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Woman Called Yoda Blocked From Facebook

telegraph.co.uk — A woman claims she was blocked from joining Facebook because she has the same name as a famous Star Wars character.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 28, 2008

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  • typicalusername, on 08/27/2008, -6/+312Copyright Infringement, too far has it gone...
  • ubernoggin, on 08/27/2008, -4/+241Blocked from Facebook, I am.
  • kvanderslice, on 08/27/2008, -6/+114Unfair policy, Zuckerberg has.
  • ScottMcIntyre, on 08/27/2008, -4/+85Now, that is unfortunate... the name, I mean, not getting turned down by Facebook ;-)
  • FurtThePirate, on 08/28/2008, -9/+81. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _________
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  • 5xSTUN, on 08/28/2008, -2/+68Damn, my last name is Facebook... what am I going to do?
  • Seabrook7, on 08/28/2008, -3/+67To the MySpace system you will go.
  • 5xSTUN, on 08/28/2008, -0/+56How did you know that?!

    My name is Sue Facebook!
  • BrownManUPS, on 08/28/2008, -4/+55Post Ackbar, I dare you.
  • PinkFloydFan, on 08/27/2008, -0/+46Nothing is better than being called Chewbacca. Absolutely nothing.
  • SmoochiBoochie, on 08/27/2008, -0/+44I suppose its better than being called Chewbacca.
  • mhl12, on 08/28/2008, -3/+46what about all those people who are named "Jesus?"
  • bodger, on 08/28/2008, -3/+44Yes, but Yoda is a fictional character, whereas Jesus is.... oh never mind.
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+40If into the MySpace system you go, only pain will you find.
  • JKAL, on 08/28/2008, -3/+41"gone too far! Copyright Infringement has..." fixed.
  • justjoehere, on 08/28/2008, -2/+34She's greeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaattttttttttt.
  • cyclopssmiley, on 08/27/2008, -2/+29This girl I was with has the last name "Tiger" and she has to spell it "Tigre" because facebook said she couldn't have that as her last name.
  • peagle, on 08/28/2008, -1/+28I think you meant "warrggghhhehgghhh".
  • scoot2006, on 08/28/2008, -2/+26May the schwartz be with you.
  • econofast, on 08/28/2008, -0/+24You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -2/+24They're hispanic. And I think facebook is ok with that.

    I think.
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+22http://www.facebook.com/s.php?q=yoda or was this from some 'before time'?
  • gametavern, on 08/28/2008, -2/+24Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to getting banned on facebook.
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -2/+22I hope for your sake you keep her. Not every day you meet a girl named TIger.
  • typicalusername, on 08/28/2008, -0/+19I was like a 4/10 on the nerd scale, on my comment, you just pushed the whole thread to 8/10.
  • tiuk, on 08/28/2008, -0/+18He meant because her name is Harley Quinn.
  • trogdor282, on 08/28/2008, -0/+18No, being named Yoda would be amazing. Turn in your geek card on the way out ;)
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -5/+23I met her in a swamp down in Dagobah,
    where it bubbles all the time like a giant, carbonated soda,
    S-O-D-A soda,

    I saw the little runt sitting there on a log,
    I asked her her name and in a raspy voice she said Yoda,
    Y-O-D-A Yoda.
  • smurfsahoy, on 08/28/2008, -1/+19Only if she lives up to her name.
  • dagnabbit, on 08/28/2008, -6/+23They wouldn't let me join either, the bastards.
    -Chewbacca
  • zcreem, on 08/28/2008, -0/+17Sue
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+15Stwike him, Centuwion. Stwike him vewy wuffly...
  • tylerjwilk, on 08/28/2008, -1/+16Destory it, We must!
  • yaddayaddayoda, on 08/27/2008, -1/+16I think I'm in trouble...
  • tito13kfm, on 08/28/2008, -0/+14Don't ***** click it.
  • Jevy14, on 08/28/2008, -1/+15Am I the only one who doesn't think there is really anything wrong here?

    It seems perfectly legitimate for facebook to prevent goofballs screwwing around with the system, and Yoda seems a perfect target.

    It's not censorship, when she contacted the site, they let her use her real name. I am sure that the use of the term "relented" was just a biased spin by the reporter. I suspect that Facebook has a protocol set up for this, and real people with blocked names contact them all the time to get added...This is just an example of people nitpicking something obviously legitimate .......Oh and by the way, it would perfectly within their right to Block every person with the name Digg as their last name. Because Facebook is a private site, Nobody has some sort of Inalienable right to use it. Many interenet users have an overblown sense of Entitlement now. The net may be neutral, that doesnt mean its public, or free from self censorship.
  • pe5t1lence, on 08/28/2008, -0/+13I'm at work *****!
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -4/+16I have a fwiend named Biggus.....
  • tito13kfm, on 08/28/2008, -0/+11Good luck if you are on a locked down terminal with no access to the task manager. I'm going to have a hard time explaining this one to the IT department, thank god they read digg.

    Hey Steve, if you're reading this... kill iexplore.exe on terminal 7
  • dizzythegreat, on 08/28/2008, -3/+13Win.
  • StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+10Not for making my day, buried you are.
  • D4CH, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10I would love if she actually spoke like that.
  • naughtyboy, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10It's only a problem when the last name is Christ.
  • sindex, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10I think he meant because her name is Harley Quinn. But chances of that being blocked are slim.
  • inactive, on 08/28/2008, -0/+10No, it really didn't.
  • t0x2c, on 08/28/2008, -0/+9I think it's a good try at eliminating the junk and spam, but with any filter, as we know from chemistry, you never get 100% of the good stuff.
  • Discobiscuits, on 08/28/2008, -1/+10Buried for not making mine.
  • KnightWhoSaysNi, on 08/28/2008, -5/+13"You said it, man. Nobody ***** with the Jesus." - The Jesus
  • StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -0/+7He has a wife you know.
  • mlvassallo, on 08/28/2008, -1/+8Her surname is Yoda? Awesome. She should be suing Lucas for royalties.
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