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Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange... by detaro on Monday October 05, 2015 @05:55PM (#10335277)
What's the measure for a "real world" relationship? Many people seem to use "I've met this person" as a criteria for adding someone one Facebook. But meeting someone doesn't necessarily mean you know their full name (neither does it mean that they want you to know it)

Also, how do you prove to Facebook that this is "the name you go by" if they challenge it?

Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange... by morgante on Monday October 05, 2015 @05:58PM (#10335299)
> Many people seem to use "I've met this person" as a criteria for adding someone one Facebook.

That seems like a pretty solid filter for me.

> But meeting someone doesn't necessarily mean you know their full name

Which is why Facebook's policies and technology is so great: I can easily find and add a new friend who I just met even if I don't have their last name yet.

> neither does it mean that they want you to know it

I can't plausibly imagine any real world scenario where I would willingly share my first name but not my last, but maybe that's just because my name is pretty identifiable.

> Also, how do you prove to Facebook that this is "the name you go by" if they challenge it?

That's the difficult part, and what Facebook is trying to find a good answer to.