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By contributing to Goggle maps, via a program now called "Local Guides" you can earn various Google perks as well as 1TB of Drive storage.

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Is there any way to hide my name and profile pic from the reviews I post?
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Is there any way to hide my name and profile pic from the reviews I post?
Was thinking of trying it out on one of my junk accounts (like the ones I use for free samples etc.), but that's really not the account where I want/need the extra 1 TB of storage.

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Was thinking of trying it out on one of my junk accounts (like the ones I use for free samples etc.), but that's really not the account where I want/need the extra 1 TB of storage.
Same here
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Just tried playing around with a Google+ account. Seems that you can't have a different name come up on your account. You can add a nickname, but even that only appears along with your true name.

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Is there any way to hide my name and profile pic from the reviews I post?
What do you care if you put a review with your real name? Just don't review those stuff that you're not happy with, so nobody will be mad at you
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What do you care if you put a review with your real name? Just don't review those stuff that you're not happy with, so nobody will be mad at you
Not interested in going public with my true identity at all. Nothing to do with what I do or I don't like. For the same reason my username on DDF is not my real name. (And I highly doubt yours is.)

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Not interested in going public with my true identity at all. Nothing to do with what I do or I don't like. For the same reason my username on DDF is not my real name. (And I highly doubt yours is.)
On DDF I might say some personal things, so I'd rather not have my real name, whereas as a review on a place I went to I don't really care if everybody friends or otherwise know that I went somewhere. As far as I can think there's nothing personal you can say or do as a Local Guide
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There are exceedingly few people who have their DDF name the same as their real name. I don't think that holds true for Google+. However, if you're uncomfortable, why not just make a new account?
Who do you think you are fooling? You think you are going to pull a quick one on your Creator? Good luck with that.
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There are exceedingly few people who have their DDF name the same as their real name. I don't think that holds true for Google+. However, if you're uncomfortable, why not just make a new account?
It's assumed that the free storage is only available to the same account as the local guide
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On DDF I might say some personal things, so I'd rather not have my real name, whereas as a review on a place I went to I don't really care if everybody friends or otherwise know that I went somewhere. As far as I can think there's nothing personal you can say or do as a Local Guide
Do you have a profile picture in gmail?
It's assumed that the free storage is only available to the same account as the local guide
Would be great if anyone could verify this.
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There are exceedingly few people who have their DDF name the same as their real name. I don't think that holds true for Google+. However, if you're uncomfortable, why not just make a new account?
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=11285.msg1339568#msg1339568  ;)

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Do you have a profile picture in gmail?
Yes, do you hide your face when you pay a cashier with your CC? They get to see both your name and profile!!! My point is, if part of being a local guide would mean publicly sharing personal info about myself then I would think twice, but by just writing a review I don't feel like I can be stalked or anything else for that matter
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The point being is that I'm not interested that my "friends" (read: those who when I see them down the block I make sure not to make any eye contact etc...) should be coming over saying, "I see you went..." "I see you did...." etc.

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The point being is that I'm not interested that my "friends" (read: those who when I see them down the block I make sure not to make any eye contact etc...) should be coming over saying, "I see you went..." "I see you did...." etc.
I guess I'm not afraid of that.
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You can apply it to any Google account it seems.
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You can apply it to any Google account it seems.
Nice!! TY
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