I have no idea whether they can or can't. All I know is the did and I did. I wasn't going to make an issue out of it, but you can if you want.
But I was just particularly interested in what insight you might have given the chat-based nature of your internet employ. You would think that would be an arena where anonymity would go hand in hand with the widest possible latitude for determining or controlling a person's identity.
Bogus identities have been a big deal lately and I could see precisely the need for a corporation to ensure accountability where its principals and their online identities were concerned.
Seems to me the lack of accountability where some posters here are concerned (particularly where they assume other identities to stir the pot at Liberty Post or "AF'er" sites) is hypocritical in the extreme given FR's strict policies regarding multiple identities ... particularly for FAB members. It seems to me one of the primary prongs of proving a person's disruptive intent and duplicitous nature.
It's been on my mind of late. That's all.
Regards, Howlin.