Last night when I was on Youtube a popup came up, YT was requesting that i use my real name. Does anyone know if YT is planning on forcing everyone to use their real names?
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Haven't happened to me, but....
YT is Google's and Google tried that silly real names thing when they launched G+. So after a couple of months of "nymwars" they allowed pseudonyms providing that the pseudonym has some kind of history and credibility (blog, other established accounts on various sites, etc...).
New you reminded me of something about Google trying to establish some sort of service that will register pseudonyms but I just glanced over that article so I need to check that again.
YT is Google's and Google tried that silly real names thing when they launched G+. So after a couple of months of "nymwars" they allowed pseudonyms providing that the pseudonym has some kind of history and credibility (blog, other established accounts on various sites, etc...).
New you reminded me of something about Google trying to establish some sort of service that will register pseudonyms but I just glanced over that article so I need to check that again.
It was the first I've heard of it when I saw the popoup, since then I've looked into it a little bit more and they've been doing it for at least four months now. I really was'nt happy with the last design change, but this would mean the end of my account if they do eventually force it on everyone.
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