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G+ and Pseudonymity
CNET News posted an article about the G+ and pseuds issue.
Some links from that article:
Google VP Robert Scoble posts on G+
Violet Blue at ZDNet talks about pseudonymity and account cancellation, and specifically references![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
skud
Christina Trapolino writes on Google +. She says she has a good idea of the pro-psued arguments, and asks for feedback on the anti-psued side.
As I said in a comment to Christina,
[Grace Courage]is a psued. It's one I've been using for 10+ years on LiveJournal and now Dreamwidth. I have an e-mail account set up under it. I set it up because I'm into fanfiction, I struggle with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder (the result of a really ugly childhood), and I'm interested in BDSM. I don't want any of those things getting back to anyone I don't trust; that category includes employers, co-workers, my neighbor, my cousins, and that kid in my 10th grade Spanish class. The people I grow to trust, I give this pseud to. My friends know this pseud. My daughter knows this pseud. I conduct all of my online life, and a significant amount of my offline life, under this pseud. And I DO NOT WANT IT connected to my wallet name in any way, shape, or form.
I was excited about G+ and the idea of circles because I thought they meant that I wouldn't have to juggle two social media accounts--I could have my fandom friends and my kink friends (and there's some overlap there) and my kid all under one roof. This is the me I socialize under. It's also the me that should be marketed to, if that's what Google cares about. And for those people who want to connect with me using my wallet name? I've got a Facebook account for that, and I log into it once every three or four weeks, and I've posted to it maybe four or five times. If I don't trust someone enough to give them this name, they're not my friend and I don't actually want to connect them in any meaningful way.
I'm sticking around to find out how this issue plays out, but if I can't be in this online space as +grace courage, then I can't be here at all.
Basically, Dreamwidth makes me happy.
Some links from that article:
Google VP Robert Scoble posts on G+
Violet Blue at ZDNet talks about pseudonymity and account cancellation, and specifically references
skudChristina Trapolino writes on Google +. She says she has a good idea of the pro-psued arguments, and asks for feedback on the anti-psued side.
As I said in a comment to Christina,
[Grace Courage]is a psued. It's one I've been using for 10+ years on LiveJournal and now Dreamwidth. I have an e-mail account set up under it. I set it up because I'm into fanfiction, I struggle with PTSD and Major Depressive Disorder (the result of a really ugly childhood), and I'm interested in BDSM. I don't want any of those things getting back to anyone I don't trust; that category includes employers, co-workers, my neighbor, my cousins, and that kid in my 10th grade Spanish class. The people I grow to trust, I give this pseud to. My friends know this pseud. My daughter knows this pseud. I conduct all of my online life, and a significant amount of my offline life, under this pseud. And I DO NOT WANT IT connected to my wallet name in any way, shape, or form.
I was excited about G+ and the idea of circles because I thought they meant that I wouldn't have to juggle two social media accounts--I could have my fandom friends and my kink friends (and there's some overlap there) and my kid all under one roof. This is the me I socialize under. It's also the me that should be marketed to, if that's what Google cares about. And for those people who want to connect with me using my wallet name? I've got a Facebook account for that, and I log into it once every three or four weeks, and I've posted to it maybe four or five times. If I don't trust someone enough to give them this name, they're not my friend and I don't actually want to connect them in any meaningful way.
I'm sticking around to find out how this issue plays out, but if I can't be in this online space as +grace courage, then I can't be here at all.
Basically, Dreamwidth makes me happy.