Posted on 08/19/2015 7:22:18 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Just a brief note to inform you that I have been blocked from Facebook. They claim that Msgr. Charles Pope is not my real name and are requiring me to submit government ID proving that Msgr. Charles Pope is my true identity. As of now, I have no intention of doing this since I consider it an unreasonable demand by them. They further indicate that even if I supply the IDs from at least two sources, that they reserve the right not to reactivate my account if the name I have used does not meet their preferences.
They explain the reason for their action as:
We ask everyone on Facebook to use the name they go by in everyday life so friends know who they’re connecting with
But of course this IS the name that I go by “in everyday life.” Further, I have had a Facebook account under the name of “Msgr. Charles Pope” for over 6 years now. This is my name, this is who I am. I have 5,000 friends on Facebook who know me by this.
Facebook of course is a private company and they can do whatever they want and treat their clients and users in whatever foul ways they wish. But my current stance on this matter is to resist their demand and seek to share my dissatisfaction.
Facebook was once an open forum to discuss and share. It has become increasingly autocratic and ideological. It may be time for many of us to encourage them to reform or to simply leave Facebook....
(Excerpt) Read more at patheos.com ...
Catholic ping!
My dog is going to be real upset when he has to show ID to keep his facebook page.
Dear Msgr. Charles Pope,
Please suggest they Google your name to verify your bio.
Seriously?!
The H with Facebook. Its a commie outfit, plus it isn't all that secure.
Dittos.
I left FB over five years ago and never looked back.
Somehow I have survived. :-)
I like Msgr Pope a lot, and I am not even a Catholic. He will get followers on another venue, because he is extremely popular.
Stay off face book.
(Excerpt) Read more at patheos.com ...
There is the problem with this thread. You excerpted a blog unnecessarily, making it appear (from the excerpt) that the author of the article also has a facebook page under a pseudonym of Charles Pope.
That is, the excerpt makes it appear that the “note” is written by Greg Kandra.
NOW do you see the problem with unnecessary excerpting of blogs?
If you must excerpt (and you mustn’t), make the excerpt coherent.
Facebook is useless anyway. Msgr Pope can have a blog operating in no time.
Oh, he has a blog. He just used Facebook to keep in touch with people and promote the faith (along with his articles).
Is there any way we can complain to Facebook?
I don’t have a FB account and plan never to have one.....and I made that decision a long time ago.
Of interest — Monsignor Pope Ping!
**I respect that some of you may differ with my assessment of things, but I did want to explain my sudden absence from Facebook and I request your help in spread this information with others you think might wonder as to my disappearance from that forum.**
My Twitter Feed is @MsgrPope
Me neither. Family keeps saying get it and I keep saying get rid of it.
I stopped using Facebook the day I found out that NSA was reading my posts. FUNSA
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