Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

Qedward writes "Freedom to go under a pseudonym is, miraculously, one freedom to survive the security lock-down of the previous decade. Now Facebook wants to change this. James Firth shows Facebook is clamping down on pseudonyms, with an interesting screenshot of being asked whether a friend is using their real name."

Facebook snitches

[Anonymous Coward]

Get stitches.

Snitches end up in ditches

[alen]

In my case some of these people are expert army sharpshooters and/or former paratroopers

So no, I'm not snitching

Confession time

[Anonymous Coward]

My last name isn't Coward; it's actually Smith.

Anonymous is my real given name though. Life has not been kind to me ever since 4chan took off.

Re:Someone please tell Facebook that

[bhcompy]

15? Nah. 10? Yes. Ribbons were a declaration of war.

How many accounts do you have on Facebook?

[macbeth66]

And of those, how many bear no resemblance to you?

I have six accounts in all. Only two are even remotely real. One has all the usual crap, the second is scrubbed for use with potential employers. The other four were used for varying purposes where I did not want to contaminate the real thing. I am about to create a seventh, just to see how outrageous I can be.

God, I hate Facebook.

Misleading blurb

[barakn]

Facebook is not "clamping down on pseudonyms" and /. should be ashamed for posting a story that suggests it is. The questions Facebook sends to users are used for statistical purposes and are not used to punish those using pseudonyms. Pure FUD.

Re:Please help us

[Doctor_Jest]

Exactly! How can you advertise the right kind of bomb making material coupons without knowing who is and who is not a terrorist? I suppose trolling the "jobs" section Facebook profiles would help, but this is more targeted (no pun intended).... so the money saving coupons from "Jihads are Us" and "72 Virgin Megastore" go to the proper terrorists.

It's a win win!

Re:Snitches end up in ditches

[interval1066]

I'm not snitching

Are you kidding? I understand you get 10,000 "likes" for every friend you snitch on. Now that's real value...

Re:Someone please tell Facebook that

[Attila Dimedici]

Technically, Facebook recently became a public company.

Re:Everyone should post as Anonymous

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm afraid if I'm ever asked about internet identities during a job interview and I answer Anonymous Coward I'll have a lot to answer for.

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