Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dangerous for your users

Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange... by Ensorceled on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @01:21PM (#10340549)

It's getting downvoted because they jumped from "he was missing out on party invites and facebook conversations" to "he can't maintain friendships and should get new friends".

It's a bit extreme of a position.

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Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange... by unclebucknasty on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @08:33PM (#10343418)

Well, I don't think he/she said "he can"t maintain friendships". The suggestion was that he needed closer friends.

And, I think it's reasonable to question how close his friendships are if they are dependent on Facebook.

But, that's probably true of society in general, wherein we seem to be trading quantity for quality where personal relationships are concerned. And the generation coming up now has almost no reference point as to any other way.

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Re:Global coalition to Facebook: “Authentic names” are dange... by Ensorceled on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @11:42AM (#10346652)

Again, everybody is extrapolating. If I opt out of the communication mechanism all my friends are using, this is going to cause problems, regardless of how close they are.

He didn't join Facebook because he was losing friends, he joined Facebook because of the social friction NOT being on Facebook caused. This is both less coercive and more insidious.

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