Brad Carps, Your Google+ account has been deleted

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I am doing it partly because I don’t have time for so many social networks, and partly out of protest.

I don’t have time for Google Plus. I already don’t have time for Facebook, but i still post and comment there because it reads my posts from Twitter, which I scarcely have time for. I may rejoin Plus at that point, but the communication will be one-way.

I do it out of protest because of how Google is seeking to require real identites on their services. Anonymity and pseudonymity are vital to political discourse, human rights, whistleblowing, humor, and more. “Real users are worth more to our advertisers” is not reasoning that is compatible with my ethical framework.

—200found, a longtime user, fan, and developer.