September 2011
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bye bye google
I moved mail to gmx.com (encrypted, free, green electricity)
search with IxQuick and duckduckgo
my reader is NewsBlur
photos with Flickr (Posterous is good too)
and my blog is on an islandic server (IMMI) with green electricity
byeeeeee
August 2011
6 posts
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Another one bites the dust...
I actually didn’t start out on G+ using a pseudonym. I assumed wrongly that they’d let me have my “nickname” display as my normal name & let me keep my “real” name secret, but the cat was out of the bag long ago, so both my long-standing pseudonym & my Google profile & everything I do with Google, and my Twitter account (since it uses my pseudonym)...
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The inevitable
I have finally been flagged. 8/24/11.
I am angry and disheartened, even though I knew it was pretty much inevitable. +Wired Ferret is not a wasponym, even though it is my name.
I thought about changing to something else, Anne Shirley or Jean ValJean, but no, I think that +Wired Ferret dies here, until the names policy is revised. I respect the other people who have changed their names and...
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cuck wannabe
https://plus.google.com/104530762508521483197/ Cuck Wannabe. Sure it’s mature content, but I wasn’t posting anything offensive. Even invited other friends etc. Disabled on 4 August. Still disabled, but I can see everything, streams and all. Just can’t post.
I gave them an alternative name, Eligible Cuck, with numerous links to the pervasiveness of that nickname all over the...
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My name is Rainyday Superstar
Google + killed me twice I don’t recall the dates but you can find the info at www.rainydaysuperstar.com
You won’t find me on G+ as anyone else
I did change my name to something completely made up for one day just to see if they would lift the suspension
They did
And I promptly changed it back
My name is Rainyday Superstar
I will not let Google or anyone else take that away...
My G+ identity
I am +Wired Ferret. I understand that this name choice may get me kicked off Google+. I am counting the days I make it.
Tell me about the name you chose. Tell me how long it lived.
