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Real names

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fde101 said:
So in a week, we just lose the ability to post here, correct?
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Those of us who need a degree of privacy, yes.

Personally, I will have to leave here for 3 reasons.

1. My surname is fairly rare. In combination with my first name, I am the only one in my country!

2. It would be very awkward if my neighbours knew that I had a camera which cost more than their annual income.

3. A crazy guy has made death threats to myself and 2 colleagues. It is serious enough that the police are trying to find him. I don't want him picking up any info on me.


But for people with fairly common names, or who live in secure communities or "well off" neighbourhoods, then it is not a problem.
 
The Third Man said:
What about my real name???!!!

I sent my request by PM week(s) ago.

Regards
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couldn't have been weeks ago, b/c I'm not that far behind... :)

There are like 14,000 members... I could stay caught up, but then I wouldn't get anything else done... I'm getting there, just bare with me.

If you pm'd me your name request, I likely got it, but may not have gotten to it yet... I've got about 100 more to do right now to be current... of course, by the time I get there, I won't be current anymore :)

EDITED TO ADD: I don't see you in my inbox, Sanjin. Pm your real name request to me if you don't mind/or haven't already.

Later,
Jason
 
Jarred Land said:
thats the point mezmo ... i dont want your garbage posted here either, real name or not.
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That's fine in theory, but web-searchable opinions are poison in the world of film finance, and reduser is regarded (however unfairly) as a fanboy retreat, not an unbiased professional forum most filmmakers would want to link their names to forever, thanks to google.

Which is probably why not a single semi-established feature director has ever posted here under a real name (at least, not that I know of), out of the 100s who debut at major festivals every year, including some who must have shot Red features by now. And yet not a word from them here.

So when this commercial-purposed site with a reputation for fanaticism demands real names, but can be read and searched by anyone, it's asking a lot of the membership, and I'm not sure on what basis it's presuming to ask.

But the site numbers seem to be larger than ever, so what do I know. Anyway, probably time to move on.
 
I proposed a long while back to make a forum section for real names only, which everyone can read, but only real names can reply.

That would not hinder anybody with a personal interest of being anonymous to use the forum, and those could still post in an open section then IMHO.

I do not know if such thing is feasible with the forum software existing, but from my personal stand point it would cool down many discussions.

Jim left the forum more than one time for things popping up at him without a real name or face. I guess he can deal with any kind of critics (can he? can RED?) as long as he can face the one and - with all respect - categorize the critics based on that.

And I know far more poeple than Jim being annoyed from many others and leaving for most of their time. I am not free of being guilty here, I know that, but thats why I can say that.

I was here without always with my true name. I am on the net since the web exists with my real name.

Maybe thats not clever in some poeple point of view. My post box is full of SPAM too. I have my email adress since the beginning. I have an ICQ number with early 6 digits...

Do I need to alter my ego now?
Do I need to change my email address, just because its full of SPAM?
Do I need to hide?
Why should I?

Come on, would you change your flat because your post box is full of ad paper?

Not really...

I stay here, I stay the same. I face it. You can face me.
I don't really trust people that hide themselves. They will hardly get the same respect. I know many poeple around with whom I may have "disagreements" - but I do respect them.

But I do respect when someone says "I can not share my real name here for serious reasons". But they need to understand that then they will be classified differently by other poeple around. Thats not a bad attitude, but it simply takes place, all the time.

I do find that poeple who write under their real name usually deal more respectfully with others - because everyone can see what "THEY" write. They have a face, they have a face they can loose. Do I know if a discussion of three anonymous poeple is real? Maybe its a multiple personality writing with him/herselfs - or someone trying to make "influence".

I really appreciate that change. I think its for the better.

Axel
 
jpp said:
That's fine in theory, but web-searchable opinions are poison in the world of film finance, and reduser is regarded (however unfairly) as a fanboy retreat, not an unbiased professional forum most filmmakers would want to link their names to forever, thanks to google.

Which is probably why not a single semi-established feature director has ever posted here under a real name (at least, not that I know of), out of the 100s who debut at major festivals every year, including some who must have shot Red features by now. And yet not a word from them here.

So when this commercial-purposed site with a reputation for fanaticism demands real names, but can be read and searched by anyone, it's asking a lot of the membership, and I'm not sure on what basis it's presuming to ask.

But the site numbers seem to be larger than ever, so what do I know. Anyway, probably time to move on.
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It's hard to argue with that.
 
for those concerned about privacy.. you can use one initial..... Like J. Walker. Or Jesse W....
 
do i have to adjust anything in my user profile or settings?

cheers, no problem w the names thing.

rock on red.
 
Thanks Grey Mog. You can PM Jason Ramsey to change your username.
 
AntonyCASAFilms said:
Those of us who need a degree of privacy, yes.

Personally, I will have to leave here for 3 reasons.

1. My surname is fairly rare. In combination with my first name, I am the only one in my country!

2. It would be very awkward if my neighbours knew that I had a camera which cost more than their annual income.

3. A crazy guy has made death threats to myself and 2 colleagues. It is serious enough that the police are trying to find him. I don't want him picking up any info on me.


But for people with fairly common names, or who live in secure communities or "well off" neighbourhoods, then it is not a problem.
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If your name is, let's suppose, Josh Brolin, why not just put Josh B.

That's a fairly easy way to solve your problem, just explain in your PM.

:matrix:

Ah, and if a psycho really wanted to kidnap you or whatever, it's not like he couldn't run a check using your company (website listed on your sig) information.
 
Jarred Land said:
thats the point mezmo ( you have a week to change your name btw ) ... i dont want your garbage posted here either, real name or not.
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Not a problem Mr Land, I'm taking the Mezmo garbage and moving on.
Consider this my last post. The next time we meet, it will be face to face
and I'll be using my real name.
Mezmo
 
mezmo said:
Not a problem Mr Land, I'm taking the Mezmo garbage and moving on.
Consider this my last post. The next time we meet, it will be face to face
and I'll be using my real name.
Mezmo
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I've always used my real name on forums,and I welcome the change here.
I sometimes talk a load of garbage,but it's my garbage and I'm quite happy to take the consequences of it and argue my point openly.
"face to face" ,I read somewhere that Jarred is 6'7'',I'd need to bring a step ladder,hehe.
Tom.
 
My screenname has more of a reputation than my real name does; my real name is extremely common. So I'm actually "putting my money where my mouth is" far more by posting under this SN than I will be with just using my real name.

Can we use professional nicknames within the real names? If Mark "Crash" McCreery wanted to post here, would he get to go by that? Could I be Michael "Dorkman" Scott by the same logic?
 
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