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    Default YouTube wants users to use their real names

    YouTube wants your real name

    Google asks to integrate your Google+ profile and real name to move away from YouTube anonymity

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    Like that's going to fly.

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    Mass Exodus from YouTube in T minus 10....
    This just in http://vimeo.com/ see a mass increase of users...

    ^ this is the future the moment they start.
    .... and thanks for all the fish.

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    Like hell. They can go get stuffed...

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    A good idea. Might slow down the rancid troll churn happening in the comments section.
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    A window popped up the other day while I was watching a video, asking me the exact same question. I said hell No!

    But I saw users that have accepted this, they're very brave I tell you.

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    I youtube all the time and never seen this option. Also I killed my Google+ account loooong ago so I really don't understand how they going to do this for the non google+ people.
    Sometimes I talk to myself if I feel like having an intelligent conversation.

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    Obviously google needs to take on Facebook so they need real people to be interacting before they can drive numbers. One rapid but ill-advised way to do this is convert current users by changing their handles to their real names.

    I guess one will have to have multiple accounts - your real public person and your other business and personal handles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghoti View Post
    A good idea. Might slow down the rancid troll churn happening in the comments section.
    Agree.

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    I dont see the big deal. Rather than sensationalizing it the article could say that Google is giving you the option to use a single account across all their services. change one option/profile image etc and you change them all. I prefer anonymity but I can see the appeal.

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