Well, that was short.

[butterfly]

Deleted my google+ account. Too much hassle worrying about it and its unclear rules regarding pseuds. It's so weird that google managed to understand why people would want to separate out privacy into circles but not understand the pseudonym issues.

Straw that broke the camel's back.

And if there's anyone else who is thinking of doing it, here's how to remove google+ without losing gmail.

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[masqthephlsphr]

The number of social networking services that screw up because they don't understand the culture of social networkers is astounding.

[butterfly]

I know, right? It's almost impressive.

[shusu.insanejournal.com]

This is how. Article from GigaOm: Hey Google — being social is not an engineering problem (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/idUS88655906920110713). Apparently the culture is too bent on traditional engineering to pay attention to the social science.

Also I get the distinct feeling that prevalently male organizations do not see the immediate need to remain un-stalked or otherwise safe in a public space.

[butterfly]

Thanks for the link. That was helpful. Wish they'd listened better to Paul Adams.

Also I get the distinct feeling that prevalently male organizations do not see the immediate need to remain un-stalked or otherwise safe in a public space.

Yeah, it does seem that way.