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RoyBatty		2012-11-13 06:41:44 AM

Congratulations to Ric Romero for getting a job at the Times.

RoyBatty		2012-11-13 06:45:55 AM

I have one fake Facebook profile, it's a classic Twilight Zone character, and I use it to comment at websites that demand Facebook logins. And there are at least a dozen other people with a profile of the same name.

So in that context, as well as the context of the article -- faking out employers -- Facebook incentivizes people to create fake profiles.

RoyBatty		2012-11-13 06:49:46 AM

Last year, November 14, 2011, the author wrote this article: Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police

SAN FRANCISCO - The writer Salman Rushdie hit Twitter on Monday morning with a flurry of exasperated posts. Facebook, he wrote, had deactivated his account, demanded proof of identity and then turned him into Ahmed Rushdie, which is how he is identified on his passport. He had never used his first name, Ahmed, he pointed out; the world knows him as Salman.

She also has an easily googlable facebook profile.

KrispyKritter		2012-11-13 06:52:10 AM

NY Times so soon forgets we've lost all respect for their once mighty name for the shenanigans pulled by their past employees. Elitist dooshbag newspaper if there ever was one.

AverageAmericanGuy		2012-11-13 07:00:26 AM

Anonymous posting encourages anti-social online behaviors. It's easy to be an asshole if you can hide behind a pseudonym, and even easier if you never divulge any actual information.

People who don't tie their real names to their online personas are cowards.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2012-11-13 07:05:38 AM

Who really reads comment sections any way?

sno man		2012-11-13 07:15:43 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: Anonymous posting encourages anti-social online behaviors. It's easy to be an asshole if you can hide behind a pseudonym, and even easier if you never divulge any actual information.

People who don't tie their real names to their online personas are cowards.

It's a lot easier to disappear into a crowd with a name like Smith than something much less common. While I have a similarly common first name to what is in your profile, my last name makes me the only one with it in North America. Not wanting to share my name doesn't make me a coward, I just like my privacy, thanks.

SockMonkeyHolocaust		2012-11-13 07:28:55 AM

AverageAmericanGuy: People who don't tie their real names to their online personas are cowards.

That's dumb. Why do you people get a voice and suddenly treat it like you're on the floor of the Continental Congress?

Sybarite		2012-11-13 08:05:50 AM

Facebook needs to ban middle names. People who think they're being cutesy and clever aren't.

CheddarPants		2012-11-13 08:07:37 AM

Did I do it right?

Arthur Prefect		2012-11-13 08:16:48 AM

I would like to know how facebook managed to convince companies that 'likes' equal money.

JacksonBryan		2012-11-13 08:46:15 AM

Sybarite: Facebook needs to ban middle names. People who think they're being cutesy and clever aren't.

First time I've heard that, never seen someone have an issue with a middle name.

Gunny Walker		2012-11-13 09:48:59 AM

Maybe the solution is not to trust Facebook as a serious business.

Mentat		2012-11-13 10:26:06 AM

I agree. I follow this practice with my Facebook account and all of you should as well.

signes, I.P. Freely.

Contents Under Pressure		2012-11-13 11:59:17 AM

They keep forgetting that a lot of women don't like being stalked by psycho exes or new "friends".

I have my real name on FB, but no age or gender and I live in Ulan Bator (wink wink).

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier		2012-11-13 12:32:07 PM

No more friend requests from a Mr Homer Sexual!!

The My Little Pony Killer		2012-11-13 12:58:24 PM

Facebook account numbers are the mark of the beast.

groppet		2012-11-13 01:43:25 PM

I use my realk name Chuck U Farley.

DaCaptain19		2012-11-13 07:01:39 PM

if_i_really_have_to		2012-11-14 12:54:47 AM

Google keeps mournfully reminding me that they've figured out I'm not using a real name, and so all special features like G+ and some images thing are disabled until I fix it.

Can I access YouTube, GooglePlay, and gmail?

Oh I can.

Yeah I'll get right on that "real name" thing.

suebhoney		2012-11-14 05:52:02 AM

When I used FB (for a very short period of time, account is deactivated), a girl from HS was all upset because I didn't use my real name. She even went on a rant about how it was against FB's TOS. I told her to report me and she just couldn't believe that I didn't care enough if FB went ahead and deleted me.

If it came down to Twitter v. FB, I'd pick Twitter.

Not that I participate in Twitter every day, nor do I care about 95% of who is tweeting what, but I have to admit, during a crisis (read: Hurricane Sandy), Twitter was an excellent source of information from the local news channels when power is out and all one has is their phone.

People were tweeting for realtime info in their specific areas and those at the news manning the hash tag would get immediate answers back to folks.

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