Comments on: Google+ Profile Suspended

By: tracy

tracy — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:03:36 +0000

They gave me no reason why they suspended my account and I do not know how to fix it and I did use my real name?

By: kybernetikos

kybernetikos — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:21:49 +0000

What creates a bad atmosphere in social networks is not pseudonymity but lack of consequences. If someone is clearly dedicated to their pseudonymous (or otherwise) persona then they will behave at least as well (and sometimes better) than if they were going by their ‘real name’ (not that such a thing exists in law in a number of countries – you have the right to be known as whatever you like).

So the correct answer is not to enforce ‘real names’, but to measure engagement with the network under whatever name is being used and make that transparent to the end users. Stackoverflow and reddit do the right kind of thing.

By: Rick Flynn

Rick Flynn — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 02:05:25 +0000

You are wise beyond your years….too bad it is all about numbers and how meaningless they can be..
Hang i there! I’m 52 (yeah, really) and I can tell you age really doesn’t matter…
We’ll still be here and let me know if I can help somehow.
Cheers, Rick

By: Albonobo

Albonobo — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:51:43 +0000

Antimatter15 all the Wwers are pushing for you;-)

By: Jeremy NGL

Jeremy NGL — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:03:58 +0000

AM15: Pooja wants to help, she would like you to ping her on Wave.

By: Huy Zing

Huy Zing — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 08:44:01 +0000

Google is in the wrong. They screwed me in the days of Orkut way before you hahahh. But they rectified the situation. There’s a very good chance they’ll fix this.
Recently, Orkut account was once again disabled for no apparent reason, so they still have a lot to learn about running a social network.
Still, what they do is 100x better than Facebook. Zuck is yuck.

By: imma

imma — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:18:43 +0000

ps: this makes me question their sincerity : https://plus.google.com/111803843720416020702 (god)

By: imma

imma — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:03:01 +0000

re: “You have nothing to be afraid of if you have nothing to hide”
Well, perhaps (nothing wrong with having something to hide), but anyway … even if there isn’t something to hide or be afraid of, there can still be something to be irritated, annoyed and perhaps even angry about.
We aren’t free because we can prove that we have nothing to fear, we are free because we don’t have to – ‘they’ have no power over us except that which is surrendered.

re: G+ not having pseudonyms … Google Profiles existed for a long while before G+, allowed pseudonyms and have been imported automatically, not optionally.
I am strongly in favour of allowing people to have a separate profile name for specific circles where people might not know them by their common public-internet name (eg me)

By: Dark Star

Dark Star — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:00:42 +0000

There is a petition here for the pseudonym part: http://www.change.org/petitions/google-inc-google-needs-to-allow-pseudonyms-on-services-like-google-for-anonymity

Sadly, it’s not getting much support yet – under 1000 names still.

PS. I’m suspended for my pseudonym as well – http://iconoclasm2000.blogspot.com/2011/07/google-suspended.html

I’ve been Dark Star since 2006 and I blog semi-anonymously as I have received death threats

By: Peter

Peter — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:55:41 +0000

Hope google notices what they have done and fix your account we all support you