bleistift2@sopuli.xyz to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThese totally legitimate commentssopuli.xyzimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1722
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minus-squaremelvisntnormal@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month agoI’ve had my Google account for over a decade. At some point, I noticed my YouTube handle was just my name, and I don’t remember setting it to that. On pretty much all websites, I have a default username I try to use, but I don’t remember getting that option when making a Google account
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoI noticed it when the display name changed from my account to the made up name I used for the account.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAt some point YouTube tried to force you to use your real name.
minus-squareJohn_Blund@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoI think it was around the google+ era, when they were trying real hard to become a ‘proper’ social media.
I’ve had my Google account for over a decade. At some point, I noticed my YouTube handle was just my name, and I don’t remember setting it to that.
On pretty much all websites, I have a default username I try to use, but I don’t remember getting that option when making a Google account
I noticed it when the display name changed from my account to the made up name I used for the account.
At some point YouTube tried to force you to use your real name.
I think it was around the google+ era, when they were trying real hard to become a ‘proper’ social media.