Dear Googles: G+/YouTube Anschluss – you've done outed me

Post by username223 » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 2:21 AM UTC

batbomb wrote: post #6

I've got an especially unique last name as well. So much so that I'm absolutely sure nobody in the world has my full name, and, as far as I'm aware, it's possible my dad and I are the only people in the united states with the same first/last name (of the 7 total on facebook, only 3 are in North America). My brother and sister are in a similar boat, thanks to unique spelling of their names. From my last name alone, I'…

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/30/fashion/nantucket-benefits-from-a-google-long-distance-marriage.html?pagewanted=all

Post by rb2e » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 2:32 AM UTC

alexeisadeski3 wrote: post #73

rb2e wrote: post #71

Having a Google plus account linked to YouTube with real name policy has not stopped the trolls and poisonous commenters. They have just carried on as usual. Now it has just made it easier with spammers, blackhats now able to leave links on their comments. Sure they can be deleted with an hour or so but that one hour is all you need to spread your payload. The only people who the real name policy punishes is the real…

Agreed on all points, but I'd just like to add: Never saw the issue with YouTube comments. Always was much ado about nothing. So people were immature - it's funny. So people were insulting - grow up, they're having fun. This whole movement to control YouTube comments reeks more of management's personal embarrassment that their customers weren't as serious and high class as they. Again, grow up. Not everyone is like y…

Post by dbpatterson » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 2:41 AM UTC

JSZZHlmumeUE wrote: post #24

What is the frequency with which these prompts to connect show up? I use youtube daily, G+ not at all and I've only seen them twice. These instances were at least a few months apart. In both cases, I opted out of connecting my profiles and nothing has happened since. Are some people getting these prompts more often? Why? Maybe someone on the G+ team can explain this. without deleting my entire G+ account and profile…

Post by waqf » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 2:46 AM UTC

jmillikin wrote: post #51

The YouTube/Google+ integration would have been much smoother if it started by giving every existing user a G+ "Page" identity matching their YouTube name, and making that page their default YouTube identity. From the user's perspective there would be no risk of accidentally connecting their legal name to YouTube, and Google would have achieved their goal of a unified login system.

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 3:01 AM UTC

amagumori wrote: post #59

Zirro wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am sure you were joking, but to clarify and expand: Why do men seek contact with the opposite sex more frequently than women? Why do they tend to do so in a way that seems to bother the woman in question? Why are women not doing the same to men?

...seriously? well, because women and men experience life very differently. being a woman is a lot more dangerous - you are simply too weak to defend yourself against most guys. so, you have to trust that they will treat you fairly before sleeping with them or starting a relationship, and if you're wrong, the consequences are terrible. men simply don't have to worry about consequences this severe - as a guy picking u…