Will Real Names Make YouTube Friendlier?

Date: Jul 25 2012

Filed under: Technology, Media, Google

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Is the solution to flame wars, copyright protected uploads, and general poor decorum around YouTube simply a matter of introducing name tags?

That’s the hope of the company that runs the video-sharing website.

Wired is reporting that Google’s (GOOG) fast-growing YouTube service is starting to encourage anonymous users to begin using real names and photos from their Google+ accounts.

The strategy would definitely give a more human presence to the sea of faceless comments that build…

Will Real Names Make YouTube Friendlier? originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-07-24T16:44:00Z.

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