{"id":8239,"date":"2009-02-16T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T23:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2009-02-16T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T23:20:47","slug":"rabbis-removed-from-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=8239","title":{"rendered":"Rabbis Removed From Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Philadelphia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Some local rabbis noticed something strange when they signed onto their Facebook<\/a> accounts Friday morning — their title was gone from their profile.<\/p>\n

Just in time for Shabbat they’ve taken the "Rabbi" away from the social network.<\/p>\n

Chabad<\/a> rabbis throughout the country began to notice the title "Rabbi" being dropped from their accounts on Thursday night, according to a source.<\/p>\n

A simple search for the term Rabbi on Facebook reveals a slew of local Philadelphia<\/a> rabbis who no longer have the title "Rabbi" at the beginning of their Facebook names.<\/p>\n

NBCPhiladelphia.com tracked down the people over at Facebook for a response to this supposed dropping of names.<\/p>\n

"We do have systems in place that block people from using certain words and titles in their names," said Simon Axten with Facebook.com.<\/p>\n

"This is to prevent abuse and help maintain our real name culture, which drives accountability on the site," said Axten. <\/p>\n

To be fair to the Facebook people a search for Reverend and Pastor also yields few results for the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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