I have no issue about using my real name with my own account… and understand why it’s crucial…but is anyone else sick of the username debate yet?
Originally shared by Kim
WIRED: Google+ Identity Crisis: What’s at Stake With Real Names and Privacy by Tim Carmody via Audrey Watters
Dave Winer: “There’s a very simple business reason why Google cares if they have your real name. It means it’s possible to cross-relate your account with your buying behavior with their partners, who might be banks, retailers, supermarkets, hospitals, airlines. To connect with your use of cell phones that might be running their mobile operating system. To provide identity in a commerce-ready way. And to give them information about what you do on the Internet, without obfuscation of pseudonyms.
Simply put, a real name is worth more than a fake one.”
~Dave Winer [in absentia] #quote
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/google-plus-user-names