Wil Wheaton is Not on Facebook
Actor, blogger extraordinaire and professional geek Wil Wheaton loves the Internets, but one thing he doesn’t love is Facebook pages in his name that aren’t his — especially ones that are soliciting donations from fans.
Wheaton explains:
This is not me. A casual observer could see this page and think it’s legit, because there isn’t anything on it that clearly identifies it as a fan page, or a parody page, or something like that. For all I know, it’s well-intentioned and I’m overreacting, but I just can’t take a chance with things like this. At the moment, it appears to be asking for donations to fight Alzheimer’s, which is a noble cause, but if I stood back and let anyone claim to be me while asking for money – for anything – it could have really, really bad consequences…
I’m fairly sure that this fake page will be removed or at least forced to clarify that it isn’t actually me (if the picture – which I think is pretty funny, by the way – didn’t give it away) before too long, and I hate having to be a dick about stuff like this, but it’s important to me that my identity (actual and professional) is protected.
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