Facebook, stop DISCRIMINATING against Authors, Actors, Drag Queens, Wiccan's, Role-Player's & Native American's they are REAL PEOPLE!
There is a HUGE community of different people who are being DISCRIMINATED against & NOT allowed to be on Facebook at this time. Author's who write using a Pen name, Wiccan's who use their Witch name, Transgender's who use a Name they Gender Identify with, Role Players who use a pen name. Drag Queens who use a Stage Name. Actors who use a Screen Actor's Guild Name & Native American's. Each group have VALID reasons for using pen names & have fans & followers & friends who know them by their Pen names & they are REAL people & are being discriminated against & NOT allowed on FACEBOOK!
I know MANY who have sent copies of their Screen Actor's Guild Cards as well as Author's who have sent in information with regards to writing under Pen Names & Facebook Deny's them access to their accounts!
Facebook won't even talk to these groups about WHY they are being discriminated against accept that they are FAKE NAMES & that doesn't meet the policy standards set by Facebook!
In a day & age where Facebook could make allowances for these groups & DON'T is ABSURD! It is DISCRIMINATION plain & simple! Each of these groups has a RIGHT to use their Pen Names, Stage Names, their Screen Actor's Guild Names & the fact that they have HUGE followings & fans who know & follow them by these names, it is RIDICULOUS that they are being DISCRIMINATED against by FACEBOOK!
FACEBOOK & Mark Zuckerberg get a CLUE & be the TRENDSETTERS & embrace these groups the Author's using Pen Names, the Wiccans who use their Witch Names, the Transgender's who use the name they gender identify with, Role Players who use a Pen Name, Drag Queens who use a Stage Name, Actors who use a Screen Actor's Guild Name! Show the Social Media WORLD that YOU, FACEBOOK can & will do the RIGHT thing & allow these groups to have a place on FACEBOOK!
Updates
September 21, 2015
The momentum is undeniable. It is clear that the community expects change.
Reached 100 supporters
September 21, 2015
69 Comments
Many of my friends are role players and authors who deserve a place of escape . Who are you to tell them they can't . Who do they hurt? There are real sites on here that do hurt , like ones held by terrorist supporters , child sickos , and other more profound issues. Leave these people alone and take care of the real problems. Robert Redmond
There are also a lot of cosplayers who are being affected by facebook's real name policy... We prefer to use our cosplay names on Facebook since we are sometimes harassed by people who knows we're cosplayers and are stalked, also we prefer to keep our cosplay names since we consider our cosplay identity separate from our real identity.
I do hope you get your account back! I have had Simi deactivated 5 times & lucky for me got her back the last 2 times. Before that I lost over 8,000 friends/fans & ALL of my writing!
This is a ridiculous idea and in the end will hurt your company. What about abused women that are using Facebook as a way to try to get out of an abusive relationship. Just leave things that aren't broke alone.
Facebook allows pedophiles, hate groups, and children along with cyber bullies to have profiles yet innocent creative life loving people cannot? This is ridiculous-it's an American publically traded company and in our country we have Freedom of Expression.
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Unfair!
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Facebook, stop DISCRIMINATING against Authors, Actors, Drag Queens, Wiccan's, Role-Player's & Native American's they are REAL PEOPLE!
There is a HUGE community of different people who are being DISCRIMINATED against & NOT allowed to be on Facebook at this time. Author's who write using a Pen name, Wiccan's who use their Witch name, Transgender's who use a Name they Gender Identify with, Role Players who use a pen name. Drag Queens who use a Stage Name. Actors who use a Screen Actor's Guild Name & Native American's. Each group have VALID reasons for using pen names & have fans & followers & friends who know them by their Pen names & they are REAL people & are being discriminated against & NOT allowed on FACEBOOK!
I know MANY who have sent copies of their Screen Actor's Guild Cards as well as Author's who have sent in information with regards to writing under Pen Names & Facebook Deny's them access to their accounts!
Facebook won't even talk to these groups about WHY they are being discriminated against accept that they are FAKE NAMES & that doesn't meet the policy standards set by Facebook!
In a day & age where Facebook could make allowances for these groups & DON'T is ABSURD! It is DISCRIMINATION plain & simple! Each of these groups has a RIGHT to use their Pen Names, Stage Names, their Screen Actor's Guild Names & the fact that they have HUGE followings & fans who know & follow them by these names, it is RIDICULOUS that they are being DISCRIMINATED against by FACEBOOK!
FACEBOOK & Mark Zuckerberg get a CLUE & be the TRENDSETTERS & embrace these groups the Author's using Pen Names, the Wiccans who use their Witch Names, the Transgender's who use the name they gender identify with, Role Players who use a Pen Name, Drag Queens who use a Stage Name, Actors who use a Screen Actor's Guild Name! Show the Social Media WORLD that YOU, FACEBOOK can & will do the RIGHT thing & allow these groups to have a place on FACEBOOK!
Updates
September 21, 2015
The momentum is undeniable. It is clear that the community expects change.
Reached 100 supporters
September 21, 2015
69 Comments
This is sad, I am a role player and a pagan/wiccan. Each has their own community in which we are known by our rp names, or our pagan names. If I wish to go by them on my facebook I should be allowed too.
Many of my friends are role players and authors who deserve a place of escape . Who are you to tell them they can't . Who do they hurt? There are real sites on here that do hurt , like ones held by terrorist supporters , child sickos , and other more profound issues. Leave these people alone and take care of the real problems. Robert Redmond
There are also a lot of cosplayers who are being affected by facebook's real name policy... We prefer to use our cosplay names on Facebook since we are sometimes harassed by people who knows we're cosplayers and are stalked, also we prefer to keep our cosplay names since we consider our cosplay identity separate from our real identity.
I do hope you get your account back! I have had Simi deactivated 5 times & lucky for me got her back the last 2 times. Before that I lost over 8,000 friends/fans & ALL of my writing!
This is a ridiculous idea and in the end will hurt your company. What about abused women that are using Facebook as a way to try to get out of an abusive relationship. Just leave things that aren't broke alone.
Facebook allows pedophiles, hate groups, and children along with cyber bullies to have profiles yet innocent creative life loving people cannot? This is ridiculous-it's an American publically traded company and in our country we have Freedom of Expression.
Absolutely signed sealed delivered and so important as a cause close to my heart in more ways than one
Unfair!
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This is sad, I am a role player and a pagan/wiccan. Each has their own community in which we are known by our rp names, or our pagan names. If I wish to go by them on my facebook I should be allowed too.