Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Google+ is dead

So I received the following email in my inbox today:

Hello,
After reviewing your profile, it appears that the name you entered does not comply with the Google+ Names Policy. Please log in to Google+ and visit your profile to learn more and take action.
The Names Policy requires that you use the name you are commonly referred to in real life in your profile. Nicknames, previous names, and so on should be entered in the Other Names section of the profile. Profiles are currently limited to individuals; we will be launching profiles for businesses and other entities later this year.
If you do not edit your name to comply with our Names policy or appeal with additional information within four days of receiving this message, your profile will be suspended. While suspended, you will not be able to make full use of Google services that require an active profile, such as Google+, Buzz, Reader and Picasa. This will not prevent you from using other Google services, like Gmail.
The Google+ team.
I don't use my full name specifically because I don't want a public online presence.  So fuck off Google.  Google+ is dead to me.

-J S

PS: I doubt I am alone in this, if you read their name policy the last paragraph is in there for a reason

8 comments:

Amanda said...

Wow, that's pretty lame... next thing you know they'll require you to include a head shot.

Jae said...

so i googled myself and came across an interesting link. turns out that according to whitepages.com, i am the only person in america with my name. how's that for being special :P?

Jae said...

same goes for rory...

to look up yourself or someone else, type in:

http://names.whitepages.com/FIRSTNAME/LASTNAME

Alex said...

I already know there is another Alex Kanzler. I met him in California when I went with my family.

He is a huge liberal winemaker. He is also taller and more tan.

Amanda said...

There are 2 others with my name... interestingly enough, one is in FL and the other is in RI. Matt appears to be an original, but it's listed as Standrews (where it should be St.)

Nick D said...

That is absurd...sound like facebook much??

There is apparently to other assholes with my name listed in the US. Obviously not cool or good looking as me.

Amanda said...

... but possibly have better grammar.

Jae said...

*zing*