I've never had my full legal name on Facebook, its not something I want out there for all the world to search for. I've always had my privacy settings locked down to the point where you can only find my page if I search you out and add you.
Yesterday I fell victim to their new policy where you're required to have your full legal name, I knew this would come eventually, but I was at least expecting an opportunity to change the name. Instead, I was asked if I wanted to change the name, I indicated yes, and then was asked to upload a picture of my driving licence/passport or some other form of government issued
ID. I'm seriously loathed to allow facebook a copy of anything like that, but I relented and provided a picture of my driving licence. At that point an on screen message said "Thanks for that, if we need anything more we'll contact you". And just like that my account was disabled by Facebook.
I've tried searching the
FB help site, I've tried reaching out to them on Twitter, but I just go around in circles, or have no reply. They haven't provided me with any sort of avenue to follow up the matter with them.
Has anyone had this happen to them? I don't even know if the process has gone properly, or if an error has happened and I'm now stuck in limbo somewhere.
If nothing else, and you don't have your legal name listed on
FB, make sure you change it before this happens to you!