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 <dick.hardt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Dick Hardt <dick.hardt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 14:53:54 -0400
To: Mary Hodder <mary@hodder.org>
Cc: Phil Hunt <phil.hunt@yahoo.com>, Kaliya Hamlin <kaliya@mac.com>, "community@lists.idcommons.net" <community@lists.idcommons.net>, "stewards@lists.idcommons.net" <stewards@lists.idcommons.net>, "community@kantarainitiative.org" <community@kantarainitiative.org>
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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