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Facebook Wants You To Snitch On Friends Not Using Their Real Name

Posted by Soulskill on from the anonymous-cowards-welcome-here dept.

Qedward writes "Freedom to go under a pseudonym is, miraculously, one freedom to survive the security lock-down of the previous decade. Now Facebook wants to change this. James Firth shows Facebook is clamping down on pseudonyms, with an interesting screenshot of being asked whether a friend is using their real name."

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  1. Facebook snitches by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get stitches.

  2. Snitches end up in ditches by alen · · Score: 4, Funny

    In my case some of these people are expert army sharpshooters and/or former paratroopers

    So no, I'm not snitching

    1. Re:Snitches end up in ditches by interval1066 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm not snitching

      Are you kidding? I understand you get 10,000 "likes" for every friend you snitch on. Now that's real value...

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      Python: 'And then suddenly you have a language which says "we're all stuck with whatever the whiniest coder wants".'
  3. Confession time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My last name isn't Coward; it's actually Smith.

    Anonymous is my real given name though. Life has not been kind to me ever since 4chan took off.

  4. Re:Someone please tell Facebook that by bhcompy · · Score: 4, Funny

    15? Nah. 10? Yes. Ribbons were a declaration of war.

  5. How many accounts do you have on Facebook? by macbeth66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And of those, how many bear no resemblance to you?

    I have six accounts in all. Only two are even remotely real. One has all the usual crap, the second is scrubbed for use with potential employers. The other four were used for varying purposes where I did not want to contaminate the real thing. I am about to create a seventh, just to see how outrageous I can be.

    God, I hate Facebook.

  6. Misleading blurb by barakn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Facebook is not "clamping down on pseudonyms" and /. should be ashamed for posting a story that suggests it is. The questions Facebook sends to users are used for statistical purposes and are not used to punish those using pseudonyms. Pure FUD.

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  7. Re:Please help us by Doctor_Jest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Exactly! How can you advertise the right kind of bomb making material coupons without knowing who is and who is not a terrorist? I suppose trolling the "jobs" section Facebook profiles would help, but this is more targeted (no pun intended).... so the money saving coupons from "Jihads are Us" and "72 Virgin Megastore" go to the proper terrorists.

    It's a win win!

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  8. Re:Someone please tell Facebook that by Attila+Dimedici · · Score: 2, Funny

    Technically, Facebook recently became a public company.

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    The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. James Madison
  9. Re:Everyone should post as Anonymous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm afraid if I'm ever asked about internet identities during a job interview and I answer Anonymous Coward I'll have a lot to answer for.

  10. Re:Everyone should post as Anonymous by houghi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Posting as John Smith, Adrian Cronauer, Samual T. Jameson or any non-fake looking name.
    Interesting part is that my alias is more distinct then if I were be using my own name.
    And look right here what happens when you use your own name and that name is Justin Bieber.

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