YouTube gently prods users to go by their real names
Posted in: Internet Use/New Technologies at 24/07/2012 18:42
The online video service takes a swipe at nasty commenters and cleans up its image by encouraging users to use their real names and link to their Google+ profile.
YouTube thinks that maybe all those cutepuppies99 and origamiboys1981 might be ready to grow up. Google's online video platform is now giving users the option to start using their real names on its service, along with hooking up their Google Plus profile up with their YouTube channel.
"One Google-wide identity was something that proved popular with new YouTube users when we began offering it in March, so we are now extending it to existing users," YouTube software engineer John Fisher wrote in a recent blog post.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57478364-93/youtube-gently-prods-users-to-go-by-their-real-names/
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YouTube wants commenters to use real names
Most of the time reading comments on the Internet is like attending a slightly dysfunctional family dinner, full of passionately argued, half-baked political theories and tasteless jokes.
Wandering into a YouTube comments section, however, can be like walking into a dive bar bathroom, walls and mirrors covered in graffiti as profane as it is pointless.
http://techland.time.com/2012/07/23/youtube-wants-you-to-comment-using-your-real-name/
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/24/tech/social-media/youtube-real-name-techland/index.html
