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taswal_tmanir
11y ago
You might lose all online communication options with at least some of your friends. This is unacceptable to many/most people, hence why they join Facebook and end up perpetuating the effect.
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taswal_tmanir
11y ago
> Though personally, I find the whole concept of this type of multiple identities weird. Why should I present a different identity at work than I do in personal affairs? Most people act more formally at work than they would otherwise. I
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taswal_tmanir
11y ago
> What about the people who do live single life, who do want their real-life relationships to follow them on-line? Then they just drumroll use their real name? Heck, they could have even used a more easily recognizable nickname... befo
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taswal_tmanir
11y ago
> People who are trying to disconnect their Facebook identity from their real world identity are not using Facebook the way it's meant to be used and should probably just leave it. The way Facebook is "meant" to be used is
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taswal_tmanir
11y ago
> If you're a person at risk due to many of the issues described here, you don't belong on Facebook. Including the "issues" of: being a "Native American...using traditional Irish and Scottish names...[being a] LG