In my opinion that is how it should be, i.e. use your real name. I will
not add anyone to any of my circles unless their profile displays their
real name. There are too many spammers using cutesy fake names that I
actually don't want reading my posts or comments. I, of course, will
make exceptions for anyone using a nick who contacts me privately to let
me know who they are or if I already know them. I help run this list,
gardenwriters, marketfarming and permaculture and I must say I hate not
knowing who people are when they only use a silly nick and want to
subscribe. I can't afford to have spammers or crackers (malicious
hackers) in my lists.
I know of at least one
person who had tried to use a nickname. Google+ somehow guessed at
his "real name", got it wrong, but then put that name not only on his
Google+ account but also on some other Google services he used,
(which were already published to other people) without warning him it
would do so.
That wouldn't have bothered me. I am sold on anything and everything
Google does and really appreciate being able to use their excellent
resources for free; they are so reliable and fast and allow real work to
happen (big file size posts, attachments, etc. - you won't find that
anywhere else...and Google docs offers a world class resource for
document collaboration.
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