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minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·9 months agoDidn’t Google+ do that? It’s been so long since that debacle I honestly don’t remember.
minus-squareSylver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72arrow-down1·9 months agoYouTube did it when Google bought them and changed everyone’s unique username to their Google account (real) name
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months ago Looks like they prodded but didn’t unilaterally force.
minus-squareArbiterXero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·9 months agoWorse, StarCraft tried it lol. Major blizzard fuckup
minus-squareDvixen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoFacebook 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.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·9 months agoGoogle+ was a Facebook-like social media. It was only ever supposed to be real names, so no issue.
Didn’t Google+ do that?
It’s been so long since that debacle I honestly don’t remember.
YouTube did it when Google bought them and changed everyone’s unique username to their Google account (real) name
wtf that’s a terrible decision lol
Looks like they prodded but didn’t unilaterally force.
Worse, StarCraft tried it lol. Major blizzard fuckup
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.
Google+ was a Facebook-like social media. It was only ever supposed to be real names, so no issue.