Google wants your real name on YouTube
If you try to comment on YouTube, you will be prompted to change your username to your real name.
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| The prompt screen.(Screenshot by Raheel Khan) |
With the furore caused by Google's insistence on real names on its Google+ network (one that was ultimately solved by a verification program) still fresh in our minds, the internet giant is now trying to get YouTube users to switch over to their real names on its video streaming website.
John Fisher, Software Engineer, said in a Google blog post last month:
One Google-wide identity was something that proved popular with new YouTube users when we began offering it in March, so we are now extending it to existing users.This will give you more options for how your videos are seen and discovered on YouTube. However, we realise that using your full name isn't for everyone. Maybe people know you by your YouTube username. Perhaps you don't want your name publicly associated with your channel. To continue using your YouTube username, just click "I don't want to use my full name" when you see the prompt. Stay tuned for more ways to use this username in other Google products and services in coming months.
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