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Article #676Re: Google+ massive fail
From: Mark Anderson
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:07
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:07
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In article core-usenet@spamless.spook.homeip.net says... > Google's policy is seriously f**ked up, for a company that's supposed to be > 'world wide' in scope. Strictly applied, as it is, excludes a vast population > in countries where single names are common and/or two character surnames are > very common. Indications, so far, are that they have no interest in changing > it. Indications are also that it's a very deliberate policy, rather than a > first year programmers newbie mistake. Programmers don't make those kind of decisions. It's a system level problem -- how to verify the owner of the account is who he/she says they are. The best that can be done is get as close as possible. Policing this at the account entry level is stupid and a waste of effort. People will learn how to game the system anyway and by kicking otherwise legit accounts off they'll end up disenfranchising users who make up either a part of their product offering or real honest to god paying customers. Online reputations are more important than linking online and offline worlds. You can be itakeyomoney3 on ebay but if you have a good online reputation and a long history with ebay you can more or less be trusted. It's utterly pointless to do what google+ is doing other than perhaps to research some kind of online id verification algorithm using the beta g+ as a sandbox.
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