> People who are trying to disconnect their Facebook identity from their real world identity are not using Facebook the way it's meant to be used and should pro

> People who are trying to disconnect their Facebook identity from their real world identity are not using Facebook the way it's meant to be used and should probably just leave it. The way Facebook is "meant" to be used is to maximize their revenue from data mining. This is clearly not something we, the users, should be caring about. > That being said, Facebook could definitely do a better job of making it easier for people to prove that a name is their everyday name even when it's not their legal name. How is that even possible? There's no authority for "proving" nicknames, and I highly doubt Facebook is going to bother hiring judges to evaluate non-standard evidence. Not when it's easier, and more profitable, just to demand everyone's legal name. > but I'd love to hear an argument over why access to Facebook is a right Why not flip it around, and ask why Facebook has the right to demand our real names? In some countries, at least, it's seeming that it doesn't. <http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/29/germany-fights-facebook-over-real-names-policy> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/29/germany-fi...