neowin1338 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hi all, just go info that my Facebook Account got locked due to false Name. Is this some ongoing thing or is this something they just started. Also they want a new name and a picture of an ID or something as proof that the new name is correct. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night_stalker_z Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Is this a new account you made? I know this has been around for at least 6 months since it happened to me. I just made a new account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted January 7, 2015 Veteran Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hasn't it always been their policy that you have to use your real name on the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 if you dabbling with religions or politics 'conversation', never use your real name with real addresses. +E.Worm Jimmy and garwin 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 The reason, amongst other reasons, why I don't use Facebook. You'd think that Facebook would have learned from Google's experiment with 'real name' requirements but alas they haven't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin1338 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well shame my groups will be unmoderated now Will have 40000 unhappy users. And I am still locked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 They always required real names, but in general it requires someone to report your name for them to notice or care, usually more than one unless it's offensive. The reason, amongst other reasons, why I don't use Facebook. You'd think that Facebook would have learned from Google's experiment with 'real name' requirements but alas they haven't. Why would they have learnt? They always required real names and have far more active users than google. And real names is kind of intrinsically to the service, it's not a web forum. Well shame my groups will be unmoderated now Will have 40000 unhappy users. And I am still locked You can change your name and they will unlock. You're supposed to use pages as your "user" if you don't want your name visible. Dick Montage, francescob and +E.Worm Jimmy 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Groups show your real name but pages don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Groups show your real name but pages don't You can post as a page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin1338 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well I asked for a name change but nothing happened so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 You can post as a page. Pages and groups are seperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneNutter MVC Posted January 8, 2015 MVC Share Posted January 8, 2015 The reason, amongst other reasons, why I don't use Facebook. You'd think that Facebook would have learned from Google's experiment with 'real name' requirements but alas they haven't. Facebook is intended to be a social network where you communicate with family / friends you know in real life, who would know your name anyway (I would presume). I think requiring people to use their real name from day one is one of the reasons it appealed to all generations and not just teenagers like myspace did. It would be a lot less personal and more like another random web forum if people were calling themselves InsaneNutter or Mr Nom Nom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted January 8, 2015 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2015 This isn't anything new, accounts do get blocked if your name is inappropriate or if it's found to be false (or pretending to be someone else) could be that someone reported it. +E.Worm Jimmy and gameboy1977 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_over Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 They do care and they do monitor it, i have a lot of dj/producer friends on my Facebook that would include their DJ names as their name or within their name and Facebook has contacted most of them and told them to use their real name. I used to see a lot of 'Joe DJName' or 'Joe DJNAME Bloggs' .. not anymore they are really cracking down on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazuki3 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 facebook sux Raa 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 What I really freakin hate is they make such a big deal over a damn name and not crack down on some really bad and illegal groups! Dick Montage and Raa 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted January 8, 2015 Administrators Share Posted January 8, 2015 facebook sux +E.Worm Jimmy, Victor Rambo, Dick Montage and 5 others 8 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cork1958 Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Yep, This has been going on for a long time. I used to have a Facebook account that I used solely for slamming s**t hole companies. I got locked out of it after a while, although I only used like 3 or 4 times, and they wanted me to give them my phone number to unlock the account. Yeah, like I'm giving Facebook my phone number!! As one poster said previously and Steven P. seems to have agreed to by posting an image of an old lady saying that's nice honey, Facebook sux! From what little I've ever seen of what people post on there, that's one of the dumbest sites, filled with some of the dumbest people, on the whole internet! It's enough to make you want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin1338 Posted January 8, 2015 Author Share Posted January 8, 2015 Well I mainly use it for chatting nothing else. Cant be asked to install whatsapp and stuff since I also cant use whatsapp on a normal pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I know a lot of accounts that defiantly are not real names so I guess its all down to luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 lol, what are you up to, i've seen girls with a thousand fake accounts, never caught. gameboy1977 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted January 8, 2015 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 8, 2015 I know a lot of accounts that defiantly are not real names so I guess its all down to luck lol, what are you up to, i've seen girls with a thousand fake accounts, never caught. they don't have the resources to monitor everyone even if they wanted. Someone had to REPORT that your user name is incorrect. I have seem a lot of people with names like Alexander Inconspicuous and Anna SimplyTheBest - and they are still going after many many years. No one reported them. Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 They sure do seem to leave a ton of pet owner's pet pages up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Didn't people use to make accounts for their pets? I don't see why those were allowed, but having an account with a fake name isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Didn't people use to make accounts for their pets? I don't see why those were allowed, but having an account with a fake name isn't. It's not, and I don't see that a lot. People either use pages or dog book. And again unless someone(read multiple people) report you, they ignore you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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