My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to use on the site

Re:My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to u... by x3n0ph3n3 on Saturday June 27, 2015 @09:05PM (#9792044)

Or you could, say, call, text, and e-mail people you want to be in contact with. The idea that someone can be completely cut off from all their contacts just because they lose their Facebook account is absurd and reckless on the part of the user.

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Re:My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to u... by logicallee on Saturday June 27, 2015 @09:09PM (#9792050)

I didn't say anything about being completely cut off from all your contacts. I said, how will people remember to invite you to events, other than by your 5 closest friends who would jump through the hoops of - sending you an email? Or text message.

I don't mean as some theoretical exercise, I mean practically speaking. In fact, a lot of totally public events are only listed on Facebook anyway. The easiest thing to do is to invite people via FB. The bar is raised dramatically by making people send an unsolicited text message or email, if they even have your email address.

I just coordinated a meetup via email. Unbelievably awkward and high-friction.

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Re:My name is only real enough to work at Facebook, not to u... by Qualman on Sunday June 28, 2015 @01:46AM (#9792557)

It may be absurd, but it's not at all uncommon. Sending group invites via SMS is an incredibly kludgy experience, and following the path of least resistance, is so unrealistic when you have Facebook events at your fingertips. All of your friends are already there, and you merely need to change the details, and Facebook handles all the communication.

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