On: Terrorists Mock Bids to End Use of Social Media

[jessaustin]

A "real names policy" is not appropriate to every situation, since it is inherently hostile to users. Some have even criticized its use at FB.

[RegW → jessaustin]

I agree, but the point I was trying to make (perhaps unclearly), was that the username can be checked against a list of blocked patterns at account creation time.

[shadowfox → jessaustin]

While quite true, that is a "business and policy decision" for the most part.