Signal boost: who could be harmed by a "real name" policy

[xenacryst]

Over at GeekFeminism.org, Skud made a short post and started a wiki document to list the classes of people who could be harmed by a real name/no-pseudonym policy at online sites:

http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Who_is_harmed_by_a_%22Real_Names%22_policy%3F

Feel free to add categories and examples.

Comments

[indeliblesasha]

I saw this when my husband linked to it on his Google+, I was super proud of him :) But also pleased because that means it's found traction in professional circles, and is being circulated by people who use their legal names on Google+, and thus means that a good deal of people understand that it's *important*, outside of the people whom it will harm.

It's good to see people other than myself saying "I use my real name, but that doesn't mean everyone else should have to."

Sigh.

[elke_tanzer]

And Skud has now been suspended from G+...

http://infotrope.net/2011/07/22/ive-been-suspended-from-google-plus/