People should wake up and stop using this Orwellian site. I wonder how they found out that he wasn't using his real name? Or could this just be the result of a bug?

Hi my name is Katie de Thierry
and im here to ask for a chance!!!

Why do we all have to put up with this crap, i thought facebook was a net work for friends and family to have fun and meet new people even talking to friends and family from over seas; but we cant do that if we have to put like "FAKE-NAMES" or even nick names but no face book is a big peice "OF FAKE"

I have too had my profile disabled for supposedly being FAKE!!! This is untrue I use the name my work pay slips use and everyone knows me as this so what are they on about?? I do not know. Also, how did they find out what my full length name was?? I guess they probably have all our credit details and addresses too.

They are crazy, yes ok it's fine to make sure people aren't impersonating other people or using extreme fake names but this is just being dumb!!!

I demand my account back and don't you worry I will kick up a stink about it!!!

Thank you that is all

The same thing has happened to me. I am a blogger and I too am known by my nick name. Their excuse has been that I must be a business and cannot use their pages for individuals.

SNAP! My account (of 1 year+ standing) was disabled as being "FAKE", even though I have used this nickname for the past 10 years, and a lot of my friends only know me (therefore, could find me) as such. When I told my workmates (who all use it) they were incredulous, as they know it is not used to defraud or impersonate anyone...and even said "Hell, we all think of you as Lotus666"!

Needless to say I appealed, and got it back (at the sake of putting real name in...but I wished it back only so I could strip out all my pictures, applications and information with the intent of de-activating it, and to advise all my other friends who panicked when they could not find me.

Orwellian site it is indeed - I don't stand up for much, but I WILL NOT be dictated to as to what my nickname should be when it is not being used to harm or mislead people. Also, I can only see it going much worse in probably the not too distant future.

I am heading back over to my beloved MySpace page, which I find much friendlier, and I can at least customise it as and how I want (something which I did not like when Facebook perfunctorily decided I couldn't).

It's really becoming in the nature of a Salem Witch Hunt - poor show, Facebook!

I too have noticed this. In fact, some of my friends have used their nicknames on facebook and I have never seen them Deleted before. Twice before, we tried to set up my sister in law. She has a very common surname, and an Afrikaanse name, We used her real name and the website refused to let her join. In fact it refused to let her passed the registration fields.

She has since then used a nick name. LoL, and it let her in then.

So allot of the times, it is all facebook's fault contradicting itself...

Useless people I say.
I may use Facebook, but Twitter is much better and wow, you can use your nickname and have many other blogs to.

The rules are there for a reason. We want FB to be responsible when things happen to FB users so why shouldn't we follow their rules. You want to join a club, follow the policies. If you don't like it, then get out. There is life without FB.

What bothers me about facebook is that they disable accounts without even so much as a warning or a notice about what you might be doing wrong. When it comes to these "fake" names, how do they know? A friend of mine has the name Autumn, it's all over her birth certificate and drivers license, this isn't just some nickname she goes by, it's her real birth name. And facebook deleted her account, along with mine and a few other friends, and now it seems they won't even reply to your e-mails about it.

This is the reason why I don't use facebook. They're ax-crazy about this policy, that they don't mind if revealing one's real name is a breach of privacy.

They are banning people all the time for using nicknames, which is contrary to the internet norm.

My FB acount has been disabled 3 times without letting me even know why. All they do is reactivate it again about 3-4 weeks later after I send them an e-mail, and not even then tell me why, although I ask. Pretty useless system they've got.

LITANY ALERT! This is a long story, you decide if you read it or just say TL,DNR.

Hi,
I'm 11, living in Hungary and never used social sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace before. Only iWiW any myVIP.

A few days ago, I decided to give Facebook and Twitter a try. I tried to provide Nyuszika7H (my nickname) as my first name and (zero width) spaces as my last name, but Facebook is so strict about this that they know this trick. Then, I tried SpongeBob SquarePants. Well, it was a bad try, they didn't accept it. With Jimmy Neutron, I was able to register, but later I realized that this isn't the best nickname. Tried Sandy Cheeks, didn't wait the 24 hours until approval, instead provided my real name. Interesting, they accepted it immediately, no waiting time. I even uploaded a picture. Later, I almost cried, and decided to deactivate my account. I HATE FACEBOOK! And 1,120,000 other people hates it, according to Google.

Twitter is a completely other world. They allowed me to use Nyuszika7H as my real and nickname, and didn't ban me so far. :)

MySpace, didn't try that, but will try it later and hope it's better than Facebook.

this has happened to me. How many people did it take to join the group before the facebook dictators took notice?

I want to create another account but with a name thats not my own, is that bad? I was going to tell everyone that it was really me but i just wanted another account. can i still do it?

this sucks, I put my real name and they keep telling me it's fake, wth?! urgh, yes my real name looks like a stage name but it is my legal name, and there is nothing I can do about it! Kandi Queen-Ricci

i like facebook but i want to put a nickname to my facebook

Name
Birthday
Hometown name
Family names
Pet names
Phone number
Address

should never be used unless you are leaving yourself open to identy theft. If facebook wants real names, they then should go to User Names and passwords. People are nuts to display their real info but Facebook will toss you out if you don't.

Set your privacy settings all you want but everyone on your friends list and their friends can get your infomation.

I can't agree more. People are idiots for giving out real information. Credit card companies and many online shopping sites use your mothers maiden name for verification...and there is it listed on facebook with all the relatives listed out too.

Every smart adult I know uses a fake name. The only people who use their own name are kids and the elderly. Maybe they figure they have nothing to lose.

thats not fair i dnt want to use my real name coz i dnt like ....it does't mean there is fake or somthing ...well

Facebook's "real names only" policy is not only unenforceable and unworkable, it is downright DANGEROUS. It needs to be abolished permanently. It can easily lead to identity theft, and even stalking.

Well said. Going to check out Twitter

Mark Twain is also banned on Facebook. Along with an army of Hollywood stars who began using stage names instead of their "real" names while they were still nobodies like us. This is also just voluntary compliance with Police State rules, making it easier for bad guys in and out of official capacity to track us.

This is apparently still going on, I've been banned for what I think is a mistake over whether my name is real or not. I even used my real name. I did the form to request reinstatement, got the email they received and telling me to send that same email back for confirmation, after a day and half finally got a reply, telling me they were not going to give it back due to violating their terms. The email was vague about why I was banned, but as is the following seemed to be the main body/focus of the email, I'm assuming it's due to them not believing my name.

"Your account was disabled for violating Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
After reviewing your situation, we have determined that we will not reactivate your account.

Facebook is a community where people connect and share with friends using their real identities. Claiming to be someone else, creating multiple accounts, or falsely representing an organization undermines the trust and safety of the community."

This is confusing and difficult - especially for people who have birth names, married names and public names - let's say that I have a spouse who is a fairly public person - my spouse does not want our married name on FB - but then lets also imagine that I am a drug and addiction counselor - definitely do not want my clients accessing FB with any of my private and family information - if a person is not deceiving anyone but just wants to be sure of safety and privacy, how can this be wrong? Just saying....