Banned from facebook again

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For the second time in a month, facebook's censor-drones have disabled my account on the grounds that it is 'fake'. The first time, I grant you, my name had inadvertently been changed to 'Tom Long John Silver', which does sound a little bit suspect. However, now they've got no good reason to do this.
The rule is enforced so that 'people's profiles are a genuine reflection of who they are offline'. So why am I told that I am not permitted to go online under my offline name? Should I use an actual fake name so that I can avoid facebook's meddling? No, because I hate irony. And because nobody would know who I am. And that would be stupid.

My response to facebook is as clear as I can make it:

Real first name: Tom
Real surname: Long
Compare this with the name on my profile: "Tom Long". Notice how similar they are?

Small World

In the last few days, I have added over 50 new friends on Facebook, mainly those who live with me at Brendon Court. There are more appearing every day too. Now that I "know" so many people, some very surprising links are appearing.
For example, one of the Fresher's Week crew at Brendon is acquainted with two of the people that I met while on a Year in Industry, neither of whom are currently at Bath.
This is not the only example. The Facebook Application Friend Wheel (created, incidentally, by a current student at the University of Bath), shows the relationships between all your immediate friends. From this I have learnt that someone that I met many years ago at "Chemistry Camp" happens to know someone that I later went to college with!
I find these coincidences staggering. Excuse me while I take a moment to marvel at how small the world has become...



Okay, I'm done.

You may notice that I've not posted at all on the subjects of moving to uni or Fresher's Week (which is happening around me as I write) but I'm sure I'll get round to it some time soon.