- Jun 17, 2001
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Since my anonymity is blown anyway, here's the full story
ref link: http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...hreadid=804614&start=0
I've seen it happen on ATOT, internet sleuths go digging and post personal info/other info that you don't want posted online for the public to see. So as you may/may not know, I went by NeuroSynapsis everywhere, including eBay. Recently I was kinda concerned, so I changed my AT name -> Ns1. My FW name remained the same. My eBay name also changed slightly.
Fast forward. So I guess I was too opinionated on FW and this doucher goes digging. He finds my eBay username and posts for all to see. I am not pleased. I don't know how he found it and that's pretty irrelevant at this point. This matters to me because I don't want any vindictive assholes bidding on my auctions and not paying, or otherwise messing with my auctions. My opinions should be separated from my business.
So WTF do I do now? I got a high feedback mint eBay account I'd rather not lose, but if it comes down to it I figure I can rebuild a similar account in 3 months. It's not TOO bad of an idea because one of my detailed seller ratings is kinda low (4.4) and I think I can do better. But at the same time, it seems like a big waste to me =(
My options would be...
- Lay low on eBay for a while, change up ALL contact into to my business
- Start another eBay username in the name of my business, with entirely different contact info
- Do nothing
Cliffs:
- Info I don't want to be posted gets posted
- Am I overly concerned, should I change info, or should I start anew?
//edit
So in my extreme paranoia, I am going to create an internet persona and a RL persona. All my internet BS will use one handle (probably ns1 still), go to a specific email account, google searches, mailing address, domain registar, etc. My RL persona is going to be WAY different with absolutely nothing in common. New email addy's, domain's registered under my business name, real or business address, etc, etc, etc. FTS, I feel violated.
ref link: http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...hreadid=804614&start=0
I've seen it happen on ATOT, internet sleuths go digging and post personal info/other info that you don't want posted online for the public to see. So as you may/may not know, I went by NeuroSynapsis everywhere, including eBay. Recently I was kinda concerned, so I changed my AT name -> Ns1. My FW name remained the same. My eBay name also changed slightly.
Fast forward. So I guess I was too opinionated on FW and this doucher goes digging. He finds my eBay username and posts for all to see. I am not pleased. I don't know how he found it and that's pretty irrelevant at this point. This matters to me because I don't want any vindictive assholes bidding on my auctions and not paying, or otherwise messing with my auctions. My opinions should be separated from my business.
So WTF do I do now? I got a high feedback mint eBay account I'd rather not lose, but if it comes down to it I figure I can rebuild a similar account in 3 months. It's not TOO bad of an idea because one of my detailed seller ratings is kinda low (4.4) and I think I can do better. But at the same time, it seems like a big waste to me =(
My options would be...
- Lay low on eBay for a while, change up ALL contact into to my business
- Start another eBay username in the name of my business, with entirely different contact info
- Do nothing
Cliffs:
- Info I don't want to be posted gets posted
- Am I overly concerned, should I change info, or should I start anew?
//edit
So in my extreme paranoia, I am going to create an internet persona and a RL persona. All my internet BS will use one handle (probably ns1 still), go to a specific email account, google searches, mailing address, domain registar, etc. My RL persona is going to be WAY different with absolutely nothing in common. New email addy's, domain's registered under my business name, real or business address, etc, etc, etc. FTS, I feel violated.
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