My wife made an account for our dog, with an appropriate headshot as the profile photo, about 9 years ago. He posts regularly, and we tag him in photos.
My guess is that they only block fake accounts if they are manually reported by someone.
My guess is that they only block fake accounts if they are manually reported by someone.
Users could pay $ to change their gamertag (~$10).
It was fairly common to see people publically asking "please report my name as offensive" as it was known that if you got enough reports, you would be "forced" to change your name for free. People who wanted to change their name anyway would solicit reports against themselves to avoid a $10 fee.
Clearly no human was reviewing these reports... and that was a paid service!
Really, what's needed is a decentralized approach where no central authority exists, only mutual reinforcements. I have found a marvellous solution for the next generation of social and informational networking but alas this comment field is too small to contain it.