• Sylver@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      YouTube did it when Google bought them and changed everyone’s unique username to their Google account (real) name

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      8 months ago

      Facebook did it as well, maybe a couple years after opening up to the non university crowd. Neither FB at the time or G+ years later gave any thought that their no pseudonym policies put someone’s safety at risk.