It's stupid. I declined posting my full name simply because I prefer to have a pseudonym. At least they learned (I assume) from the Google+ debacle.
It's also stupid that they required justification. Mine was that I prefer to keep my persona private - as a woman on the internet, it's easy enough to attract stalkers, and avoiding them where possible just seems smart. I don't have any videos actually showing myself, but what if I chose to? Sure, I could privatize it, but if I ever wanted to started a vlog, I don't think that I'd ever associate it with my Facebook or anything with my actual name on it. I'm sure people would be able to link me to it, but... I just prefer a pseudonym (disclaimer here being I have no interest in a vlog due to the fact I wouldn't want people to be able to link it with my personal life - internet trolls can be pretty tenacious).
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It's stupid. I declined posting my full name simply because I prefer to have a pseudonym. At least they learned (I assume) from the Google+ debacle.
It's also stupid that they required justification. Mine was that I prefer to keep my persona private - as a woman on the internet, it's easy enough to attract stalkers, and avoiding them where possible just seems smart. I don't have any videos actually showing myself, but what if I chose to? Sure, I could privatize it, but if I ever wanted to started a vlog, I don't think that I'd ever associate it with my Facebook or anything with my actual name on it. I'm sure people would be able to link me to it, but... I just prefer a pseudonym (disclaimer here being I have no interest in a vlog due to the fact I wouldn't want people to be able to link it with my personal life - internet trolls can be pretty tenacious).