http://www.thestandard.com/node/111745/comments comments feed. en Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com Facebook users change middle names to Hussein in Obama solidarity protest http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest <p> <p> </p> <p><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/sethhusseinsm.jpg" align="left" height="115" width="225" /></p> <p>Facebook claims it cracks down on fraudulent profiles and approves every name change that users make -- so why are they letting Barack Obama supporters to change their middle name to "Hussein"?</p> <div id="digg" style="float: right; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 2px"> <script type="text/javascript"> digg_url = 'http://digg.com/politics/Facebook_members_have_a_strange_way_to_show_Obama_love'; </script><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> </script></div> <p>Barack Hussein Obama's middle name is constant fodder for Obama opponents who wish to draw attention to the Muslim portions of his background. The Facebook name change is an attempt by Obama supporters to show solidarity with their candidate.</p> <p>Facebook claims it confirms all name changes before they are live and even pops up a list of requirements before name changes can be processed. This is what I saw when I tried to change my Facebook name:</p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/changefbname.jpg" height="352" width="509" /></center> <p>A name change supposedly takes 24 hours and requires approval but when I clicked "confirm request" and reloaded my page, the name change was immediately active. The <span style="font-style: italic" class="Apple-style-span">New York Times</span> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/us/politics/29hussein.html">wrote up the story</a> at the end of June taking note of the trend, but didn't have any comment from Facebook about the name change requirements, particularly the one which requires a Facebook profile "be attached to your real name."</p> <p>I thought perhaps changing a middle name at all was exempt from this policy, but when I tried to change my name to Jordan Fark Golson, after Drew Curtis' headline aggregator, the name change did not go through instantly like "Hussein" did. It seems that name changes to Hussein are exempt from the policy, but other new middle 'names' are not.</p> <p>The use of "Hussein" in a user's Facebook name is clearly a political message and I wonder if other middle names are acceptable like "McCain" or "Legalize", which also have an obvious political message. </p> <p>I've put in a request for clarification and comment to Facebook about the name change policy and the renaming trend and hope to hear from them soon. </p> <p><center><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u2482/jordanhussein2.jpg" height="163" width="428" /></center> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/07/10/iphone-naysayers-one-ye%20ar-later">The iPhone naysayers, one year later</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="http://thestandard.com/news/2008/06/25/it-vs-initiative-internet-a%20ge-comes-battlefield">IT vs. initiative: The Internet age comes to the battlefield</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/06/24/what-your-future-really%20-looks-digital-home-2013">The Digital Home of 2013: 10 consumer technologies that will succeed, and five that will fail</a></b></li> <li>Special Feature: <b><a href="/news/2008/05/29/where-are-they-now">Whe re are they now? <i>The Industry Standard</i> tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/14/facebook-users-change-middle-names-hussein-obama-solidarity-protest#comments co:Facebook people:barack obama Software & Web The Industry Standard Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:14:07 -0400 Jordan Golson 111745 at http://www.thestandard.com