[blueking]

I don't think that's true. They don't have time to police billions of facebook accounts for 'normal' behavior. I'll friend a few random people. In the super unlikely worst case I'm out $300 but probably so is FB. It's in their interests to collect data and sell it under the fake name I gave. Only if I explicitly state to them the name is fake do they lose out. They don't ask and I won't tell and the advertisers will purchase shit. Win, win, win.

[jobigoud]

They don't need "time", it's automated, as part of the spam protection. A real profile is much more valuable to them than a fake one.

[blueking]

I'm saying that their automated tools can't tell the difference between 'normal' and 'fake' use. And the fact that I'm still using my dummy account is proof

[croes]

So planes can't crash because I fly regularly and never crashed. There are enough people whose new account got banned exactly because the tooks can't tell the difference. If they decide you're account is a bot or fake you are done. It can happen to you anytime. The main problem is that you lose access to paid software if they ban you.