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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:35:27 EDT

antdude posted :

said by AVD:

if "google" did try to display my real name, i would close my google and youtube accounts.. that is probably the best thing that people could do.. if google tries to strip people of their online-privacy, just close their google accounts.. then google will see that people don't want their online-privacy stripped by google and maybe they will reconsider doing that..

This right here. I agree! If Google start this type of policy, i'll just delete my Google and Youtube accounts and be done with it. Not a big deal.

they realize it, I think this is why they are not requiring that the youtube account be linked to realname.

Let's hope they never do it!
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:08:29 EDT

AVD posted :

said by Woody79_00:

said by redwolfe_98:

This right here. I agree! If Google start this type of policy, i'll just delete my Google and Youtube accounts and be done with it. Not a big deal.

they realize it, I think this is why they are not requiring that the youtube account be linked to realname.
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:57:02 EDT

Woody79_00 posted :

said by redwolfe_98:

This right here. I agree! If Google start this type of policy, i'll just delete my Google and Youtube accounts and be done with it. Not a big deal.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:49:10 EDT

AVD posted : I'm just saying, did you really think we needed a link?

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:06:21 EDT

siljaline posted : Surprisingly Good Evidence That Real Name Policies Fail To Improve Comments

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YouTube has joined a growing list of social media companies who think that forcing users to use their real names will make comment sections less of a Trolling Wasteland, but there’s surprisingly good evidence from South Korea that real name policies fail at cleaning up comments. In 2007, South Korea temporarily mandated that all websites with over 100,000 viewers require real names, but scrapped it after it was found to be ineffective at cleaning up abusive and malicious comments (the policy reduced unwanted comments by an estimated .09%). We don’t know how this hidden gem of evidence skipped the national debate on real identities, but it’s an important lesson for YouTube, Facebook and Google, who have assumed that fear of judgement will change online behavior for the better.

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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:35:47 EDT

StuartMW posted : Um, yeah. Pretty sure that's a llink :D

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:30:09 EDT

AVD posted : did you really link to wikipedia?

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:50:16 EDT

StuartMW posted :

said by Name Game:

I have it from a good source that he does not want anyone to know who she is..or maybe it's the other way around. :(

Maybe Snowy is a hermaphrodite :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:46:55 EDT

StuartMW posted : I need a couple of Advil after trying to interpret that :(

Are you sure you don't work for the gummint?
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:44:43 EDT

Blackbird posted :

said by Name Game:

said by StuartMW:

Not to worry. With Photoshop and high-resolution laser printers one can create as many public records as one needs :D

I have it from a good source that he does not want anyone to know who she is..or maybe it's the other way around. :(

I know that you believe you understand what you think I read that you write, but I'm not sure you realize that what I read is not what you meant.
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:04:14 EDT

Name Game posted :

said by StuartMW:

Not to worry. With Photoshop and high-resolution laser printers one can create as many public records as one needs :D

I have it from a good source that he does not want anyone to know who she is..or maybe it's the other way around. :(

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:38:42 EDT

StuartMW posted : Not to worry. With Photoshop and high-resolution laser printers one can create as many public records as one needs :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:20:50 EDT

Blackbird posted : It's my understanding that copies of public records can be hard to obtain in Hawaii...

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:16:35 EDT

antdude posted :

said by Blackbird:

said by antdude:

said by AVD:

Snowy is female.

Prove it. ;P

Uhh... do you really want to go there?

Then, we how do we know if Snowy is really a female. Let's see her driver license! [grin]
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:12:25 EDT

Blackbird posted :

said by antdude:

said by AVD:

Snowy is female.

Prove it. ;P

Uhh... do you really want to go there?
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:00:04 EDT

antdude posted :

said by AVD:

Snowy is female.

Prove it. ;P

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:58:41 EDT

antdude posted :

said by Juggernaut:

But, you are the 'One'. :o

I thought Neo was the "One". :P

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:00:36 EDT

jaykaykay posted : Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
I never did learn how to spell that!!! :D

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:29:55 EDT

redwolfe_98 posted : i agree with KrK's post, above.. i want to protect my online-privacy to help to protect me from being targetted by "whackjobs and nutcases who have an ax to grind".. google doesn't seem to be taking that into consideration..

i tried to check out the situation at "youtube" but i didn't see anything, there, about their wanting to display my real name.. if "google" did try to display my real name, i would close my google and youtube accounts.. that is probably the best thing that people could do.. if google tries to strip people of their online-privacy, just close their google accounts.. then google will see that people don't want their online-privacy stripped by google and maybe they will reconsider doing that..

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:37:16 EDT

AVD posted : you don't know. You are not required to associate your real name with your comments or video submissions (yet)

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:08:46 EDT

iknow posted :

said by KrK:

"Because I don't want to get harassed and attacked by various whackjobs and nutcases out there who have an axe to grind, who may seek to get me fired from my job, harass my family or friends, or even result to crimes against me and my property. I'd hate to have to take Google to court for enabling such behavior."

There's my answer.

Absolutely!. this is a REALLY stupid idea that Google came up with. Youtube went down the tubes when it was sold to Google!!. now you have to expose yourself to nutcases to sign in to Youtube? btw, you HAVE to sign in if you want to watch "flagged" videos!!. wasn't Google involved in a WiFi scandal that breached the privacy of users?. hmmm.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:45:42 EDT

StuartMW posted :

said by Rogue Wolf:

And his brother, Wang Hang Lo?

I thought his brother was Wang Hang Hi :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:42:16 EDT

AVD posted :

said by Snowy:

said by AVD:

Snowy is female.

That's a common misunderstanding.
Because of my kinder, sensitive & warm style of posting I'm often confused with the fairer sex.

sorry bro, confused you with someone else.
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:02:06 EDT

Name Game posted :

said by AVD:

that's what I did. Then it asked for why, and I told them I wasn't sure.

Do you think it will stop nasty comments ?

»m.smh.com.au/technology/technolo···opa.html

The news comes one month after a YouTube developer at the Google I/O conference said the site would be undergoing some changes to prevent bullying in the comments section.
YouTube is also allowing users to review existing content.
“Maybe you posted a few things way back (all those “I love you Biebs!!” comments?) that you’d rather not associate with publicly,” YouTube said. “By clicking ‘Review my content,’ you can see every video, comment or playlist you’ve ever posted, and decide whether you want it associated with your full name before making the change.”

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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:12:21 EDT

KrK posted : "Because I don't want to get harassed and attacked by various whackjobs and nutcases out there who have an axe to grind, who may seek to get me fired from my job, harass my family or friends, or even result to crimes against me and my property. I'd hate to have to take Google to court for enabling such behavior."

There's my answer.
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:21:50 EDT

Juggernaut posted : "Like a thousand points of light..." :D

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:00:23 EDT

Snowy posted :

said by AVD:

Snowy is female.

That's a common misunderstanding.
Because of my kinder, sensitive & warm style of posting I'm often confused with the fairer sex.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:38:33 EDT

Name Game posted : We still live in dangerous times ...

»blog.shakespearegeek.com/2009/04···wtf.html

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:10:09 EDT

Blackbird posted :

said by AVD:

WTF Shakespeare??

Meaning perhaps: "Whyest then, forsooth, Shakespeare??" ?
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:17:25 EDT

AVD posted : WTF Shakespeare??

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:59:08 EDT

EGeezer posted :

said by hortnut:

Wonder what Mark Twain would have said about this?

Sorry, not witty enough to come up with a saying that he may have written in response to Google's needs.

Twain did it for you - :)

Honesty is the best policy -- when there is money in it.

And Shakespeare presciently writes a rebuttal to Google;

said by Juliet, in "Romeo and Juliet :

O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title:--Romeo, doff thy name;
And for that name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:42:23 EDT

AVD posted : Snowy is female.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:25:40 EDT

Rogue Wolf posted : My name is Gewgal Plous. It's Slavic.

said by StuartMW:

said by Snowy:

Uhm, yeah it's pronounced "wun", I'm Chinese.

Wun Hung Lo? :D

And his brother, Wang Hang Lo?
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:16:46 EDT

StuartMW posted :

said by Snowy:

Uhm, yeah it's pronounced "wun", I'm Chinese.

Wun Hung Lo? :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:48:53 EDT

Snowy posted :

said by AVD:

said by Snowy:

I'm moving in the opposite direction.
At the start of this year I removed my last name from my former dslr user name for added privacy. :)

your last name is "One"?

Uhm, yeah it's pronounced "wun", I'm Chinese.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:25:27 EDT

AVD posted : that's what I did. Then it asked for why, and I told them I wasn't sure.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:23:22 EDT

Name Game posted :

said by antdude:

http://betabeat.com/2012/07/start-using-your-full-name-begs-desperate-youtube-message/ from »yro.slashdot.org/story/12/07/23/···-youtube ...

No thanks! I will stop posting in YouTube then!

Why post in YouTube in the first place ? That said ..

"We realize that using your full name isn’t for everyone. Maybe people know you by your YouTube username. Perhaps you don’t want your name publicly associated with your channel. To continue using your YouTube username, just click “I don’t want to use my full name” when you see the prompt.”

»youtube-global.blogspot.com/2012···ube.html

Seems simple enough to me..so no one seems to be begging excepts bloggers who are looking for 15 secs. of flame. :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:16:11 EDT

AVD posted :

said by Snowy:

I'm moving in the opposite direction.
At the start of this year I removed my last name from my former dslr user name for added privacy. :)

your last name is "One"?
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:38:35 EDT

sivran posted : Hell, I got multiple pseudonyms. This is the only place on the net where I go by the handle "sivran." (well, anymore, anyway...)
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:39:51 EDT

Juggernaut posted : But, you are the 'One'. :o

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:38:59 EDT

Snowy posted : I'm moving in the opposite direction.
At the start of this year I removed my last name from my former dslr user name for added privacy. :)

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:38:09 EDT

Juggernaut posted : "The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right."
~Mark Twain

:D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:15:12 EDT

hortnut posted : Wonder what Mark Twain would have said about this?

Sorry, not witty enough to come up with a saying that he may have written in response to Google's needs.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:39:40 EDT

oldmike posted : My name is Google. That's Mr. Google to you.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:02:21 EDT

EGeezer posted : Looks like I may have to pick a real name if I ever use the services of Google+.

I always liked Al Woolcott, Frank Adams, Heywood Broun, Dotty Parker, Bob Benchley ...

I notice I can sign into Youtube with no nags, probably since I don't have a Google+ account.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7Hl9_fwDyU

If you drink enough beer, any challenge sounds like fun.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:19:29 EDT

Shadow01 posted : I have used the name Bill Clinton for years when a name if required. I have signed many ups deliveries that way. I guess if Google requires a real name, I can continue to use Bill Clinton without issue. :D
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Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:52:17 EDT

fan13027 posted :

said by SafireDonkey:

It is as if you, from now, need to tell your name when asking for a magazine in a local store.

"Hi, I'm Luke DePalma and I want the latest edition of "White chicks with bananas" please. :huh:

If you have such an interest in bananas, shouldn't you be Safire MONKEY instead of Safire Donkey?

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:47:12 EDT

DownTheShore posted : You know, I've been using some pseudonyms for so many years that I actually have to stop at times to remember my real name. If asked what my name is, my longest-running pseudonym is the name that first pops into my head. :D

I just looked up what Google+ was. Why on earth would I want to use that service?

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:30:06 EDT

nonymous posted :

said by SafireDonkey:

It is as if you, from now, need to tell your name when asking for a magazine in a local store.

"Hi, I'm Luke DePalma and I want the latest edition of "White chicks with bananas" please. :huh:

No it is not. Posting to youtube may I said may require your name. Not seeing youtube, Seeing requires laughing at the poster nothing else.

Re: Google Begins Practically Begging You to Use Your Real Name

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:28:40 EDT

StuartMW posted :

said by Blackbird:

I am a HAL 9000...

Open the pod bay doors HAL. :D
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