A Google+ policy that forced people to use a real name to write YouTube comments has been reversed.
The restrictions placed on users in November 2013 will be lifted, allowing anonymous commentators again, The Guardian reported. Users haven't been too pleased with having to write comments under real names, and Google has slowly been relaxing the regulations.
"Over the years, as Google+ grew and its community became established, we steadily opened up this policy, from allowing +Page owners to use any name of their choosing to letting YouTube users bring their usernames into Google+. Today, we are taking the last step: there are no more restrictions on what name you can use," Google said in a company blog post.
Google's social network has 343 million monthly active user accounts, a figure that compares with Facebook's 1.28 billion. The decision to require real names was intended to improve the quality of YouTube comments.
In the post, Google said that users have had "passionate" opinions about the regulations as well as some "unnecessarily difficult experiences" with Google communities due to the restrictions.
"For this we apologize, and we hope that today's change is a step toward making Google+ the welcoming and inclusive place that we want it to be," the company said.
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