Google+ Profile Privacy... Back to Blogger...

Just because you should always have something pretty to look at when you visit Small Moments!

I thought I should explain a change I just made regarding my profile.  I had to change from using my Google+ profile back to using my Blogger profile. I'm not entirely sure how this will affect my blog, but I really felt it was important from a privacy standpoint. 

For those who don't know, when you use your Google+ profile with Blogger, you cannot choose how you want your name to appear on your posts.  Google+ does not allow you to display anything but your first name and your last name.  To me, that's just not acceptable.  I do use my real first name, but I'd like to keep a bit privacy by not displaying my last name.

So, unfortunately, although I love a lot of the features that using my Google identity provided, I've decided to switch back to my Blogger profile.  This allows me to use just my first name, which I feel is more friendly anyway. We're friends here, and friends don't use their full names on a daily basis with each other.

What are your opinions?  Do you think that Google+ should change their profile options so that you can choose whether your last name shows or not?