regarding G+ profile images

[elke_tanzer]

Thing #423 which I didn't realize I needed to be concerned about when I activated G+: Google encouraging-vs-requiring people to use photographs of our own faces as profile images. *headdesk* It looks like at this point, they're "encouraging", not "requiring" for all G+ users. Can I just keep linking folks to http://geekfeminism.org/2011/07/08/social-networking-requirements/ again and again, please?

I have just stumbled upon these, which relate to the names issue, the gender-in-profile issue, and also the issue of possibly being required to use photos of our own faces as our profile photo:
https://plus.google.com/106792630639449031994/posts/4v29vbteeG5
https://plus.google.com/106792630639449031994/posts/DEivCBm4qxs
https://plus.google.com/117198316664830078863/posts/GGjc1oqWxa9
https://plus.google.com/117198316664830078863/posts/EWFCZLEMf5r

Of course, http://www.google.com/intl/en-US/+/policy/content.html is also pertinent to all of these issues.

(crossposted to my G+ at https://plus.google.com/107619776564880847214/posts/KmQHcyxAUGi )

Comments

[copracat]

Urgh. There's a guy banging on in all those John Hardy posts* who in no way encourages me to want to share my legal name.

The hilarious thing is I have a couple of gmail accounts in real-sounding names which I use entirely for 1. Facebook - like they're getting access to an email I can't dump like hot potato if they ever decide that sharing my email address is good business for them and 2. Signing up to webpages that require "free" registration with a valid email to access just like anyone with half a brain and no love for spam does.

*the links in your previous post.