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It makes me so sad to see the increase in 'nanny' behavior.

In what world is that picture actually offending anyone? Is it useless? Maybe. Looks unprofessional to me as well, depending on context and recipient.

But offending? Mature? That's not even funny anymore. People that don't like that picture can choose to ignore it or drop that person from their circles etc. I kind of see the point of objection if someone drops his pants in a picture that everyone can see. But this is so far beyond comprehension that I seriously hope the article is a hoax.

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U kind of see the point of objection if someone drops his pants in a picture that everyone can see.

This logic always confounds me. We are born naked, our natural state is to be without clothes. Worse still we are born into a society whose rules are based on a religion we may or may not subscribe to, but we still have to follow these rules under penalty of enslavement (prison) or physical harm to our bodies. Those naked bodies we were born with which offends some sense of religious propriety.

Ah, careful.

I _understand_ the point of objection as soon as we're entering nudity, because that is something utterly oppressed/objectionable in most cultures I know about. No use pretending that nudity isn't censored, be it natural or not.

Do I agree with that though? Is that my stance? No, I tend to think the approach here [1, careful if you are overly sensitive or consider even wikipedia articles about nudity in culture obscene/inappropriate] is a much saner way to live. It's just not globally applicable and I won't try to force that on others.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freik%C3%B6rperkultur

Perhaps they think http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory may be applicable and it's best to nip stuff in the bud.

Absurd, people chose what pictures to upload because they want those particular pictures, they don't upload crap because they can't be bothered to do better and everyone else is doing the same anyway.

Personal image is the last thing that gets neglected. People neglect things they don't care about.

"It makes me so sad to see the increase in 'nanny' behavior."

Do you dislike it enough to join or start a competing service? That's really the only response that matters.

Google doesn't have to justify how they run their site. They offer a particular service with particular rules, and people either use it or don't use it.

> Do you dislike it enough to join or start a competing service? That's really the only response that matters.

No it's not. Why do you think the other response doesn't matter? That's silly, there's thousands of people reading it. And on HN that even includes people from Google!

> Google doesn't have to justify how they run their site.

They don't have to, but they should. After all, just what you say, people either use it or don't and if Google can't or won't justify their actions adequately, people may stop using it.

Now for you, "adequate justification" obviously means nothing more than "it's in the terms". Which is absolutely fine and I must commend you for so courageously demonstrating your utter lack of spine which not only makes you inferior as an individual, but also negatively impacts those around you.

BY READING THIS POST YOU AGREE WITH MY TERMS (OTHERWISE GO AWAY AND WRITE YOUR OWN POST): My terms are that you will accept whatever is written in this post, with the typical sort of submissive sigh that you invariably utter when life takes yet another dump on you, believing that there's nothing you can do but sigh, accept it and move on.

sigh yet another rebel without a clue but inflated sense of entitlement.

PS: This sigh was dismissive, not submissive.

I really don't like this 'Their house, their rules' answer. It adds nothing of value. I talked about this specific incident, sharing my (personal) thoughts and reaction. Your post didn't touch the issue at hand at all, it was just the all too obvious (but irrelevant) 'they set the rules'.

Fwiw: No, I don't have a G+ account.

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