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Runaway1956 [soylentnews.org] writes:

I fell out of bed a short bit ago. I seldom go on Facebook, but, there is an AWOL family member whose page I have open. The page was grayed out, and I was "greeted" with an announcement that I had to verify my name to continue on Facebook. I clicked "verify", and I got another screen asking if I preferred to confirm now, or later. Some mumbo jumbo about supplying documentation that my name was real.

Well, the fact is, my Facebook name is quite obviously not a real name. Just as obviously, I had been flagged by someone, or something. So - I used the real-sounding name that I used when I registered my gmail account with which I registered on Facebook. I got one more little thingy over top of the grayed out Facebook page, thanking me for updating my name.

So, the name, "Noneofyourbusiness" has disappeared from Facebook, and Agent Smith has appeared in his place. (Did anyone make any attempt to count how many Agent Smiths there were in the movie?)

My apologies, I had just fallen out of bed, and didn't think to take screenshots until after I had verified that the knucklehead was still AWOL, and still had not responded to anyone on Facebook.

So, has anyone else here met a similar challenge on Facebook? Or, was I singled out for having a very obvious false surname? Maybe you've been "invited" to Facebook Headquarters to sign ze papers, and verify your identitiy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH1mtGhNVgI [youtube.com]

It's quite possible that my Facebook account will be canceled sometime soon, as I will refuse to supply any identification to anyone on the internet. Suckerberg may be the richest bastard in the world today, but he doesn't have the right or the authority to demand my real life ID.

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