Google+ abolished the real name principle, in future it is OK to use it with the handle name etc

Google announced the change of management policy of SNS "Google +" offered by the company, revealed that we abolish the conventional real name principle and ban the anonymous use such as handle name.

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This change was announced in the official Google+ account. In principle, as a general rule, it was restricted to using real name and account name of YouTube, but here we decided to switch policy and to abolish its restriction.

The Google+ team also seemed to be aware of the existence of users who hesitate to use the service by the conventional real name principle, and in the announcement comment "Although real nameism was useful for forming a community by real people, It was supposed to keep users who disliked it from going away. "

It is also a fact that there were users who used handle names by way of trickery in the past, so it seems that there were not a few users who felt doubt that inconsistencies between the management policy and the actual situation could be seen In the Google + team, I'm commenting "I want to apologize for the inconvenience I've had to users."

While many people feel refusal to the SNS real name system, Facebook that is also penetrating the real name system has become widespread and on the other hand it is a fact. It is interesting to see what kind of influence will appear in the change of policy of Google+ this time.