>So I decided to sign up using a fake email and a fake name. Facebook requires you to use your real name when creating an account. >I was extremely shocked to

>So I decided to sign up using a fake email and a fake name. Facebook requires you to use your real name when creating an account. >I was extremely shocked to learn that facebook requires you to upload a real picture of yourself in order to use the service[1]! Nope, Facebook requires you to upload a real picture because you got caught creating fake accounts. You know who else uses fake names and emails and creates multiple accounts once the previous one runs into a checkpoint once it appears to be fake? Scammers and bots. Use your real name, and then lock down your privacy settings to where only your friends can see info about you. It'd be annoying to your friends trying to remember who "John Smith" actually was all the time anyways.