So, you posted this (at least, at time of me writing this) twice in this thread. I disagree and would like to provide a counter argument below at least one of your submissions.
1. You mix pseudonym and anonymous (your other post says "They do officially support anonymity").
2. The Real Name™ BS is still binding for the main G+ account. I have to tell Google my name, then they are kind enough to allow me to enrich their knowledge about me with all the online handles I use...
That _might_ be enough for the use case the GP described, it very much isn't 'anonymous', not 'pseudonymous' if you tell name and handle to the biggest ad company on this planet and still a real name policy that is utterly broken and stupid.
(Minor G+ rant follows)
People like me are seeing the technical proficiency of the G+ system every day. If my GMail tab (for whatever reasons) logs me out I can log in again - just to be sent to my 'suspended profile'. Note that I was looking at GMail moments ago and certainly would like to see Gmail again.
Instead of G+ I get this:
Your profile is currently suspended
Until your profile is unsuspended, you will be unable to use this feature.
Visit your profile to learn more.
where 'profile' links to https://profiles.google.com/me?hl=en - which goes in a loop (url again plus.google.com/something/foo, same text, no way out).
Creating G+ Page's for Youtube isn't tied/doesn't require having a G+ Profile. If you don't have one on an existing gmail address it just creates a disembodied Page while your main account continues G+-less. Granted new @gmail's come with G+ profiles so someone who wants to be anon has to go through the effort of putting in a fake name/DOB then deleting the profile. But fake name/DOB were required for a @gmail.com even before G+ existed, so the only thing which has effectively changed is the busy work of deleting the profile. So I stand by the statement that Youtube anonymity is in reach.
As for the rant, random brokenness/inadequate customer support is hardly a trait limited to G+, it extends to all their products.
I'd like a pseudonym system curated by me, in which I'm the only one linking up my various identities, not one curated by Google, where they, selected advertising partners, and the NSA, do the link-ups.
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You may have missed that the new G+ system supports up to 50 pseudonym identities for a single Gmail account: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2848323
No fake G+ profile required, and each G+ Page identity is actually tied to its own auto-generated Gmail account, not the host Gmail account.
So they actually actively support your use case, its presence has just been drowned out in the commentary.
So, you posted this (at least, at time of me writing this) twice in this thread. I disagree and would like to provide a counter argument below at least one of your submissions.
1. You mix pseudonym and anonymous (your other post says "They do officially support anonymity").
2. The Real Name™ BS is still binding for the main G+ account. I have to tell Google my name, then they are kind enough to allow me to enrich their knowledge about me with all the online handles I use...
That _might_ be enough for the use case the GP described, it very much isn't 'anonymous', not 'pseudonymous' if you tell name and handle to the biggest ad company on this planet and still a real name policy that is utterly broken and stupid.
(Minor G+ rant follows)
People like me are seeing the technical proficiency of the G+ system every day. If my GMail tab (for whatever reasons) logs me out I can log in again - just to be sent to my 'suspended profile'. Note that I was looking at GMail moments ago and certainly would like to see Gmail again.
Instead of G+ I get this:
where 'profile' links to https://profiles.google.com/me?hl=en - which goes in a loop (url again plus.google.com/something/foo, same text, no way out).Creating G+ Page's for Youtube isn't tied/doesn't require having a G+ Profile. If you don't have one on an existing gmail address it just creates a disembodied Page while your main account continues G+-less. Granted new @gmail's come with G+ profiles so someone who wants to be anon has to go through the effort of putting in a fake name/DOB then deleting the profile. But fake name/DOB were required for a @gmail.com even before G+ existed, so the only thing which has effectively changed is the busy work of deleting the profile. So I stand by the statement that Youtube anonymity is in reach.
As for the rant, random brokenness/inadequate customer support is hardly a trait limited to G+, it extends to all their products.
I'd like a pseudonym system curated by me, in which I'm the only one linking up my various identities, not one curated by Google, where they, selected advertising partners, and the NSA, do the link-ups.