Google+ Blocked My Furry Account

[slycat]

I suppose I was kinda asking for it. I have two Google+ accounts, one for my real self that I have work colleagues and the like on, and one for my furry self. There's been much chatter about Google removing accounts which did not have a real name associated with them as detailed in their Community Standards but I chose to ignore it assuming they'd never bother with my account and the countless other furry pseudonyms on there.

Now everyone and his mother who has a furry account seemed to be adding me to their circles on Google+ and so I mostly ignore the people I don't know. However I saw two instances of people who were acting as companies who were just advertising their services so I rather naively reported them to Google. It seems this was enough to make Google aware of my profile and as of this evening, my account has been suspended due to violation of their aforementioned Community Standards.

So you have the option to appeal just by clicking a link which resubmits the profile for review assuming you've changed whatever was in violation, but they don't explicitly state what is in violation. I considered changing my name to a more real sounding name and changing my profile picture to a real picture but I figured what's the point? If I did that then it would negate the whole point of having a furry account.

I could add furs to my real account but I spend a lot of time ensuring my work/family life does not blend with my furry life. It's something I've done for 14 years now and I'm not going to change just because Google says I should.

Comments

[nidonocu.livejournal.com]

Snap o_o

Do you think I could make some cash with some 'I'm too furry for Google+ t-shirts?'

[slycat.livejournal.com]

Damn. I guess it's easy to search for pokemon names and ban anyone using one. I was naive enough to think I was safe. I can see the rest of the furry accounts going this way pretty soon sadly.

[nidonocu.livejournal.com]

Except my name isn't. 'Nidonocu' is a completely unique word for which searching online will return nothing except content related to me. I suppose those 'Poison-Bunny', my 'surname' might of caught their algorithm's eye.