Facebook definitely has a "real name" policy, but it isn't clear to me why a unified messaging experience means that your real name will now be shown to other users. That seems like a product decision, rather than an inevitability.
As an aside, I don't like this feature and have not opted into it because I actually dislike interoperability. If there was a hypothetical way to get Twitter DM / IG Direct / Messenger / iMessages all in one unified inbox, I would never use it because I actually prefer to keep things in context. My persona and networks on the various platforms are different on purpose, and I like to keep it that way.
>it isn't clear to me why a unified messaging experience means that your real name will now be shown to other users. That seems like a product decision, rather than an inevitability.
They've probably noticed that Instagram has more marketshare with younger audiences and better engagement, where Facebook is full of your grandma and "old people".
If they can slowly boil the frog and make them the same, they have a much stronger grip. Its better to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
