I have an identity crisis.
I had a message yesterday from Facebook to say that my account had been disabled. The standard online message says this is either for a serious of small misdemeanours or one 'egregious' breach of the rules. I had no idea what I might have done, so I messaged them to query and have been told that my site is a fake and that it is a breach of their rules not to give a genuine first name and last name. They say that their decision is final and that my account will not be re-activated! Given that I've been one of the main evangelists for Facebook at Westminster, this is, to say the least, frustrating. Also, the thought of starting again and re-contacting my 2,500+ friends doesn't thrill me...
So my Christmas quiz question is - how do I prove to Facebook that I am who I say I am?!
After all, I have a strong suspicion that the Facebook site of Queen Elizabeth I is not entirely genuine, but that seems to have escaped the notice of the censors....
UPDATE - my friends have kindly started a Facebook group to get me readmitted - please visit and join here!
Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Facebook think I'm an impostor!
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You could invite them to dinner on the terrace. That impresses everyone.
Hmmm, but is this the real Steve Webb MP, or a cunning imposter who blogs under his name...
People who are still on Facebook, should join the new group Steve Webb is real!
I suppose you could set up a future Facebook account, if you decide to get one, using your parliamentary email address. That ought to convince them. If I remember right, you were on a regional network before, rather than the UK Parliament network?
Tut, tut. You should stick to Myspace:)-
Adrian Sanders MP
myspace.com/adriansandersmp
That's incredible. I met "Steve" once in Parliament, and again at the party conference. To discover now that he is some kind of imposter, voting in Parliament on behalf of UK citizens, is truly astonishing. Is he not really a professor either? Maybe he's a robot or something! To think, I even had my photograph taken with him. Presumably this will be on News at Ten?
You could ask the home office for a prototype identity card :)
B
Get yourself a LiveJournal instead Steve, like the smart kids in the cultural elite do.
How do we know that's the real Facebook and not an imposter?
* points and laughs *
Hmm, thinking further about it. Now that you have been outed as an imposter I should blogger asking them to take your blog down.
B
that should have been "email blogger" ...
b
Steve's Facebook profile has just come back up. Let's hope it stays that way!
I know people this has happened to here in Bangor, and it's actually quite traumatic for people when they're being challenged by faceless chaps for arbitrary reasons.
Good to see you're back on FB, Steve.
Hello,
I think that we'll have an answer for you.
We are currently developping a plateform of digital ID certification. We certifify that you really are who you pretend to be.
we're about to launch in UK in a few week as soon as the bank give us everything we need.
Check out http://myid.is
and the Facebook group:
http://tinyurl.com/ytx8dn
Best regards
Charles Nouÿrit
Founder & CEO at MyID.is
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