Seems like a pretty good reason to verify accounts somehow or mandate full names and no pseudonyms.

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Seems like a pretty good reason to verify accounts somehow or mandate full names and no pseudonyms.

Originally shared by Bryan Foster

Facebook blind date ends with supermarket heist
http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/TheNextWeb/%7E3/jpyXNWhM46o/

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Brenda Curtis said…
a perfectly normal name was used.
Seems to me the real name was part of the lure.
homie probably wouldn't have shown up for CandyRaverGurl456.
July 31, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Jason ON said…
He might have, but the article clearly states that Facebook doesn't really use any sort of protections or precautions against anonymous accounts. And since it's so much easier to have followers on Plus...
July 31, 2011 at 4:24 PM
Brenda Curtis said…
blame the tool not the person?
a sidebar but when it is guns being discussed popular opinion is blame the person who pulls the trigger not the gun itself.
I've blocked and reported more profiles with real sounding names than with nicknames. The newest onslaught is the cam girls. Oy.
July 31, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Jason ON said…
I know how it sounds. My own argument argues against my name usage, but it's just one argument in support of real names and verification.

I can see both sides of the situation. If you Google-search my real name I am the only one that pops up which is why I use Jason ON. If a person is being harassed or stalked, I get it. However, from a company with a user-base the size of Google's they can't let every nom de plume run free. Nor can they screen, cross reference and have human eyes on every single user with a weird sounding name. It's not feasible.

I will leave it up to the geniuses at Mountain View to resolve this issue.
July 31, 2011 at 4:57 PM
Brenda Curtis said…
I like the case by case basis approach.
July 31, 2011 at 4:59 PM
Jason ON said…
Again, unfeasible. A blanket policy is the best approach especially when hundreds of millions of users are involved and they're using a service for free. However, a more lenient policy is needed.
July 31, 2011 at 5:08 PM
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