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TazeTSchnitzel on Oct 12, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Global coalition tells Facebook to kill its Real N...

> If you use a credible pseudonym, they will never ask you for your ID.

Unless you're trans. Unless that 'pseudonym' is actually your real name because you come from a non-majority ethnic background.

steckerbrett on Oct 12, 2015 [–]

I know someone with the surname "body" who has never been able to make an account because it sounds like "No Body".

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