Last week in Facebook, I requested a former student‘s mom to be a friend. She redirected me instead to another FB account.
Why?
Because the account I first saw which I thought was her, was in fact, created by another person! Yes, the fraud was using her name and made friends with her real friends and relatives.
I got an FB account using my real name so that I could escape the dilemma she is going through. I signed up so that I could play Farm Town with my friends so that I am sure that it is I who is using my real name.
I have read in an online article (which I can’t find anymore because I did not bookmark it) about doing this, signing up using your real name when joining online sites including social networking sites, to be able to protect one’s online identity and reputation.
So there, if you have to sign up for things like this, use your real names otherwise, people with not-so-good intentions will use yours.
You would not want that, do you?
