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[markoa]

I still don't get it how Google can ignore the fact that people have multiple Google accounts, yet insist on everyone having one true Google+ account. I've decided that I want my Google+ "identity" to be based on my company's Google account. Which for example does not have support for logging in to YouTube. What then?

[radley]

Like many of us, you'll have multiple G+ accounts.

[grandpoobah]

To maintain a separate youtube identity I use this

http://kwerty.com/YouTube-User-Guard

[derefr]

I'm really surprised by the comments here. I came in expecting to see "oh thank goodness; now maybe 'YouTube comments' will stop being the gold standard for the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory."

[throwaway2048]

is there any evidence at all that forcing real names in Internet comments improves quality? Its a sentiment you hear parroted a lot, and it's a justification for a lot of pretty damn user unfriendly moves.

For instance Facebook comments are far from the height of civility and well thought out discourse.

[yaeger]

Really? Maybe because some people still remember how things used to be in the good old days when people themselves were a little more caution about privacy on the internet.

Heck, even youtube was like that: http://i.imgur.com/H0VCNde.jpg

And now you are supposed to use your real name. Yeah, that reduces the stupid comments. But it also reduces every other type of comment that isn't on the "This is nice" or "I like this video" kind of null comments.

Even if you are okay with just these types of comments, would you want your network to see that you commented like that on My little Pony videos? Or anything else that isn't illegal or shady but basically just embarrassing.

I myself would not want a google search for my name to produce my comment history I left on youtube videos. But that's just me.

[joakime]

The most interesting quote from this article:

Just because it's powered by Google+ doesn't mean that you'll lose your YouTube identity, though. "You are still allowed to use pseudonyms," said Janakiram, whether you're "a Syrian dissident or SoulPancake".

Made me wonder, who is Janakiram? Article says: Nundu Janakiram, product manager at YouTube.

Wonder if his views are indicating a shift at Google proper? or just YouTube.

[minimaxir]

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6440009

[znowi]

It has little to do with the quality of the comments, but a greater initiative of a Single Identity online. For better tracking, control, and ad coverage. The goals that also align well with the government.

First, they got a hold of our data with trendy cloud computing. Now they gradually lock in our identities - for our own good.

[Executor]

Time to stop using youtube... sigh. Google sure knows how to destroy services.

[general_failure]

So you actually comment on youtube?

[smtddr]

huh, I prefer to keep this gamer tag and youtube acct "smtddr" not connected to my realname on g+.

[akaBruce]

Have you tried recently? I don't remember the steps, but they let me create a public page for my YouTube account. I still have one Google/Google+ account, but all my YouTube stuff (videos, playlists, favorites, etc) is tied to that public page, which I've locked down on Google+.

So my channel still has my original YouTube name and comments won't be made with my real name.

[thaumaturgy]

Good luck. Google's adamant about using its position with search and YouTube and other products to get everyone to use Google+, and there's no room for anonymity on Google+.

[nyar]

My gamer tag youtube became a G+ Page that I can manage with my professional email.