — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:15:14 +0000

Even if Google hurdles this obstacle it has placed in front of itself, it wouldn’t make too much of a difference. Casting the real-name scrutiny aside, read my thoughts on why Google+ was doomed from the start http://bit.ly/pHlaUU

By: kat robb

kat robb — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:31:44 +0000

As a lesbian, a pagan and someone with 2 stalker exs I will never ever go on google + if I have to use my real name. I’ll stick to Facebook.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 02:53:47 +0000

Ericka, it would be really great if you wouldn’t post advertisements for a website disguised as comments. Thanks.

By: Ericka Chuhai

Ericka Chuhai — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:44:32 +0000

I totally agree with you. Individuals need an outlet to express themselves without fear of their own personal safety etc from their personal views.

By: Ericka Chuhai

Ericka Chuhai — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:43:35 +0000

This is very true. Even as a female I do not want my real name put out for all to see. Even this facebook name is not a “real” name..which is sad because when I signed up for facebook long ago it accessed all my information from my college e-mail address. Goes to show what other information has been collected since. People don’t realize that they are the “product” in which their information is sold to basically anybody that wants it. This may have been doing on for years and years already but not to the extent where so many more people have such easy access to any information they want. I use onlymeworld for the privacy and peace of mind. No real names, no e-mail addresses.