Launched over three years ago, Facebook killer (which hasn’t) Google+ has given in to allowing users pick up any name-fake or real on their personal profiles and even pages.
In a policy update, Google+ said it had a lot of restrictions on what name you could use on your profile when it launched because that helped create a community made up of real people. However, this seems to be the network’s limiting factor to reach as many number as its competitor Facebook. Google+ no will no longer exclude your profile due to a weird username like Hakuna Matata or juust anything.
“Over the years, as Google+ grew and its community became established, we steadily opened up this policy, from allowing +Page owners to use any name of their choosing to letting YouTube users bring their usernames into Google+. Today, we are taking the last step: there are no more restrictions on what name you can use,” the firm announced.
The network also apologized for having confusing or unclear policies.