This may sound silly, but it really ticks me off. Google wants me to change my screen name, which is the same as the one I use here at MobileRead: WT Sharpe.
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Hello,
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The Google+ team.
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Who the hell do they think they are that they can tell me what my name is? Here is my reply.
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WT Sharpe
to Google+
What's the problem? Should I go down to the courtroom and ask to have my name changed? My name IS WT Sharpe. I could go by Tom Sharpe, but many of my online friends would not be looking for me by that name. And if I used my first name, William, I'd be willing to bet some of my family members wouldn't even recognize me. I am William Thomas Sharpe, III. What's wrong with WT Sharpe? Neither my father nor my grandfather went by William. The only people who know me as William are sales people, and I don't want them to find me.
--WT Sharpe, Chesapeake, VA
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For all that, I doubt it will do any good, and if I want to continue using their services, I'll probably have to give them a name I have never, ever used in my entire life: William Sharpe. Not even my mother ever called me William. I'm not sure it's worth it. Isn't Google the company that pledged to do no harm? To always do the right thing? Who are they to tell me who I am???