Re:Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their R...
by pgeorgi on Saturday September 22, 2012 @02:45AM
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Unfortunately many people don't react on reason without an emotional component. "X really happened" can help there.
That fits the Facebook situation rather well: "Oh, they want you to give a real name snicker Seymour Butz will do". There used to be an expectation that such rules aren't really enforced.
Now they are, and it's notable that Facebook picks a method (reporting on your friends) with a certain tradition.
As a side note: That approach and "don't complain" go well together: said tradition didn't favor free speech, either.
That fits the Facebook situation rather well: "Oh, they want you to give a real name snicker Seymour Butz will do". There used to be an expectation that such rules aren't really enforced.
Now they are, and it's notable that Facebook picks a method (reporting on your friends) with a certain tradition.
As a side note: That approach and "don't complain" go well together: said tradition didn't favor free speech, either.