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		eertami on Dec 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Users Must Be Allowed To Use Pseudonyms, ... This happens to me a lot. I don't think Facebook are even interested in enforcing real names though, my middle name is currently "Hashtag", it is obvious that it is not a real name yet it was accepted.

moheeb on Dec 18, 2012 [–]

How is that obvious?

marshray on Dec 18, 2012 | [–]

There's more than one real living Mr. Test or Mr. Null in the world.

Hashtag sounds like it could be a respected German surname. (Does it translate?)

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