Elsewhere in Social Media
Friday, July 22nd, 2011 06:37 pmThere's been some loud stuff happening.
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ThomasMonopoly put all his eggs in the Google basket. When Google arbitrarily suspended his account, he was screwed.
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skud, a dynamo of open source goodness who worked at Google for a while, has just been suspended from her Google+ "field trial". Her crime? Having one name. As she explained in her customary clear, insightful and funny manner in the Geek Feminism Wiki, any entity demanding "real names" from its users is counterproductive.
I have a shining example of how Skud is successfully known by that one name. Two WisCons ago, Skud submitted a panel description. The program chair asked me, "This sounds like a cool idea, but I don't know the person who suggested it--proceeded to mispronounce the name that's on Skud's charge card. "Oh, don't worry, that's skud!" I replied, and all was well.
Which is why I am happy to say, along with hundreds of other people around the world: I Know Skud!
skud, a dynamo of open source goodness who worked at Google for a while, has just been suspended from her Google+ "field trial". Her crime? Having one name. As she explained in her customary clear, insightful and funny manner in the Geek Feminism Wiki, any entity demanding "real names" from its users is counterproductive.I have a shining example of how Skud is successfully known by that one name. Two WisCons ago, Skud submitted a panel description. The program chair asked me, "This sounds like a cool idea, but I don't know the person who suggested it--proceeded to mispronounce the name that's on Skud's charge card. "Oh, don't worry, that's skud!" I replied, and all was well.
Which is why I am happy to say, along with hundreds of other people around the world: I Know Skud!
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| July 22, 2011 Jesse the K holds an "I know skud" button |