[net-gold] INTERNET: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING : BUSINESS: CORPORATIONS: NAMED CORPORATIONS: GOOGLE: Elgan: Even Google Hates Its Own 'Names' Policy
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- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:46:41 -0400 (EDT)
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INTERNET: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL NETWORKING :
BUSINESS: CORPORATIONS: NAMED CORPORATIONS: GOOGLE:
Elgan: Even Google Hates Its Own 'Names' Policy
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Elgan: Even Google Hates Its Own 'Names' Policy
By Mike Elgan
August 13, 2011 07:00 AM ET
Computer World
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219153/
Elgan_Even_Google_hates_its_own_names_policy?taxonomyId=71
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/4xvwtve
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Computerworld - Google's only big blunder in the creation of its otherwise
excellent Google+ social network has been a flawed policy on what users
are allowed to call themselves. Everybody hates the policy. Even Google
hates it.
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A lot of thought went into Google+. But the names policy? Not so much.
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Here's my interpretation of Google's real names policy:
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We require you to use your real name on the service. If we catch you using
a fake name, we will give you four days to change it to your real name. If
you don't change it, we won't let you use Google+. The main reasons for
our policy are that we don't want anonymous trolls, spammers and haters
wrecking the service, and also because real names make Google+ a better
platform for commerce.
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This is my own statement of Google's policy. Google people have never
honestly articulated this policy. Instead, Google always couches its
policies in euphemisms and misdirection. Their actual policy is so
unpalatable that they can't even say it out loud.
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Here's Google's disingenuous statement about its real names policy
(according to Google+ product manager Saurabh Sharma in a video posted
this week):
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Google has "asked that those signing up for the service use the name they
commonly go by in the real world." The reason? Google wants to "make
connecting with people on the web more like connecting with people in the
real world."
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But Google's statement is disingenuous on three counts:
1. They're not "asking." It's a requirement.
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snip
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2. The stated reason for the policy is not the real reason.
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snip
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3. The stated reason for the policy is not true. Using "real names" does
not make Google+ like the "real world."
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
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