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- sporkman, on 03/06/2009, -6/+135Dugg for having the name "Batman" for real.
- pianojuggler4, on 03/07/2009, -0/+71"Facebook's name-change procedure suddenly required superhuman effort."
I see what they did there. - philkav, on 03/06/2009, -2/+43not even a dupe, this is a trip. Buried
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Offbeat_Name_Then_Facebo ...
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Offbeat_Name_Then_Facebo ... - brownsound00, on 03/07/2009, -1/+36dugg for correct amount of "na"
- HalsMyPal, on 03/07/2009, -1/+25I am okay with this. I like knowing who's profile i am looking at. Unlike on MySpace where they have crazy
xxxx___twisted____heart_____xxxx
as their name or something just as stupid. Put the name you like to be called an leave it.
Although, i do see the possibility of misjudging a name. I think they should definitely have some sort of process where a name can be screened in case a person's name really is Flash Gordon - Zaeboes, on 03/07/2009, -0/+24My goodness, that seems like an inadequate reason to strike a woman.
- defectDS, on 03/07/2009, -0/+24Because then you'd be having TOO MUCH FUN. What do you think this is? Myspace?
/s - KirbyMeister, on 03/07/2009, -2/+26Because they want to not be Myspace?
- matt247, on 03/07/2009, -0/+23"Instead, Miranda signed up for an account as "Miranda Stewart," using her husband's bachelor surname. (He took on Batman when they got married because, well, wouldn't you?)"
He probably married her because of her last name, I would. - thedivinelyevil, on 03/07/2009, -0/+17dugg for actually taking the effort to count the na's! nothing goes by diggers!
- aduric, on 03/07/2009, -0/+16That's just prejudiced...What if your name was...I don't know...top of my head...Batman bin Superman?
- ECas123, on 03/07/2009, -3/+17Because if they just let them rampant you'll eventually get "Jon Super-Mother-*****-Awesome-Batman-MountianDew Smith would like to be your friend." messages.
- Rhydeble, on 03/06/2009, -3/+16Dugg for digging that.
- Wade, on 03/07/2009, -0/+11Except that Superman's not even human, so he hardly would qualify for "superhuman" status. Aquaman's a half-breed.
- kookykyle, on 03/07/2009, -0/+11my facebook name is "Knot Meye Naym" and they accepted it
- say592, on 03/07/2009, -0/+10A girl who stalks me on Digg (I know you are reading this!) has the last name "Lovely".
Apparently it was pain to sign up for Facebook. Probably because they thought she was some sort of hooker. (her words, not mine) - moothemagiccow, on 03/07/2009, -0/+9What kind of lame ass middle name do you have
- positron, on 03/06/2009, -2/+10Fail. Arlington != Arkham
- TheSabre, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7Actually, I work with Jon S. M. F. A. B. M. D. Smith. And he is a great guy that will never get the opportunity to become part of the social network.
- anonymous4, on 03/07/2009, -3/+10Why, exactly, is Facebook in the business of judging the validity of their user's names? If someone wants to sign up under some ridiculous pseudonym to retain their anonymity, why shouldn't they be allowed?
- ECas123, on 03/07/2009, -1/+8I'd hit that just for the name.
- Zaeboes, on 03/07/2009, -1/+8Still spewing the hate, I see.
Either way, most names will have some kind of meaning behind them. Most common American names have a Greek root. - jennyvan, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7So people that don't know her married name can look her up. I know alot of people who do that. It's not that unusual.
- jsp123, on 03/07/2009, -0/+7Robin is that you?
- erzy, on 03/07/2009, -1/+8"Superhuman" does not apply to Batman. Batman is simply a rich man with lots of expensive gadgets that he uses to fulfill his persona of a super hero. "Superhuman" would apply to such characters such as Superman or Aquaman, who have "superhuman" qualities.
- vulpescry, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6You're right. It exists.
- snurfle, on 03/07/2009, -0/+6You mean he doesn't really want to be my friend?
- Trigononamous, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5I tried changing my last name to NOLASTNAME just for kicks a few weeks ago, to no avail :(
- Exekutor, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5"Dude, I'm nailing Batman." That's plain weird.
- kookykyle, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5no lie this is actually me
- dilbert, on 03/07/2009, -0/+5LOL! You're a GUY!
- Shmebber, on 03/07/2009, -1/+6Well hey, at least it's not as bad as Myspace, where the majority of my friends have names registered like "-{{[LuvLIKElili<3<3saur}}-"
- Twenty, on 03/07/2009, -0/+4I sure hope Canadian Lonewolf has better things to do than get a facebook.
- inactive, on 03/07/2009, -0/+4My facebook account has the middle name Danger, but I have it set to display only first and last, so I don't get a big head.
- AlpineStars777, on 03/07/2009, -0/+4What if Dick Trickle wanted a facebook account?
- BeesKnees21, on 03/07/2009, -0/+4I live in Central Canada and there are a lot of Aboriginal people here with names that would probably be rejected. Last names such as "Blueeyes", "Lonewolf" etc.
- t0spmad, on 03/07/2009, -0/+4Pussy Galore is having all kinds of problems.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_Galore - srg13, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3"Although, i do see the possibility of misjudging a name. I think they should definitely have some sort of process where a name can be screened in case a person's name really is Flash Gordon"
When you sign up at least you can if your name is rejected, but it usually takes a month or two... It sucks, because they reject anything that has a commonly used word in it, like my last name (Gentle) - katana2k, on 03/07/2009, -2/+5facebook is ***** anyway, it did you a favour.
- AlucardZero, on 03/07/2009, -1/+4So people can have stupid names like "xx_I_LOVE_YOU_xx" or something?
- aralls, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3Glad I registered my alter ego, Aztec Tomb, before this took effect.
- defectDS, on 03/07/2009, -0/+3I know. Reply to self es muy lame.
But this article got me thinking. Maybe Facebook isn't a natural progression from Myspace or Bebo. There needs to be a balance. You can only take so much white, blue, and grey. I have different friends on all three and I don't need them all to conform to one for the sake of convenience. - Myztry, on 03/09/2009, -0/+3Melbourne, Australia was founded by Batman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_of_Melbour ... - evilknny9, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2dugg because I knew what these two comments were going to be before I opened them
- huge129, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2there is a "nanna" and a "nanaana" there in between, not sure how would that sound
- yacks, on 03/07/2009, -0/+2Sorry but I will continue to pronounce your last name of Super as "Supper" Because I don't feel that you are really that super.
- huge129, on 03/08/2009, -0/+2Honor Blackman?? haha
- JrGhoull, on 03/07/2009, -0/+2i didn't know they had this rule...kinda feel bad for the chic. This seems like the sort of thing that could happen to a number of people though, like this guy who wrote an economic article for the washington post or something like that...his name is john pancake. john f**king pancake. would facebook reject him too?
the worst part is that since there is no way for them to verify the whole name thing, that it basically defeats the entire purpose of identifying fake names. I for instance use a completely fake name on facebook that in no way correlates with my actual one. - mcdropkicker, on 03/07/2009, -1/+3Danger's my middle name, baby.
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