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From the post, arguing against G+ integration in YouTube, he writes,

"Want to post anonymously your crazy trolling stuff or you want to assume your weird troll behavior in front of your family, friends and co-workers"

Umm, pretty sure that's the point. Neither YouTube nor anybody anywhere really wants "crazy trolling stuff". YouTube comments had been perhaps one of the worst places for discussion on the web, second perhaps only to 4chan.

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Not everyone who doesn't want their real name associated with comments is a troll. Forcing real names isn't the solution. I don't want my boss or members of my family to know I spend 40 hours a week playing games like DayZ and commenting and liking videos where bandits are making awful jokes about breaking people's legs and leaving them stranded in the middle of a forest in gruesome video games. There's nothing wrong with liking horror or survival games but not everyone needs to know that's my thing.

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