Yep, there're people like that.

[ex_rising236]

I participated a small amount in a bit of the name/nym discussion on a post. This is one of the discussions in which we had privileged white men going all that real names were good, and about five minutes into my discussion, I found that I was getting an error -- my profile had been reported, and apparently suspended. There are people like that out there.

If you're using a pseudonym be careful of taking part in any public discussion, whatsoever.

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[copracat]

And I thought I was being too paranoid when I didn't feel comfortable commenting in name/nym discussion outside of my fandom circle!

[silverhare]

Fuck! :(

[reginagiraffe]

Yeah, sucks but not surprising.

In a lot of those threads, sympathetic Google employees have been encouraging people who don't like their policies to "Give feedback!" I almost clicked the button but then I thought, "Why draw attention to the fact that I'm one of those weird pseudonymous people?"

Which means my views are not being spread which means they won't know they're pissing off all the pseudonymous users. *sigh*

(And the people who don't like that policy tend not to like the public gender policy, either. So we get screwed on that, too.)

[dragonfly]

OMG. SO sorry!

I will give feedback specifically on the subject that people are doing this and thus silencing the pseudonymous.

[rainbow]

i've sent feedback on the issue; i'm privileged to be able to use my real name online without worries, but i have a 20 year background online in communities for abuse survivors, those of us who are non-binary gendered and/or trans, non-judeo christian; i know people who've never used their real names online but are still active online and i wnat to know whether they'll be welcome on google+ before inviting them.

as to whether i'll actually get a response,t hat's anyone's guess.