Hey JR, not a problem,
My reason for not naming the forum was because the moderator did not
have a chance to respond to my request yet. I thought that it was
sufficient to just say that if ANYONE on ANY forum runs into a person
with the handle "Bill Scutta" that it was not me. I thought that was
satisfactory because it got my point across and also retained
anonymity in so that the moderator could address the problem.
Apparently this was not the case. The forum in question is NSFGE.
This is NOT a reflection on the forum, the moderator or any of it's
members. It's just a problem that I had that I wanted to alert
others to, for my own sake. So that nobody would think that an
internet troll was me.
I am well aware that my screen name on MOPO is Bill Scutta, however
this is a LISTSERVE, which is different from a forum. I believe what
I wrote was that I never used "Bill Scutta" as a screen name on any
"forums".
I know that there are no "rules" against using someone else's name as
a handle. But that doesn't matter. It's etiquette. Would you
appreciate it if someone took the name James Richard as their handle
and then started insulting other forum members? I doubt it. And
that is exactly what's happening.
All one can do when one sees this stuff is alert other people that
it is not you, such as you did here.
Precisely my reason for posting it in the first place.
And I would like to add, I never imagined that by trying in good
faith to tell people that my name was used as a handle on a forum,
that my integrity would be called into question, people would accuse
me of wrongdoing, and that all aspects of my original post would be
torn apart for scrutiny. (Nothing against you James, I know that you
are genuinely curious about the facts.)
This is my last post on this topic. And probably my last post on
MOPO for a good long while.
Bill
On Oct 31, 2009, at 2:32 PM, James Richard wrote:
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
> Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:41:45 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: [MOPO] OT: just a heads up
> To: [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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