Comment by darklajid | Hacker News Reader

Comment by darklajid | Hacker News Reader

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Bwahaha..

Okay, now which number do I call to get my account (moved _from_ my full name to 'Ben .' in protest during the nymwars) unblocked? I mean.. I'm not even sure I'd care at this point but are they even thinking of all the blocked users? Or do I need to send in my government issued ID to get my profile unblocked so that I can .. move away from my real name..??

Actually I just visited plus.google.com and surprisingly enough I wasn't greeted by the loop of death (previously I had a page that said that I'm blocked, with a link saying "You can check here why", which redirected to the very same page). Now I can "upgrade" and enroll. It seems.

I .. need to provide a first name and a last name though.. How does that compute? Why can't I be "Ben" or "Randomthingyhere"? Real names aren't required, but first and last names are?

Can't. Stop. Laughing.

You can be "Ben". https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1228271 Enter a '.' as the last name to use a mononym.

If you enter a '.' as your surname, will G+ omit this when displaying your name?

Yes. It will be rendered in G+ as a mononym.

If it does, then it does so inconsistently. For me it doesn't on the About page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115709092170300569371/about

There was a bug uncovered as part of the launch today where some of them aren't rendering properly - there's a fix in the works; the dot should disappear when it goes live without any action on your part. (Don't know when it will go live yet.)

Note that your link doesn't appear to say anything about that. Might you be seeing an internal revision? (The current revision visible to the public appears to predate the policy change; perhaps a new version was meant to be pushed but has not been.)

I assume you missed the reference. Below troubleshooting it lists "You only have one name" and explains this amazing solution there.

That was already present on this page when I first visited the link yesterday.

You're absolutely right, I failed to read closely enough.

Please. I laughed so hard it hurt just now.

First of all, thanks a lot. So that'd be the way to sign up as "Ben".

Now please revisit my original post. Did you notice what my name was, before the profile got blocked? I'll post it again. It was "Ben .".

Now this hotel bar has to help me forget this link of yours as soon as possible or I'll shake my head until it falls off..

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