And that is it's downfall.
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Can I sue Facebook?
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And that is it's downfall.
Silverplum
Senior Member
Yes, the 'K' was intentional. It's part of what you felt: a reference you didn't get.
Silverplum
Senior Member
Let us know when you replace MrZ.
CdwJava
Senior Member
Funny ... I don't see FB falling.
People can use it or not. I use it, primarily to keep in touch with friends and family. It's a great resource in spite of the downside.
Yes, the 'K' was intentional. It's part of what you felt: a reference you didn't get.
If I may be sarcastic myself... You probably referenced something you saw on Facebook.
I don't understand that reference.
It most likely won't, at least in the foreseeable future.
And that be exactly what I used it for as well. I just used a false name so I could avoid certain people and situations. All of my contacts knew this and respected it. Facebook didn't.
Proserpina
Senior Member
If I may be sarcastic myself... You probably referenced something you saw on Facebook.
I don't understand that reference.
It most likely won't, at least in the foreseeable future.
And that be exactly what I used it for as well. I just used a false name so I could avoid certain people and situations. All of my contacts knew this and respected it. Facebook didn't.
One of your contacts obviously didn't respect it too much; you need to check your friends list.
(I'm being serious here, with no snark. Someone you think is a friend isn't your friend at all)
It's hard to tell if that was the case; Facebook began implementing a policy not too long back that would basically prompt users to upload a government-issue ID to their secure servers to check the legitimacy of their account. That's the first article I got when Googling why when this all first started for me.
justalayman
Senior Member
If that's the case I know a few hundred people that will no longer have an account. While i have a page i haven't viewed it in a very long time. If they kill it, so what. Personally i see fb causing too many problems to bother with. I will not upload any form of id.
CdwJava
Senior Member
I have NEVER been asked to submit any form of ID to FB - and I don't know that I would be inclined to do so even if they did. Something prompted their inquiry, and it may have had something to do with the name you used on the site. Perhaps the name did not sound like a real name so it was flagged. Perhaps not.
Heck, I had a fake site I used for investigations that was completely phony and lacked any real world support at all - and it still exists! So, something or someone tipped FB off.
quincy
Senior Member
The problem with Facebook's policy is that it does not recognize unusual names as real names and will either deactivate legitimate accounts if the account is held by someone with a fake-sounding name, or will make the person with the unusual name, or who has a good reason for using an alternate name, jump through hoops to keep their accounts.
Native Americans were at one time considering suing Facebook because they felt they were being unreasonably singled-out as a group (I don't know what happened with this) and others have been extremely vocal about their dislike of the Facebook policy.
That said, Facebook can set its own policies and enforce these policies as it sees fit. Other websites have "real name" policies because of the many problems that can arise when fake names are used. Many online news sites, for example, have had real name policies for years - but these have not led to the protests like the Facebook policy has.
Proserpina
Senior Member
I have more than one legal name and I tend to use one or the other depending on the situation thus there may be several FB accounts originating from my IP address. I've never been asked to provide ID, and while I do not work for FB I'm one of those people who genuinely does have a "someone" who did work for FB from 2015-early this year.
Facebook doesn't perform random searches for odd-sounding names. If you're coming up with a problem, someone has reported you (flagged you).
Their policy is dreadful because they do not actually take the time to investigate the flagged account before deactivating it; while I understand it would be time consuming to do so it means that a malicious idiot with a grudge can get his/her friends together and flag your account out of sheer malice. Lovely, isn't it?
Facebook doesn't perform random searches for odd-sounding names. If you're coming up with a problem, someone has reported you (flagged you).
Their policy is dreadful because they do not actually take the time to investigate the flagged account before deactivating it; while I understand it would be time consuming to do so it means that a malicious idiot with a grudge can get his/her friends together and flag your account out of sheer malice. Lovely, isn't it?
I don't know what the OP finds so shocking here. She uploaded an ID (let's say it said Jane Doe) to "verify" that she was Princess Consuela Bananahammock. And she's surprised that FB didn't let her keep her page? I'm just wondering if the same thing happened at the airport, would OP still expect to board a plane? 
Shadowbunny
Queen of the Not-Rights
I don't know what the OP finds so shocking here. She uploaded an ID (let's say it said Jane Doe) to "verify" that she was Princess Consuela Bananahammock. And she's surprised that FB didn't let her keep her page? I'm just wondering if the same thing happened at the airport, would OP still expect to board a plane?
Phoebe Buffay would be proud.
I was hoping someone would get the reference. I always use that one (though she preferred "Regina Phalange").
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Silverplum
Senior Member
My favorite Friends alias/name is 'Miss Chenandler Bong.' 