05-04-2018 01:32 PM
Hi, Arielle.
We don't want to use a nickname for our whole Google account. We want our Google account with our chosen display name, and the possibility to use a nickname/alias ONLY for Google Maps Reviews, for privacy. It should be a separate option.
05-04-2018 05:18 PM
Thank you Arielle, hopefully this gets some traction now and Google understands the need for the reviewer's privacy to be maintained. Fingers crossed we get a solution soon.
05-05-2018 08:52 PM - edited 05-06-2018 06:11 PM
@Seger wrote:If I use a nick or fictive name, this also shows up as sender on all the emails I send with gmail. Not professional.
Not really true, I would say. Let's see an example.
Imagine your real name is "Norbert N. Amebic", and you have registered a Google Account with a nickname "No Name"; by default, your emails show the following sender name & address:
No Name <noname [at] gmail.com>
But you can change the sender's name in Gmail settings (there's a help page, but it discusses a wider range of topics):
Settings > Accounts and Import > Send mail as: > edit info > Name: > (type in and select) "Norbert N. Amebic" > Save Changes
(obviously, it affects Gmail web interface only; if you use a standalone email client like MS Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird, please look at their manuals).
Now your emails contain your real name along the address:
Norbert N. Amebic <noname [at] gmail.com>
But if the recipient uses Gmail too and types your address into the Gmail search box, they'll see your Google+ profile name alongside the email address:
No Name noname [at] gmail.com
Anyway, yes, it doesn't look very professional, and doesn't resolve the visibility problem of your Google+ ID / account at all.
@ArielleM_, here are my various suggestions:
P.S. Sorry for a lengthy post, and let's hope for help from some wise product designers in Google 😉
05-07-2018 05:08 PM
Hey @bobbib,
No worries on the length of the post, the detail is very necessary. I'll add this feedback to our internal loop. Supplementary to my forwarding this information along, I'd echo my suggestion to also submit your feedback via the Google Maps application itself.
Still, keep the discussion alive! It only helps. As for expectations, I want to be transparent in saying that there will be no projected timeline for any feedback to be implemented - but that doesn't mean it won't be heard. Unfortunately, there's no real way to gauge that from my end. But again, I'll do all I can to help!
Thanks everyone.
05-08-2018 02:50 AM
at some point there must be a timeline, or a bloody good reason why Google is not picking up these little changes with great impact.
I work for the Dutch federal governement on billion dollar IT projects, and we don't even get away with less. You can do it!
05-26-2018 09:35 PM
On a related note, I would like it if I were able to disable other users listing all my reviews. It is really creepy how someone can see where someone lives, works, and where they've traveled. I don't want random internet people to track me like this.
Actually I think you should probably disable this feature entirely (or at least make it opt-in). Don't wait until a stalker uses this to commit a crime (and then you get sued over it)!
05-27-2018 02:08 AM - edited 05-27-2018 02:10 AM
Dear @eArmin
There is a provision in Google Street View app to transfer ownership of a picture to another user or GMB account. You can use this facility to get credit for your photos. Simply create a new account for your new professional agency and transfer rights of all your photos to it.
But there is no way to transfer the reviwes you have done to the new account.
Hope this helps.
06-24-2018 09:38 AM
I'm a bit confused. I logged into the community and it asks for a username. I updated it, but my username still shows my **####** name as per my google account. So, I'm assuming this feature is only for the Local Guides connect community. So Google understands the needs for this, just please implement on the Google Maps Reviews area. I will be removing my reviews I have done to date and won't be posting any future ones until this is done, as I don't want my **####** name publised to the world. Or if you can tell me how this was implemented and how I can change this for my account.
Thank you.
09-30-2018 09:09 AM
I live in a small city yesterday I published a review about a restaurant an hour ago the manager of the restaurant called me asking about my reviews. We need a solution.