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I think that approach had some value in setting up a very different atmosphere than MySpace in Facebook's early days. Especially since this was before people st
by johncolanduoni 11y ago
I think that approach had some value in setting up a very different atmosphere than MySpace in Facebook's early days. Especially since this was before people started to realize what kind of scrutiny those accounts would face from employers etc.
However, I think at this point they would be better off dropping it. Facebook's tone has already been set, and the most common impact the real name policy has at this point in time is its use as a weapon against transgender users and those who need to maintain anonymity for fear of personal safety.
- zem 11y agoand the steady stream of people getting kicked off because their (perfectly real) names look weird to anglophone americans.
- johncolanduoni 11y agoToo right! My favorite crash-course in the realities of names is "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names"[1]. I think any programmer whose work deals with any kind of personal information should google "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About" and read all of them (gender, addresses, etc.). [1]: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/ http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-b...