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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 39 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Didn't Google+ do that?

It's been so long since that debacle I honestly don't remember.

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 71 points 8 months ago (2 children)

YouTube did it when Google bought them and changed everyone’s unique username to their Google account (real) name

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago

wtf that's a terrible decision lol

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

Looks like they prodded but didn’t unilaterally force.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

Worse, StarCraft tried it lol. Major blizzard fuckup

[–] Dvixen@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Facebook did it as well, maybe a couple years after opening up to the non university crowd. Neither FB at the time or G+ years later gave any thought that their no pseudonym policies put someone's safety at risk.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Google+ was a Facebook-like social media. It was only ever supposed to be real names, so no issue.