Due to the lack of usage of the option, Facebook Inc. is getting rid of the option to hide one’s name when people search it. As one of the most used social media sites at McIntosh, this change appears to not have drastic short-term effects but can ultimately lead to some bigger effects later on down the road.

If you’re the small minority at Mcintosh that doesn’t use Facebook often, this could be a major nuisance. Due to this change that Facebook made, anybody in the world can look you up and add you. Not only does this mean 739,472,937 annoying Facebook friend requests that you have to go through, but it also means that creepy foreign Facebook users can add you and message you all they want until you block them. Obnoxious family members can now find you with ease and badger you with questions and comments about your life.

Although this change appears to only have negative effects, it is also beneficial. Users who wanted to not allow any friend requests but now are forced to accept them can be surprised with a friend request from an old friend or high school classmate that they forgot about. This change can stimulate users’ hidden social lives or even boost their self-esteem with the amount of people that now want to be Facebook friends with them because they are finally able to find their names through the search bar.

Before you fret over this mandatory change that Facebook made, you might want to be grateful that they care about your well-being, and would prefer you to be a social maniac rather than sit on their website with no friends playing Farmville.