# Credit checking companies now use your social media connections now to determine your credit score! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-companies-now-use-your-social-media-connections-now-to-determine-your-credit-score/667634 "2013-08-31T03:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-companies-now-use-your-social-media-connections-now-to-determine-your-credit-score/667634/21 "2013-09-09T04:55:38Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I don’t have a facebook account, so people who do: is it pretty common to post under your real name? I’d guess less than 10% of the people I follow on twitter and/or follow me do, so if they can pull up a credit score for UnicornSyrup, SapphoAndGrits, Purpell\_Nurpell, or GodDammitDanny, I’d be super-impressed. On facebook it’s uncommon to use a facename. Not only that, it’s a TOS violation. A few years ago they started challenging people that started using even fake middle name (Steve SteelersGonnaWin Smith) by asking for a picture of their ID to prove it. I don’t think anything ever became of it, but yes, most everyone uses their real name on FB. Your real name, bajillions of tagged pictures, facial recognition, brands/music/TV shows/movies/artists that you’ve ‘liked’ so they can target you with ads along with everything else. Google must be making them an offer (at least unofficially) on a somewhat regular basis. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-checking-companies-now-use-your-social-media-connections-now-to-determine-your-credit-score/667634.md?page=1)