Google+ drew a fair bit of ire when launching the platform, over Google’s insistence on users using their real names. This morning though they have backtracked on this policy advising: ‘there are no more restrictions on what name you can use’.
The full announcement was made on the Google+ Google+ page (that got a bit meta!) :
Now to see if I can claim the Phroghollow name for my personal G+ page.
Have you been caught up in the real name controversy on Google+?
Source: +Google+.
Changing your name isn’t very handy when you can’t get a custom URL. I don’t mind showing up as Andrew Smith but I don’t want +AndrewEspadaV8Smith, just let me have +EspadaV8
Changing your name isn’t very handy when you can’t get a custom URL. I don’t mind showing up as Andrew Smith but I don’t want +AndrewEspadaV8Smith, just let me have +EspadaV8