Another (bigger) Facebook petition

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Recently I shared a link to a petition that was going to ask Facebook to allow avatars a profile.

Today I read (thank you Ayame Kintsugi for the tip) about a petition that asks Facebook to allow performers to use their stage names on their profile.

And although the cynic in me thinks that Facebook doesn’t care, I also think it can’t hurt to sign and share.

This petition is getting quite a few more signatures, at the moment of writing its close to 40.000.

That is enough to be a signal Facebook may notice.

If we truly want to keep using Facebook (love it and/or hate it, it has quiet a few handy features), we should try and reach out to Zuckerberg and his pals in as many ways as possible.

The more people let them know that they don’t want to use their real name, the more likely they are to listen to us, eventually.

You can read more about this petition and sign it by clicking here.

Petition to get Facebook to allow Second Life avatars

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A petition has popped up that asks Facebook to allow Second Life avatars to have a page, they however mean to ask Facebook for Second Life avatars to have a Facebook profile, because we’re already allowed to have Facebook pages, as long as they are managed by our RL profiles.

Will this make an impression on the Facebook people?

Probably not, I am not saying that because I am cynical but because Facebook only cares about publicity and numbers.

When cross dressers got upset about being forced to use their RL names, they caused quite a bit of fuss, demonstrated at FB HQ and received a lot of media attention.
Facebook listened to that.

Most people who have a profile on Facebook for their Second Life avatar are not going to demonstrate, we’re not going to get much media attention and to be fair, not that many of us are probably going to bother even signing the petition.

BUT… it can’t hurt to try, right?

After all, this will only work if a LOT of us sign it, if Facebook receives thousands of signatures, they will at least pay attention.

So why not give it a go and sign it.

Follow the link below and leave a signature;

https://www.change.org/p/mark-elliot-zuckerberg-facebook-allow-second-life-avatars-to-have-a-facebook-page