Fake BWW Identites

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 3:55pm

Is anyone else getting a little tired of the morons who feel the need to make up an account that is almost identical to someone else’s, stealing their avatar and pretending to discredit the other person?

Here's the thread to out those folks.

Already we have RUthnait62 posing as Rathnait62 and ZeitUOjo posing as Zeitoujo.


Have I missed anyone else?

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:00pm

Yesterday, someone made a screen name- SweetQntheLights (which mine is not) and used my avatar.

He/she was banned after I made that request.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:03pm

I missed that one.

I guess we are going to have to be rather vigilant in double checking the names AND their posting status before we reply.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:04pm

"I guess we are going to have to be rather vigilant in double checking the names AND their posting status before we reply."

Indeed. As this doesn't seem like something that can be prevented, sadly.

Was this accidentally posted on the wrong board?

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:05pm

God forbid we use anything as radical as... well, you know (gasp!) actual names instead of these sometimes silly handles.

[tazber]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:29pm

I saw that one sweetQ. I totaly fell for it.
I'm glad you had it removed.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:36pm

too many kooks here for actual names....

[DG]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:37pm

"God forbid we use anything as radical as... well, you know (gasp!) actual names instead of these sometimes silly handles."

Those 'sometimes silly handles' are a safety valve - and an apparent necessary one in today's society.

As to the dopplegangers - it's pathetic, but ultimately only reflects their own idiocy.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:40pm

I WAS going to answer back as D.G., but I thought that would take too much time....

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:45pm

BigFagBlonde

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 4:55pm

Dowypop was the worst. A few night ago he/she posted about thirty new threads in five minutes about well I don't think I can post what they were.

[Josephine2]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 5:00pm

Great topic! I do recall seeing "Dowypop" under several thread headings. Do you think it's a single culprit? Either way, I bet he/she/they is/are enjoying the fact that he/she/they are a subject of a thread right now.

[courtnyj]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 5:04pm

Eh. Too much work to form that many identities.

[dfwtheatreguy]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 5:05pm

how do we know the people who claim they are the originals are really the real peoples and the fakers are the real guys?

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 5:08pm

I forgot about Dowypop...

You can tell by the posting status. If it's someone you KNOW has been here a while but suddlenly they are listed as an 'Understudy' or whatever the lowest posting rating is, then it's a fake.

Also, double check if they posted something that doesn't sound like them at all, or different typing styles..LiKe ThIs!

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 5:08pm

Because the real people have been here longer.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:10pm

Someone made up a nommdeplume, but by the time I saw the thread and clicked on it, the wannabe had been vaporized.

Oddly enough the rest of the posts were there, but it didn't make any sense.

It's likely one of the O.T. Board regulars just seeking attention with the usual bad behavior.

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:12pm

What's a doppleganger?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:16pm

And your next question:

"What's a dictionary?"

[B3TA07]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:17pm

It didn't come up when I typed it in my dictionary widget!

*Goes to check urbandictionary.com*

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:18pm

Google it, bebe.

[mateo]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:19pm

Jenna Haze scared me.

She took over the boards- and we all huddled in that one thread till the coast was clear.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:33pm

Admittedly, some of these can be quite funny in that they alleviate some of the slower days around here. I know most wouldn't agree, but the ones that aren't so expletive are slightly crafty. And before anyone starts loading the ammo or adjusting their sights, I've been impersonated as well so I do know the feeling, but I take it all in with a light attitude.

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:36pm

I'm not special enough to have an evil twin

[Sondheim Geek]

Posted: 5/26/07 at 8:54pm

Seriously, WHO has the time to do this?!?