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Re:Why Google cares if you use your real name by class_vs_object on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:00PM (#2803133)
"it is about... removing people who spell their names in weird ways, like using upside-down characters"

Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. The ones who dare to spell their names with upside down characters.

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Re:Why Google cares if you use your real name by MatthewPhillips on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:43PM (#2803365)
The ones whose parents didn't give them enough attention so they have to spend their days testing the boundaries of internet communities and then throwing a fit because their wingding character isn't supported.
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Re:Why Google cares if you use your real name by throwaway32 on Monday July 25, 2011 @05:02PM (#2804608)
That's a pretty flippant attitude, considering people are losing access to critical stuff like all their emails for making the mistake of violating some rule buried in a 20 page TOS.
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Re:Why Google cares if you use your real name by Matt_Cutts on Monday July 25, 2011 @06:07PM (#2804936)
People don't lose access to Gmail just because of the common/real name policy. I posted this earlier in the thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2803334
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Re:Why Google cares if you use your real name by adolph on Monday July 25, 2011 @12:22PM (#2803242)
Don't forget the furriners.
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