I'm confused. You replied to someone that stated quite clearly that a lot of German users already do what you consider a mistake.
I don't have a FB account for quite some time now, but yes: Every contact (right - let's be honest: 80% of my contacts or more) obscured their name. Some just changed a little thing, like using a handle instead of the first name. Others did the ~useless~ reverse-the-last-name thing. Some people mashed up their names by - for example - translating parts of it to English (name contains 'rot', translate to 'red'). And quite a number of people just used insane (if you're German, and not the clever/good insane) puns/references/crap as name.
The real name policy is already a failure. Not trying to enforce it, or - more correctly - not being allowed to enforce it, is a step forward.
If _your_ friends don't pick their real name, take it up with your friends? What kind of attitude is that, really?
"I cannot find my friends if everyone can pick their name on this platform, hence this is very annoying". What?
We're talking friends here. Ask them: "Hey, are you on Facebook?" (reasonable question in my social circles, implying a yes is baaad) and follow up with "What's your name/can you add me as a friend?". Solved. They're your friends, after all.
I don't have a FB account for quite some time now, but yes: Every contact (right - let's be honest: 80% of my contacts or more) obscured their name. Some just changed a little thing, like using a handle instead of the first name. Others did the ~useless~ reverse-the-last-name thing. Some people mashed up their names by - for example - translating parts of it to English (name contains 'rot', translate to 'red'). And quite a number of people just used insane (if you're German, and not the clever/good insane) puns/references/crap as name.
The real name policy is already a failure. Not trying to enforce it, or - more correctly - not being allowed to enforce it, is a step forward.