Got a weird name? Facebook may deny you

baltimoresun ^ | May 18, 2009 | Barbara Ortutay

[Prodigal Son]

Hmmm. I don’t know. I’ve lived in 9 countries and about 2 dozen cities. I’ve got friends spread out all over the world. My facebook account is where I keep up with the ones who are elsewhere. I keep up with my physically close friends the same way anybody else would- texting on the phone and face to face. But I had lost contact with many of my other friends out there in the world and facebook allowed me to find them again. I think it’s a really cool thing. I was only signed up for a few days when I had friends I hadn’t talked to in years contacting me. One had moved from Skopje to Cambodia and I never knew. Now, I can keep up with these people.

[gigster]

Dick Stewshort, Mike Oxlong.

[hunter112]

Ok, but I'd bet you have a whole bunch of real-life friends as well. If Facebook cut you off, you might feel like you lost a bit of contact with some far flung acquantances that you actually met in person once upon a time, but I doubt you'd be whining like this woman was. She moans like she's been thrown into solitary.

And using Facebook as the main means of contacting people that she even expects to earn part of a living from is just foolish. What are the something-for-nothing people going to do when these social networking sites start charging for the privilege of sharing banalities?

[Syntyr]

M’Balz Es-Hari
Graabir Boubi
Haid D’Slaami
Hous Bin Pharteen
I-Zheet M’Drurz

[Vendome]

I have a friend who is a Chiroptractor his name is Dr. Backman. Seriously.

My orthopedic Dr. is Dr. Butcher and his assistant is Susie Deathrow.

My Dentist is Dr. Tandy Centers. Probably not funny to you but I think it is.

[Prodigal Son]

If Facebook cut you off, you might feel like you lost a bit of contact with some far flung acquantances that you actually met in person once upon a time, but I doubt you'd be whining like this woman was.

These are not just aquaintances. In many cases these are people I have fornicated with ;-) Some of them are women I knew who went on to get married and change their names (as married women do sometimes). I had looked and looked for them fruitlessly over time. Facebook allowed them to find me. These are people I want in my life and facebook is the only means of having that (I can't be in dozens of places at once).

I'd be pretty pissed off if Facebook suddenly canceled my subscription because they thought my name was made up. I'd also be pretty P.O.-ed if they started charging. There's other ways for them to make money. I'm sure you don't use Google- you being someone who is against us evil 'something for nothing' people. But, I use google all the time and I WILL NOT pay for it. If they started charging, I'd just find a search engine that does it for free. But that's just me. I'm sure you're ok with paying for it?

Facebook can charge if they want to. But they'll lose most of their users if they do. We'll just go somewhere else.

I don't understand the animosity towards facebook users. It is at least the same level of banality as political forums- yet here we all are.

[Prince of Space]

One of our cats is named Phil McCracken. Needless to say, we just told the vet his name was "Phil."

Apparently, our family has an odd sense of humor.

[Centurion2000]

Iwude Hitit

[JoeProBono]

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[Fast Moving Angel]

Wet Sheets by Mr. Completely

[Larry Lucido]

Mike Hunt is on there.

[Ditter]

;9)

[JRios1968]

[JRios1968]

Some of my friends in Facebook are registered as Wilma Fingerdoo and Whiskey T. Foxtrot...

[Cedar]

So, it’s ok to give your real info on facebook? A relative wants me to sign up and visit her account. But I wasn’t too sure about giving my real name and info. Haven’t signed up yet.

Are there any problems people have with the site?

[Lonely Bull]

Why would her parents name her Alicia?

[Lonely Bull]

Excuse the hasty posting:

Why would her parents name her Alicia? Pretty weird.

[JoeProBono]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8056165.stm

[Vendome]

good one

[Prodigal Son]

You’re always taking your chances with giving out your information into the public domain. That’s all I’ll really say. I thought that in my situation it was worth the trade-off. Obviously, I might revise that risk-assessment if a situation arises that causes me to.

You see a lot of folk who don’t post their pictures or any personal data. You can set your privacy shield so that only people who request it from you can view your page.

It’s just your call. You can always cancel if you sign up and decide you don’t like it.