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SchemaLoadtoday at 1:35 AM2 repliesview on HN

Facebook/Meta has a system that decides if it thinks you are lying about your name or if it just isn't sure, if you get flagged for ID verification. These days it might also be because they think you are under 18, but the ID verification system existed long long before age checking.

If you haven't seen it, it's probably because your account is old and they have scraped enough contact lists to believe your name is real.


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hamburglartoday at 3:51 AM

Odd. I’ve used a fake name with Facebook since about 2009 and now I have a meta quest and they’ve never flagged my account or asked for id verification.

wolvoleotoday at 2:36 AM

You don't need to use a real name on a meta headset. It was decoupled from Facebook years ago.