Is Facebook ever going to end the Authentic Names policy?

[sinisterporpoise]

 http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/facebook-real-name-drag-queens/

You think someone at Facebook would realize by now that they aren't getting good press over this.

Comments

[silk_dragon_zen]

Thanks for posting this.

I'm still on the fence about trying to get back into my fb account, but right at the moment I'm strongly leaning toward not bothering, especially with articles like this one and the many articles about Native Americans and other people with legal names that don't fit what harassers and facebook consider “normal” names.

[sinisterporpoise]

I just wish Facebook would stop taking such a hard line policy and realize that they don't have to have people's authentic names to sell space to their advertisers.

[silk_dragon_zen]

Well said! May I quote you if I re-post the above link on Tumblr?

[sinisterporpoise]

Because I didn't restrict access to this, feel free to use it anywhere.