I agree. I think this has NOTHING to do with NSTIC. Facebook's "real name" policy is even more farcical than Google's. Log into Facebook and search for Eliot Spitzer.
-- bob
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From: Dick Hardt mailto:dick.hardt@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:53:54 -0400
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Subject: Re: [community] Google+ "real" names and NSTIC
And Google + is doing it because they think the NSTIC wants real names, when in fact the government is not saying that at all.
I don't this policy has anything to do with NSTIC. I would say it is similar reasons why Facebook has a realname policy.
-- Dick
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