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Laura Bow
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11/05/2012 10:47 AM
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Youtube now asking people to sign in with their full first and last name!!??? WTF
I logged onto my Youtube account this morning and got this notice:

Get a better name on YouTube
Replace your hard-to-read username, and start using the name people know you by.
You can still use your username to sign in, and links to your channel will not change.

Your full name


Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.

Thanks for your feedback. Learn more about using your full name on YouTube and update at any time.

What's interesting is that my username is actually nothing weird at all, it's a first name with initials...SO....anyone else get this notice recently?
Anonymous Coward
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11/05/2012 11:06 AM
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yep, got it two days ago. First name: Screw. Last: That
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11/05/2012 11:07 AM
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Re: Youtube now asking people to sign in with their full first and last name!!??? WTF
I logged onto my Youtube account this morning and got this notice:

Get a better name on YouTube
Replace your hard-to-read username, and start using the name people know you by.
You can still use your username to sign in, and links to your channel will not change.

Your full name


Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.

Thanks for your feedback. Learn more about using your full name on YouTube and update at any time.

What's interesting is that my username is actually nothing weird at all, it's a first name with initials...SO....anyone else get this notice recently?
 Quoting: Laura Bow


youtube is owned by google, they want everyone in a data base to create a profile of you.
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Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 11:07 AM
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yep, got it two days ago. First name: Screw. Last: That
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26814882


I was going to put Youtube Sucks but got out of it...for now? lol
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 11:08 AM
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Re: Youtube now asking people to sign in with their full first and last name!!??? WTF
I logged onto my Youtube account this morning and got this notice:

Get a better name on YouTube
Replace your hard-to-read username, and start using the name people know you by.
You can still use your username to sign in, and links to your channel will not change.

Your full name


Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.

Thanks for your feedback. Learn more about using your full name on YouTube and update at any time.

What's interesting is that my username is actually nothing weird at all, it's a first name with initials...SO....anyone else get this notice recently?
 Quoting: Laura Bow


youtube is owned by google, they want everyone in a data base to create a profile of you.
 Quoting: TheTruthNeverLies


Yes, you have to have a Google account in order to sign in now...but thought it's interesting that they're kicking it up a notch.
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11/05/2012 11:08 AM
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just go back a page on browser and refresh to login, they are only asking and using a dead end page to trap you , it is not required
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 11:12 AM
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just go back a page on browser and refresh to login, they are only asking and using a dead end page to trap you , it is not required
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1135376


You're right about that, like I said I managed to get out of it but they do try and throw you off and jump through hoops.
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11/05/2012 11:17 AM
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this is so they can arrest people under Obama's new copy write law
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 11:59 AM
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this is so they can arrest people under Obama's new copy write law
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26142676


I guess it could have something to do with copyrights...thogh I think it's bigger than that.
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11/05/2012 12:13 PM
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big brother is watching you. at least thats what he'd like to think. in reality they control ****. imho.
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11/05/2012 12:14 PM
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Looks like they really are activating the kill switch

Thread: Is Youtube preparing to activate the killswitch and cull the trolls?
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11/05/2012 12:51 PM
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Looks like they really are activating the kill switch

Thread: Is Youtube preparing to activate the killswitch and cull the trolls?
 Quoting: Wonkish


WOW!! Interesting...
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 12:55 PM
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Could it have something to do with this?


S6779-2011: Provides that a web site administrator shall remove any comments posted upon request unless the poster agrees to attach his or her name to the post

[link to open.nysenate.gov]

Wasn't there some sort of internet UN meeting this week or relatively soon? Have to wonder if that could be one of the reasons as well...
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11/05/2012 12:57 PM
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yep, got it two days ago. First name: Screw. Last: That
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26814882


I was going to put Youtube Sucks but got out of it...for now? lol
 Quoting: Laura Bow


good ideas, how about delete account?
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 01:31 PM
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yep, got it two days ago. First name: Screw. Last: That
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I was going to put Youtube Sucks but got out of it...for now? lol
 Quoting: Laura Bow


good ideas, how about delete account?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27058608


Well I'm not really interested in doing that just yet, because the tradeoff then wouldn't be sharing videos with family members but as of now the name thing isn't mandatory either.
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11/05/2012 02:14 PM
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tried to sign in the other night and got the message. i tried to opt out then youtube froze up.
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Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 02:33 PM
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tried to sign in the other night and got the message. i tried to opt out then youtube froze up.
 Quoting: WAKEUPAMERICA01


If you try again, let me know what happens. I managed to get through without it this time but who knows if it will become required soon.
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11/05/2012 02:44 PM
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First it is not required, it is just a question that can be declined or acted upon later.

If a video is put up, the person putting up the video can approve comments, let all comments be as they are, or have no comments.

It is not up to Google, or UTube, but according to what the uploader wants. And yes, some of that will depend on copyrights because that is what it is!

Plus fact that with certain videos (or all I do not know) they may dish out some money if enough different people watch it. Since a person can sign up for the monetary policy, I think they are cutting down on the cheating that happened before with the same people hitting the video just to up the count, now it is different people for counts to the video put up.

So, read the darn lines instead of assuming!
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11/05/2012 02:48 PM
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I laughed when they asked for my cell phone number to be used in case I forgot my password. People just don't get it.
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11/05/2012 02:54 PM
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Yea it is very annoying, i keep having to decline it.
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 02:56 PM
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First it is not required, it is just a question that can be declined or acted upon later.

If a video is put up, the person putting up the video can approve comments, let all comments be as they are, or have no comments.

It is not up to Google, or UTube, but according to what the uploader wants. And yes, some of that will depend on copyrights because that is what it is!

Plus fact that with certain videos (or all I do not know) they may dish out some money if enough different people watch it. Since a person can sign up for the monetary policy, I think they are cutting down on the cheating that happened before with the same people hitting the video just to up the count, now it is different people for counts to the video put up.

So, read the darn lines instead of assuming!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 4436859


It looks like you can't read...where did anyone say it was required? Certainly not me because I said I was able to decline. All I did was attempt to log into my account and, from original post:

Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 02:57 PM
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I laughed when they asked for my cell phone number to be used in case I forgot my password. People just don't get it.
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Yeah, that's garbage as well...Facebook asks that too, I don't put it in.
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11/05/2012 02:58 PM
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My, my, my, my, my it is their website!

Now back to "Carp"!
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11/05/2012 02:58 PM
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i saw this also, i just bypassed it. they don't need to know shit.
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11/05/2012 03:08 PM
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Wow.

The fucked up part is the underlying information that they're getting from you should you decide to choose no thanks.

Even if you choose to decide later, that shows that you are paranoid about your personal privacy and we all know what that means to the DHS.

Even the other choices glean information. No matter what you choose.

Stay away from that shit!
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 03:23 PM
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Wow.

The fucked up part is the underlying information that they're getting from you should you decide to choose no thanks.

Even if you choose to decide later, that shows that you are paranoid about your personal privacy and we all know what that means to the DHS.

Even the other choices glean information. No matter what you choose.

Stay away from that shit!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27072433


LOL I never thought about it that way...oh well...maybe they're flagging those that aren't putting in their full names immediately? How ironic.
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11/05/2012 03:25 PM
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Wow.

The fucked up part is the underlying information that they're getting from you should you decide to choose no thanks.

Even if you choose to decide later, that shows that you are paranoid about your personal privacy and we all know what that means to the DHS.

Even the other choices glean information. No matter what you choose.

Stay away from that shit!
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 27072433


LOL I never thought about it that way...oh well...maybe they're flagging those that aren't putting in their full names immediately? How ironic.
 Quoting: Laura Bow


Absolutely.

That whole thing is designed to gather information on the ones that choose no thanks, because then they ask you WHY.
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11/05/2012 04:20 PM
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I logged onto my Youtube account this morning and got this notice:

Get a better name on YouTube
Replace your hard-to-read username, and start using the name people know you by.
You can still use your username to sign in, and links to your channel will not change.

Your full name


Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.

Thanks for your feedback. Learn more about using your full name on YouTube and update at any time.

What's interesting is that my username is actually nothing weird at all, it's a first name with initials...SO....anyone else get this notice recently?
 Quoting: Laura Bow


yes, I put my name down as Foch Hu.
Laura Bow  (OP)

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11/05/2012 05:21 PM
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I logged onto my Youtube account this morning and got this notice:

Get a better name on YouTube
Replace your hard-to-read username, and start using the name people know you by.
You can still use your username to sign in, and links to your channel will not change.

Your full name


Then had a box for both first and last name. I had to jump through hoops and decline...I couldn't paste all of the stuff that it showed.

Thanks for your feedback. Learn more about using your full name on YouTube and update at any time.

What's interesting is that my username is actually nothing weird at all, it's a first name with initials...SO....anyone else get this notice recently?
 Quoting: Laura Bow


yes, I put my name down as Foch Hu.
 Quoting: 071676


lol
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11/05/2012 05:24 PM
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about time.

atleast it'll stop the trolling and hate comments
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11/05/2012 05:28 PM
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what difference does it make now? You already gave them an e mail address that links to every thing you say and do you Moran.





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