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Default Off topic for sure, but I have a small quandary

On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 17:39:29 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

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>I don't know if any of you have ever heard of the site "Nextdoor" but it's a
>site for specific neighborhoods in your area. You can post helpful infor-
>mation, items for sale, upcoming meetings, etc.
>
>This past week-end someone posted a bogus for sale item that required signing
>into the site again. It was a posting hopefully to steal a posters information
>but it only succeeded in locking me out of the site. When I signed up for the
>site several months ago I used "ItsJoanNotJoAnn" as my sign-on name but now
>since this phishing post they are demanding to unlock my account I m.u.s.t
>give the administrator my full first and last name. I am NOT comfortable in
>using my real, honest-to-goodness name on any social site even though they
>claim it is completely secure. Yeah, right. It's so secure they've already
>had a phishing scam on it.
>
>Anyway, my quandary is do I fork over my real name or tell them to delete my
>account?


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