Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange...
by morgante on Monday October 05, 2015 @05:58PM
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> 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.
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.