I started out with a dummy email account I use just for such things. I never use it for real. And I had a pseudonym for a name. Never uploaded any pictures of myself. Used a false DOB and place...................
That is a good start, but doesn’t give you much anonymity.
Every time you log on, FB records your ISP machine address. Even with dialup, there are not many different addresses if you are on the internet from the same physical location every time.
Also, every computer/phone has a unique signature as to the software, OS, and updates on that machine. It is essentially a machine fingerprint, and can be read by the site server.
Logging and cross referencing this info quickly tells them who you are, especially if you use search engines while on the net.
FB costs over $1,000 a year per user, the money IS being paid.
so did I and day after the shoe dropped on Suckerberg they deactivated it requesting I prove who I was.
Maybe no friends no photo no school no nut’en may have tipped them off