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Facebook is generally weak at dealing with fake profiles. Their social graph is a mess. Obviously fake names, businesses, support groups and scams go untouched
by buyx 15y ago
Facebook is generally weak at dealing with fake profiles. Their social graph is a mess. Obviously fake names, businesses, support groups and scams go untouched for months. Here's a small sample, which I didn't have to go to much effort to collect (I've seen many more):
https://www.facebook.com/CupCaked1 https://www.facebook.com/CupCaked1
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002325987571 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002325987571
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002404362509 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002404362509
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002157256832 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002157256832
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003034066636 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003034066636
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002586855234 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002586855234
https://www.facebook.com/adsence.clickr https://www.facebook.com/adsence.clickr
Their Real Names policy, is de facto dead already. They should stop pretending otherwise.
- michaelfeathers 15y agoSomebody correct me if I'm wrong, but historically, there is nothing wrong with using names other than your "legal name" as you as you are not defrauding people. If your birth name is "Sam" and you decided to go by "Charlie", even on paperwork, that is okay. People can have known aliases. Shame that were are getting to the point that people must go by the specific name on their legal documentation.
- smackfu 15y agoYes, and the business-as-person thing get really annoying in the friends suggestions. You are friends with 5 local businesses that decide to setup as persons rather than pages, and then FB starts suggesting other people be your friends who are only friends with those 5 "people" and are otherwise strangers.