Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
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Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#2I dislike real name policies, but I aim for the problems with using real names (aka being non-anonymous) to be fixed if possible.
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#3Meanwhile they love me and my fake, but entirely "normal" name. smh
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#4Sounds like a product manager didn't properly define the acceptance criteria for the validation on their name fields. Name validations often tend to be overly strict and, in some cases, slightly racist/ethnocentric.
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#5I should get a couple of people from around here (Native American reservation) to sign up and see how messy their policy is.
If you cannot validate names, then you probably should not use a real name policy. It bad enough Facebook (and I guess Quora) causes people pain, don't add your own wounds.
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#6I should get a couple of people from around here (Native American reservation) to sign up and see how messy their policy is. If you cannot validate names, then you probably should not use a real name policy. It bad enough Facebook (and I guess Quora) causes people pain, don't add your own wounds.
Haha, now I'm curious! Could you please provide some examples of Native American names?
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#7I dislike real name policies, but I aim for the problems with using real names (aka being non-anonymous) to be fixed if possible.
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Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#8I should get a couple of people from around here (Native American reservation) to sign up and see how messy their policy is. If you cannot validate names, then you probably should not use a real name policy. It bad enough Facebook (and I guess Quora) causes people pain, don't add your own wounds.
Haha, now I'm curious! Could you please provide some examples of Native American names?
Yee Naaldlooshii.
I'll show myself out.
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#9I should get a couple of people from around here (Native American reservation) to sign up and see how messy their policy is. If you cannot validate names, then you probably should not use a real name policy. It bad enough Facebook (and I guess Quora) causes people pain, don't add your own wounds.
Facebook's policy is so weird. I have a ton of older test accounts that literally include TEST and other such very obvious fake text in the name.
Re: Quora has blocked me because it doesn't think Theodore Ts'o is my real name
#10I should get a couple of people from around here (Native American reservation) to sign up and see how messy their policy is. If you cannot validate names, then you probably should not use a real name policy. It bad enough Facebook (and I guess Quora) causes people pain, don't add your own wounds.
Haha, now I'm curious! Could you please provide some examples of Native American names?
Yellow Bird tends to get banned by Facebook. Good Iron is another favorite ban. Never mind those that actually use their name in their native language. Plus, there is the whole concept of birth name and name after a naming ceremony. Plenty of opportunities for a ethnocentric policy to add some pain into the world.