> 1. In real life its fairly easy (and I would say healthy) to have multiple "identities" I don't know of anyone who uses different names for those identities.

> 1. In real life its fairly easy (and I would say healthy) to have multiple "identities" I don't know of anyone who uses different names for those identities. My family calls me by a nickname, but certainly all my friends and business relationships know my "real name." I imagine that's true for 99% of people: they name a name that they use with nearly everyone. The rest of identity management is easily done on Facebook. My business colleagues see an entirely different version of my Facebook than my college friends: literally everything you post can be scoped to a particular friend list. > Considering the difficulties with friend requests - you are usually connected to the people you want to befriend through other means (e.g. in real life). Kind of, but it's awkward and unnecessary. I'm friends on Facebook with basically everyone I'm in class with, even though asking their username would be kind of strange. This nominal friendship is very helpful for quickly asking questions or interacting.