Real names

[Ketch Rossi]

I have joust googled Mr. Ketch Rossi ! BINGO !
Try yourself !

Hoops, can't hide anymore!!

Yeah, right - like James is a real name... I am sure Your real name is 馬鹿

Hehe, Peter, be careful He might do a Japanese google and find out what those signs really mean!

Maybe it's his "porn" Name

I wish!

why this insistence towards his name?.. KETCH is one of the most decent guys i ever met here.. why this replay?.. seems quite offensive.. offending him you're offending many others..

Truly touched by your comment and support.

FMG...who ever you are!!...we respect/love Ketch well here. I'd be surprised if he was offended.

chill dude.....

NO offense taken David, you are right, I can handle a bit more then this, hehe, and thanks for standing in. Also touched by your comment and support.

Pardon me. But Ketch's post looks like a little bit uncomfortable.

Not sure I understand Cristina, that is actually my problem, I'm never uncomfortable about anything, been thru too much in my life to worry about the little things, hehe.

To be clear, my comment was supposed to be humorous as opposed to -less, and I hope I didn't offend the man himself !

They were humorous, no arm done here.

I'm Just pulling your leg Ketch - It a great cinematographer name (Which, as a rule, should sound unusual, foreign &, most importantly, expensive) -

Upon hearing the name one should immediately think "wow, I haven't even seen his stuff but already he sounds insanely costly - can we even afford him?"

To wit - see the following staggeringly expensive list.


Darius Khondji, Vilmos Zsigmond, Janusz Kaminski, Andrzej Bartkowiak, Emmanuel Lubezki, Phedon Papamichael, Ketch Rossi, Harris Savides, Dariusz Wolski...

...see? Fits right in

Thanks, I like the sound of your post, hehe.

Spot on!!!

Peter

Peter, if you don't stop posting that pic, I'll not introduce any of the girls to you... ever again!!! HEHE!:devil:



ciao

 

[Nick Ambrose]

Spot on!!!


Peter

Now we're talking!

 

[jpp]

I'm taking shameful advantage of my short-lived anonymous standing to rudely point out that the direction of this thread is the most damning evidence anyone could ask for that real names, and an even more insular community, could actually make things worse here.

 

[Gregory Karydis]

The facts speak for themselves...
Maybe unlike the rest of the users, a few exceptions should have their ID changed from real name to some random username...
Perhaps that will subdue them a bit.

 

[C.H.Haskell]

I step away for a second and return to find Ketch has been revealed! The look is priceless. Hope all is well Ketch.

 

[MadamImAdam]

There are many legitimate reasons for someone to withhold their real name on a public forum. Pseudonyms do not necessarily mask a nefarious hidden agenda.

Ask any woman who's been stalked, for example, if she feels like using her real name on a public forum. Or someone whose politics are the opposite of his boss's politics -- and his boss likes to Google his employees' names. Or someone with a prominent name like David Mullen's, who, unlike the generous David Mullen, isn't willing to deal with the extra pm's, job requests, etc. that will surely come.

However, there are very good reasons for declaring a forum a "real names" forum as well. It's a judgment call -- you'll lose some people with good reasons for posting pseudonymously, but you also lose those with bad reasons. Red's made the judgment call that the net quality of content on reduser will go up by eliminating pseudonyms. I can't say I know they're wrong.

 

[donatello b]

could you define "real names" ?

would be that birth certificate name, work/credit name, legal name,
name X-mate calls you , name we bought RED under, name on driver license ,
name on credit cards? name that can ge googled ? etc. etc. etc ??????

 

[Stephen Williams]

could you define "real names" ?

name we bought RED under??

Hi,

I like that LOL.

Stephen

 

[Johann V]

I think it would be nice if there was a "name"-field that only logged-in users could see. I don't like to be googleable by everyone, and I certainly don't want my online nickname and my real name linked for everybody to see.
What I don't mind is for people on the forums I write on to know it, though.

So – as I joined this forum just to be able to properly read the posts here anyway (at least for now) – if it will become mandatory to display your real name here I'd rather be deleted again... :sad:

Jojo

 

[Manfred Lopez]

I am one who worries about Google's power of recollection. A lot of potential clients google me and usually find articles on me and my work. I once made the mistake of typing out my name here and... bam... that was suddenly what came up in new searches. Right now I have my Variety article back as my number one search result under my name, and I'd like to keep it that way.

I really like the feeling of community here, but I feel that I couldn't post as freely as I'd like if I always have to worry that future clients are going to be reading about my questions on Red or whatever... It could give off the impression that I have no Idea what I'm doing. (Potential Client: "What? He's learning about Red and Epic from an Internet forum??? What an amateur!")

I therefore propose that we are allowed to attach our real names as an image like this:

Real Name:

So, Jarred, can you turn image linking on in the signature?

 

[jpp]

Red's made the judgment call that the net quality of content on reduser will go up by eliminating pseudonyms. I can't say I know they're wrong.

I'd pretty much agree, but would also note that Reduser is a favor the public does Red, not a favor Red does the public.

A real names policy is probably best on a professional site. But a commercial site like this one, with a singular focus on the products of one company, is likely to suffer in quality as a result. With this new policy, the company is demanding something of a loyalty oath, whether that was the intention or not. And not everyone is prepared to take that oath.

But it's a good reason to leave the Red obsession, purge reduser.net from one's bookmarks, and do some real work for a change. Camera obsessions are evil!

 

[chuck colburn]

This is all quite silly.

 

[Jonathan Smiles]

Real names is good thing on a professional forum.

Jarred please change my account to my name, thanks.

 

[Caesar]

So, isn't this a commercial site anymore?

 

[Jarred Land]

Heh heh.. well there is 8 hours of changing usernames that I will never get back

Jason is gonna take over so I can take a breather.. Send your name change request to him by clicking this link:

JASON RAMSEY

 

[Jarred Land]

So, isn't this a commercial site anymore?

not sure what you mean by that....

 

[Raul Gonzo]

I had no idea there were so many people registered.
Can anyone say how many people joined since the 13th?

 

[Caesar]

Dear Jarred,

Seems to me you shouldn't close your doors to outside.

I took the definition from there:

A real names policy is probably best on a professional site. But a commercial site like this one

You made dvxuser. You made reduser. Don't lose your market. Just a friendly advice from an older fellow.

Caesar

 

[Jason Ramsey]

We're not closing any doors. Just asking folks to be accountable for their words and to be willing to stand behind what they say with their real name.

There are only a few instances when a real name might not be warranted, and in those cases, we can deal with it on an individual basis.

Later,
Jason

 

[Gregory Karydis]

Jason better make a note about that and make it visible during registration.