SL Character & FB

[BlixaKarita]

Does your SL character have their own FB ? Why or why not?

[Cindy Evanier]

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[Bingo Ditko]

I tried to make one and Facebook didn't like my name. They said "It looks like you're trying to create an account for a business, organization or character. Please create a Facebook Page instead."

[Tex Monday]

I don't have a FB for my avatar, but members of my SL family did. It supposedly gave them the opportunity to keep in touch when they weren't inworld. I guess they posted photos and things on it..I never really took much notice to it. 

[Gopi Passiflora]

I tried making one for one of my female avatars but failed because I couldn't produce a real life picture of her.

[Klytyna]

On 25 December 2017 at 9:39 PM, BlixaKarita said:

Does your SL character have their own FB ? Why or why not?

1. I don't have an "SL Character", I just have an avatar that *I* log in with, it's not some 2 dimensional "Elite Para Roleplayer" crap, it's just ME, albeit a younger better looking digital me, who sometimes has unreal additions like horns or wings because "what the hell it looks good".

2. I don't use Arsebook, never have, never will, I'm not one of those type-with-your-thumbs IDumb-Fone using console peasants who feel their lives are incomplete if they haven't spammed the 'like' button on several thousand total strangers.

3. As far as I'm aware, Arsebook's official policy is that you are not allowed to make Arsebook accounts for 'fictional people".
 

[Anna Nova]

On 12/25/2017 at 9:39 PM, BlixaKarita said:

Does your SL character have their own FB ? Why or why not?

2 post troll...

probably an arsetome recruiter.

[Tari Landar]

On 12/25/2017 at 4:39 PM, BlixaKarita said:

Does your SL character have their own FB ? Why or why not?

No. Because I don't want to.

[Love Zhaoying]

I would, just so I could post racier pictures of my Neko lion without having to explain myself to my RL friends!

[Ceka Cianci]

No,I don't even have one for myself..Just never cared for those places much.. I don't have the twitters or any of those others either..

Heck I just got my first touch phone this past summer and pretty much,it's just for phone calls..Well phone calls and netflix watching Andy Griffith show, when I'm on break at work..hehehehe

 

That's about as social networking as I get..Andy Griffith show..

[Phil Deakins]

On 25/12/2017 at 9:39 PM, BlixaKarita said:

Does your SL character have their own FB ? Why or why not?

My recollection is that FB rules only allow real names, which was the reason why SL's Display Names were brought in - so that people could use their real names as display names, which would equate with their FB accounts. That's my recollection, anyway. If that's correct, then your SL character can only have its own FB account if your character uses your real name.

@Ceka Cianci I'm with you. I also don't have any social medai accounts. They just don't interest me. I do have a mobile (cell) phone though, but it's only for emergencies (breakdowns when driving). I don't send or receive texts, or do anything else with it that people use them for. I don't even take pictures with it. I have a small tablet for that.

Edited December 29, 2017 by Phil Deakins

[LittleMe Jewell]

3 hours ago, Phil Deakins said:

My recollection is that FB rules only allow real names

This is correct, though they don't really enforce those rules.  I know quite a few people that have a FB account under their SL name or other game name.

[Syo Emerald]

14 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said:

This is correct, though they don't really enforce those rules.  I know quite a few people that have a FB account under their SL name or other game name.

They don't enforce it broadly. Meaning, you could have an account under a false name for years and nothing happens, but someone else might have to change theirs after the first two weeks. Nobody knows exactly how it happens or why it doesn't happen to everyone (of course aside from people reporting you). There is probably an algorythem of some sort at play and there are many tips on the internet, that guide you in a direction on how to minimize the risk of getting hit by it.

Usually the more you appear to be "real", the better. This includes a name, that could be a real life name, a filled out profile, friends...generally lots of data that makes it look like you are connected to the physical world.

[Chic Aeon]

I made a FB account four or five years ago and then never went there after a brief time. AT THAT TIME it was after a bunch of SL folks got their SL FB accounts canceled because they were not people and they had signed up as such. AT THAT TIME it was completely legit to sign up for a FB account "as a fictional character" which I did. I have no idea if that is still the rule. 

I don't do social media - just forums LOL, but oddly enough my (Chic's) FB page was second in the search list when I did a "Chic Aeon" search for a blogger challenge awhile back. I don't go there. I don't post there.  All very odd!