# Facebook makes decision making easy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867 "2010-11-16T16:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/21 "2010-11-17T22:49:11Z")
Just checked and it seems they have reinstated the accounts deleted by the bug mentioned in **Angel of Death** ’s linked article. Mine is working again. Checked my e-mail and still nothing from FB. Seems they might have at least sent a brief explanation and notice to the accounts they put back up. Oh well, you get what you pay for. Time to gather non-FB e-mails from people I want to stay in contact with and close my account in a couple weeks anyway. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/22 "2010-11-17T23:40:46Z")
Wait a minute, you’re not supposed to use fake names on Facebook? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/23 "2010-11-18T01:54:45Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > … **Angel of Death** ’s .. . Thanks for the promotion, but I’m not quite there yet…gotta work my way through **Depression** and then **Disease** first..😛 Glad you got reinstated! And good on the heave-ho they’re getting anyway! Angel of Doubt, Facebook-phobic ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/24 "2010-11-18T02:14:53Z")
I recently left facebook (my 2nd time quitting, hopefully the last) and I’m not missing it. The newfound decrease in email spam is nice. And I also don’t miss television after having given it up about 4 years ago. There is life after (certain types of) technology! I’d never give up computer gaming, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/25 "2010-11-18T12:47:07Z")
I’m on Facebook, sort of. But I use my internet name, not my meatspace name. And I have a lot of friend requests from people who seem to think that I know their meatspace name…which I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/26 "2010-11-18T13:57:40Z")
> [@lexi](#): > > On that note, what are the legalities of using an alias? I thought as long as you are not using an alias for any illegal reason or purpose, it was completely legal to use an alias. That may be, but it’s also completely legal for a website owner to say it won’t allow people to use its website using an alias. Going on Facebook is not a legal right. BTW I don’t understand why **etv78** mentions having a candid pic. Where was that mentioned as an issue? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/27 "2010-11-18T20:46:55Z")
She mentioned that her account was only valid after uploading a pic from a gov’t ID. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/28 "2010-11-18T22:16:27Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > She mentioned that her account was only valid after uploading a pic from a gov’t ID. I think you misunderstood. Facebook wasn’t asking her to make her profile pic a picture that was on a government ID. It was asking her to actually fax them a copy of the government ID. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867/29 "2010-11-18T23:05:58Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I think you misunderstood. Facebook wasn’t asking her to make her profile pic a picture that was on a government ID. It was asking her to actually fax them a copy of the government ID. Yes, I DID misunderstand! That’s absurd! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-makes-decision-making-easy/560867.md?page=1)