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403 ([personal profile] 403) wrote2011-08-03 01:44 pm
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Rather than get involved with this tempest in a teapot, I've decided not to use Google+. The thing that pushed me off the fence was hearing about the account suspension of a friend-of-a-friend whose legal name is Ka Ping. Ping was suspended for not having a "real name" on their account.

I shall reconsider iff Google's policies stop failing the racism smell test.
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[personal profile] scatteredshells 2011-08-03 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Why does this not surprise me? I've seen concerns raised in online trans* communities as well about the 'real name' crap.

FaceBook used to pull very similar crap actually. My friend Raven, and that's his legal name that his mother gave him at birth, has had his account pulled in the past.
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