What is this, the 18th century?
You claim to only be suggesting opsec, while ignoring that such extreme opsec (aka, not participating in many aspects of society) wouldn't be necessary if Facebook didn't insist of removing privacy (aka "the effective capacity to misrepresent yourself").
The power of the internet is that it lets you publish what you want, when you want. This should enable people to act like their true self or seek the support of others. Facebook seems to think that these are bad things that need to be prevented by forcing everyone to id themselves.
Blame Facebook for creating this hazard instead of blaming the victims for wanting to participate in social activities like a normal human.
Not singling you out in particular this is for everyone who doesn't seem to get it due to youth, lack of experience, very privileged life, complete inability to empathise, I'm not sure what exactly in each case but it's ugly at times and Hacker News seems to be ground zero for a lot of this stuff.
I suspect like many things I see on here there is a huge lack of life experience informing opinions.
Luckily on HN you don't have to use your real name so these immature opinions won't come back to bite you as a well adjust adult with life experience.
> everyone who doesn't seem to get it due to youth, lack of experience, very privileged life, complete inability to empathise
> huge lack of life experience informing opinions
> immature opinions
That comment was very mature.
If you are a domestic violence victim, you need to think about opsec while your tormentor is walking free. Sorry if that offends you, but preserving you and your children's life and health is more important than futzing about on Facebook. For extreme cases, states like New York actually provide state managed postal mailing addresses to prevent inadvertent disclosure by banks or other companies. This is a real issue that I take very seriously.
My employment contract features an ethics clause that leaves me personally vulnerable even in some fairly benign circumstances, so my Facebook page consists mostly of "happy birthday", pictures of my kids and community events. Does that suck? Sure, but my career is more valuable to me than Facebook commenting, and unfortunately I can be subject to the whims of thin skinned people.
Not having Facebook may cut you off from your support network.
Including the "issues" of: being a "Native American...using traditional Irish and Scottish names...[being a] LGBTQ [Facebook] user"? Including the "issue" of just having an unusual name, like Violet Blue?
This is online. We shouldn't HAVE the same tragedies of discrimination as someone buying beer. We definitely shouldn't be promoting requirements that increase the likelihood of those tragedies.
The fact that identification is difficult to change for transgender individuals is an enormous fractured problem. Also consider that Facebook is used around the world in various political climates. Even in the state of California it is necessary to go through treatment and get a doctors note and pay several hundreds of dollars and wait several months (You can forgo the doctors note if you're willing to publish it in the local newspaper a few times).
That is different than a name you are seeing in front of your face, every time you say something. Imagine trying to talk to a friend and cringing every time you see one of your own messages.
If you're a person at risk due to many of the issues described here, you don't belong on Facebook. If you're a domestic violence victim avoiding a dangerous person "liking" the wrong thing or somebody's innocent repost can put you in danger, pseudonym or not.
The transgender situation is similarly tragic, but it's an issue that trans people run into when presenting ID to buy beer as well. We should get states to provide some sort of transitional ID or something.