We're arguing about the design choice of requiring real names. How does that design choice not support my use case over yours?
Profile pictures are obviously sufficient as a social norm. Some people don't follow it and that's fine; though it makes them harder to find, they can also turn on the explicit "you can't find me" feature).
If I know you in real life, I know you by your real name, not your reddit handle.
G+ is obviously intended to he a better Facebook.
I'm not really sure how to make my points more clear. If you'd like, I will sportingly let you have the last word.
We're actually arguing if that design decision (that certainly took place and yes, supports your use case. That's the reason why you defend it here, let's not forget that)
- Makes sense
- Is necessary
Both points have arguments pro and contra, but the real kicker for me is that no one, including you as one of the strongest proponent here on HN, has brought up a reason for this. It boils down to this:
- You cannot find people that you learned about years ago
Well.. Bad luck. They certainly are free to add their real name or whatever they gave you to their profile. If they don't - you don't need to find them.
- Pseudonyms lead to arguments, name calling and bad behavior
This site, as lots of other people said already, is a nice example to the contrary. I said it elsewhere and I still believe it: The quality of the comments is a function of the quality of the visitors/users. Not bound to the names they use.
If you know me in real life, you'd certainly _not_ know my real name for a long time and it's a chore to spell it to others. But IF we'd be real life friends (in contrast to FB 'friends' - I decline most offers there and don't see how they came up with that name..) I'd certainly make sure that you can contact me in every way that helps you. If I'm 'Some Dude' on Facebook, I'd tell you about it. If not - well - why is it more important that you can locate me than my desire to pick a name?
G+ is intented to be a better Facebook? We agree on this one. But 'better' is unfortunately the keyword here. For me, better is
- no name convention/rule (no surprise here)
- everything hidden by default
- no spam platform (aka: Let me opt out of _all_ games please. Before they even are developed)
Profile pictures are obviously sufficient as a social norm. Some people don't follow it and that's fine; though it makes them harder to find, they can also turn on the explicit "you can't find me" feature).
If I know you in real life, I know you by your real name, not your reddit handle.
G+ is obviously intended to he a better Facebook.
I'm not really sure how to make my points more clear. If you'd like, I will sportingly let you have the last word.