Seems like a pretty good reason to verify accounts somehow or mandate full names and no pseudonyms.

By
Seems like a pretty good reason to verify accounts somehow or mandate full names and no pseudonyms.

Originally shared by Bryan Foster

Facebook blind date ends with supermarket heist
http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/TheNextWeb/%7E3/jpyXNWhM46o/

Comments

Brenda Curtis said…
a perfectly normal name was used.
Seems to me the real name was part of the lure.
homie probably wouldn't have shown up for CandyRaverGurl456.
July 31, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Jason ON said…
He might have, but the article clearly states that Facebook doesn't really use any sort of protections or precautions against anonymous accounts. And since it's so much easier to have followers on Plus...
July 31, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Brenda Curtis said…
blame the tool not the person?
a sidebar but when it is guns being discussed popular opinion is blame the person who pulls the trigger not the gun itself.
I've blocked and reported more profiles with real sounding names than with nicknames. The newest onslaught is the cam girls. Oy.
July 31, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Jason ON said…
I know how it sounds. My own argument argues against my name usage, but it's just one argument in support of real names and verification.

I can see both sides of the situation. If you Google-search my real name I am the only one that pops up which is why I use Jason ON. If a person is being harassed or stalked, I get it. However, from a company with a user-base the size of Google's they can't let every nom de plume run free. Nor can they screen, cross reference and have human eyes on every single user with a weird sounding name. It's not feasible.

I will leave it up to the geniuses at Mountain View to resolve this issue.
July 31, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Brenda Curtis said…
I like the case by case basis approach.
July 31, 2011 at 4:59 PM
Jason ON said…
Again, unfeasible. A blanket policy is the best approach especially when hundreds of millions of users are involved and they're using a service for free. However, a more lenient policy is needed.
July 31, 2011 at 5:08 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to...

By
So, I asked Andrew Tamm, who filled my Stream with a hundred (sarcasm there) animated gifs and cat pictures to remove me from whatever Circle he has me in where he posts the animated gifs and cat pictures. It was either that or unfollow him and I didn't see any reason to unfollow him. Me asking https://plus.google.com/112885755521259735422/posts/78dwnvvgh4p <==edited to add the correct link Then he plusses me onto Public posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/EuuR1tnU3vJ https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/8r6Grcm2Jpj https://plus.google.com/u/0/112885755521259735422/posts/74PgSu6iL2s Then one of his friends (or Circlers) starts plussing me into posts of animated cat gifs : https://plus.google.com/u/0/107120198886093172821/posts/gRW9JhWLs5T Don't get me wrong, I'm all about sarcasm and messing with people, but this seems sort of childish to me. Am I the only one who thinks so? So far I have only blocked
Read more

I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend.

By
I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
Read more