en-us http://www.intensedebate.com/users/482785 Comments by JessicaEdith http://www.cbc.ca/spark/contact/#IDComment18129556 I have a bit of a problem with my on-line identity and facebook that might be relevant to the show... I got fed up with facebook recently, specifically with people "finding" me and making friend requests. The problem was mainly I didn't want to be contacted by old boyfriends and people I didn't know from high school who I would rather be "out of touch" with. It was uncomfortable and so, rather than delete my account and lose access to things like my sister's on-line wedding album, etc, I changed my name to something very dissimilar from my own name. Problem solved, I thought. People who know me will recognize my photo and those who don't will stay away. But then the art gallery I work for wanted to have a facebook presence, and this has to be managed through my profile... and now when I invite people to become "Fans" of the gallery's facebook page, people send me back messages saying "who the heck are you?" I'm actually frightened of explaining the situation to them in a facebook message because I have found facebook searches some of the messages for key phrases and I'm worried I'll get caught !!! (One of the terms of use for facebook is that you must use your real name. I have been thinking about changing my name back... but I'm worried facebook will finally notice I have broken the rules and kick me off. This anxiety feels a little like worrying about being deported from a country you've gone to on a tourist visa, figuring out how to live there and working under the table... I'm wondering if anyone else has ever done something like this on Facebook or other social networking sites. Who else has been bending the rules, getting caught and trying to figure out how to be social on a social network? Sat, 4 Apr 2009 00:53:49 +0000 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/contact/#IDComment18129556