What is this.... "Follow nahoku on Google plus"

[nahoku]

Why is there a "Follow nahoku on Google Plus" link (broken by the way!) under my Avatar? I don't belong to Google Plus... I don't even use Google Plus... and I have no intention of ever using Google Plus!

Why do you stick a link to something I never use and make it appear that I do, and that I endorse it?

How do I get rid of it? I certainly don't like seeing it!

 

[kct1975]

Why is there a "Follow nahoku on Google Plus" link (broken by the way!) under my Avatar? I don't belong to Google Plus... I don't even use Google Plus... and I have no intention of ever using Google Plus!

Why do you stick a link to something I never use and make it appear that I do, and that I endorse it?

How do I get rid of it? I certainly don't like seeing it!

While I cannot answer for the signature line on the forum, I can assure you that if you have a Gmail account or an Android phone, you do have a Google + account.

Google + is part of the Google Ecosystem, and when you register a Gmail account, a Google + account is already set up for you.

Just to see for yourself, be sure that you are logged in to your Chrome browser and then navigate to Google +, and you will see that you are in your Google + account page.

Just so you know...you don't have to do anything with your Google + account, but there is nothing that you can do to eliminate it either.

 

[Aquila]

Forwarded to people who do things.

 

[nahoku]

What's strange too is that it doesn't appear on all my forum posts, seems to be just on longer ones.

Yes, I've noticed this too.

While I cannot answer for the signature line on the forum, I can assure you that if you have a Gmail account or an Android phone, you do have a Google + account.

Google + is part of the Google Ecosystem, and when you register a Gmail account, a Google + account is already set up for you.

Just to see for yourself, be sure that you are logged in to your Chrome browser and then navigate to Google +, and you will see that you are in your Google + account page.

Just so you know...you don't have to do anything with your Google + account, but there is nothing that you can do to eliminate it either.

I do have a Gmail account, but it's not associated in any way with the name nahoku or the AC website. nahoku is my forum user name and my AC account is registered with a yahoo email. There apparently is a nahoku@gmail. com (email purposely malformed to remove link), but that email does not belong to me, so this is totally an AC thing and I personally find it an invasive tagging since it makes it appear that I endorse Google Plus (which I don't!)... and that I am associated with whoever owns the nahoku@gmail. com account at Gmail, or Google Plus for that matter. This is just the kind of thing that makes me dislike Google, their privacy practices, and people who blindly follow along. Not to mention, that blindly following along can create all kinds of followers for the wrong person! Not that anyone would follow me... but you get what I mean.

I want it removed or a way to remove it myself in settings.

 

[Almeuit]

I have been informed the tech guys have been notified. They're looking into it.

 

[nahoku]

That's nice! Thanks Almeuit and Aquila!

 

[nahoku]

Apparently they have fixed this as I don't see the tag anymore. I much appreciate it! Thank you!