Bill,
Not that I want to be earth-shakingly hostile or anything, but why
didn't you name the forum in your first post in the first place? If the
purpose of your post was to let people know that anything posted by this
"other" Bill Scutta was not really you, then telling us what forum the
was happening on would *further* that goal, don't you think? Now you say
you don't want to name the forum because of the responses you got here
on MOPO? That makes no sense.
As for your statement that you don't use Bill Scutta as your screen
name... maybe not on forums, but your full name shows up here on all the
MOPO messages as being mail from "bill scutta <[email protected]>",
so that is effectively your "screen name" here on MOPO.
Naturally I agree with you that it is quite rude and in poor taste (even
if it was supposed to be a joke) for someone else to use your name --
but since a screen name is supposed to be a made-up "handle" for people
on forums to use instead of their real names, there are no rules against
it that I'm aware of. Traditionally people have been free to choose
whatever screen name they want... Homer Simpson... James Bond... whatever.
There are no real safeguards or other provisions to prevent this sort of
thing on the internet. I could register on FaceBook as "Bill Scutta",
for instance. I could set up an email account as
"[email protected]". All one can do when one sees this
stuff is alert other people that it is not you, such as you did here.
Which brings us back to needing to know which forum it is happening on
so we can know that, on that forum at least, it is not you.
-- JR
bill scutta wrote:
I'd like to confirm that it is _not_ The Movie Poster Forum.
No, it was most definitely NOT Movie Poster Forum. In light of the
posts that I have received over this topic, I'm not going to post what
forum it is. Those who I've talked to privately already know.
Best always,
Bill
On Oct 31, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Andy Neal wrote:
Good luck with this Bill.
Might be worth mentioning which forum it is.
I'd like to confirm that it is _not_ The Movie Poster Forum.
I have made sure nobody can register your name on the movie poster
forum, If anyone else would like the same, please let me know and I
will protect your name to be safe.
Kind Regards
Andy
www.movieposterforum.com <http://www.movieposterforum.com>
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:41:45 -0400
> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> Subject: [MOPO] OT: just a heads up
> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>
> Hello MOPOers,
>
> This isn't exactly earth shattering news or anything. But I recently
> joined a forum for movie poster enthusiasts. No sooner had I joined
> the forum in question than someone else registered an account using
> my name "Bill Scutta" as their handle. I seriously doubt there is
> anyone else in the poster community with my name. Truth be told, I
> have way too much on my plate right now for this to really be an
> issue to me personally.
>
> But I just wanted to state for the record that I have never used my
> name "Bill Scutta" as my screen name on any forum, ever. I have
> contacted the moderator, due to the fact that on many forums this is
> an egregious breach of etiquette and my guess would be that the
> moderator would not want this type of element on their forum. I am
> waiting to hear back, but whatever the outcome, it's really no skin
> off my apple.
>
> Some of you on MOPO know me, but for the people that don't, I just
> wanted to give them a heads up.
>
> Best always,
>
> Bill Scutta
>
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