One question I haven't really seen posed or addressed is "is enforcing real names necessary to get real names?"
It's clear that most people who would fall into the median Facebook user category don't even think of signing up for something that isn't their in-my-wallet name. If they can be depended on to essentially use their "real name" anyway, why bother enforcing an absolute "real names" policy but rather focus purely on spambot and impersonation accounts? Why deal with the complaints of the large minority who may show up with something that isn't a "real person name".
It seems it'd be much, much easier to draft a simple set of guidelines for even the most untrained security review persons that began and ended with "Challenge this account if it is named Lady Gaga, Coca-Cola, or Jenifer2456 and posts nothing but off-site ad links" Instead, the staff seems to be nuking accounts based on wildly varying personal opinions.
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It's clear that most people who would fall into the median Facebook user category don't even think of signing up for something that isn't their in-my-wallet name. If they can be depended on to essentially use their "real name" anyway, why bother enforcing an absolute "real names" policy but rather focus purely on spambot and impersonation accounts? Why deal with the complaints of the large minority who may show up with something that isn't a "real person name".
It seems it'd be much, much easier to draft a simple set of guidelines for even the most untrained security review persons that began and ended with "Challenge this account if it is named Lady Gaga, Coca-Cola, or Jenifer2456 and posts nothing but off-site ad links" Instead, the staff seems to be nuking accounts based on wildly varying personal opinions.