PSA: Facebook and Myspace

[unixronin]

The Silly Goose had a friend over recently, and a friend of theirs didn’t have a Facebook page, so they set one up for him.

I do not have a Facebook page.

I do not have a MySpace page.

Nor will I ever.

If you see any page on FaceBook or MySpace purporting to be me,

IT IS NOT ME.

That is all.

Comments

[mrmeval.livejournal.com]

Good. At one time I was 12 people, 4 races with 22 addresses. I poisoned sites that collected personal data as much as I was able.

Facebooked finally allows nicknames. I'd not heard of any lawsuits against them for stalkers. Protecting my real ID is something I've done since I was on the Fidonet.

[databeast.livejournal.com]

I'm sort of juggling the steamboat here. I'm less about protecting my real ID so much as advertising the hell out of it, and making sure nothing could be convinced for something of mine. I've got more in common with corporate Brand Protection lawyers and less in common with the person shredding their unwanted credit card apps.

Of course, I still do all of that too, but I abandoned any semblance of anonymity on the internet years ago. My handle and my Real Name have been linked together for quite some time now. (yeah, /two/ names I have to make sure nobody else could be confused for).