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It is also an indictment of Facebook, where such a thing is not even (supposed to be possible). I had an account for ten years, my real name from day 1, my rea
by thinkfurther 9y ago
It is also an indictment of Facebook, where such a thing is not even (supposed to be possible).
I had an account for ten years, my real name from day 1, my real pictures from day one, lots of RL friends plus friends I basically casually made on Facebook. I had a great time posting about whatever and hating on Facebook, until one day it greets me with "we have to confirm your identity", because some people who surely did not show their ID clicked "fake profile" enough to basically shut me up. It's not even paranoia that makes me not upload a photo of my ID (with everything but name blacked out), it's the principle. I do have email or phone numbers of my close friends, I don't need FB, but for pretending to be inclusive it's pretty fucking sinister.
It's like I wouldn't hate a piece of chewing gum per se. But when it's advertised as a full meal it becomes something entirely differently.
For those who can't stand others complaining about FB, strap yourself in, I can't stand you still using it, and unless FB changes drastically, that will remain so. I'm Momo, you're the people who got abducted into day cares. And hey, I even went inside with you just so we could keep playing. What a waste of time that was.
- taneq 9y agoI'm not sure what Facebook is meant to do here. They added the 'fake profile' thing to help combat scammers / impersonators, and as a result some people use it as a way to annoy legit users with whom they disagree (just like with any moderation system that has a 'flag user' button). Or are you saying that you think Facebook themselves started harassing your account as some kind of punishment?