Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-35301431-20131023190900/@comment-32500188-20131107173829

PurpleTopHat wrote: Why don't you just use a nickname or the name of a character if you're not going to use the Google+? Because for those who were already signed up and had the misfortune of using their actual names for their Google+ account, even if you do change the nickname, they'll be able to trace back to the main account that's managing it, as well as that person's real name. And even if you do change "real" name of the account in question, whatever posts that were made prior to that won't show that change ever.

On one side, it's easier for people to be tracked down.... on the other, it's also easier for people you don't want to know details about yourself, even your full name, to find out through a little searching.