Google Plus accounts which carry a fake name or nick name are likely to be suspended by Google Plus this after a Second Life user tried to create an account with the name of his avatar from the game, Opensource Obscure as reported by the Business Insider.
Google Plus is following the suit of Facebook because it wants users to be able to find each other easily. Even if you have your real name though in Facebook, you can still opt for an alternate name.
For violating this unseen policy, the user's Google Plus account was suspended. What concerned me was when the user said that he was never informed by Google that his account will be suspended or gave him a chance to appeal his account suspension.
Privacy is an issue arising from this one whether we should have the freedom to use our preferred name instead of our real name. Although, using real names would prevent cases of fake accounts and posers. It would also be easy for someone to search for you in a social networking sites. I fear that Google Plus might also unknowingly suspend users who have real names that sound like a fake name or a nick name.
This incident is a -1 for Google Plus.
What do you think about this one? Do you agree that everyone should use their real name in Google Plus and ditch those alternate names?
Google Plus is following the suit of Facebook because it wants users to be able to find each other easily. Even if you have your real name though in Facebook, you can still opt for an alternate name.
For violating this unseen policy, the user's Google Plus account was suspended. What concerned me was when the user said that he was never informed by Google that his account will be suspended or gave him a chance to appeal his account suspension.
Privacy is an issue arising from this one whether we should have the freedom to use our preferred name instead of our real name. Although, using real names would prevent cases of fake accounts and posers. It would also be easy for someone to search for you in a social networking sites. I fear that Google Plus might also unknowingly suspend users who have real names that sound like a fake name or a nick name.
This incident is a -1 for Google Plus.
What do you think about this one? Do you agree that everyone should use their real name in Google Plus and ditch those alternate names?
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