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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
Using your real name on a public forum is fine... right up to the point where a couple of cyber-stalkers latch on to it and make thousands of posts in your name ... Use your own name with care. Being stalked is not fun.
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That’s a real downside of the Internet. People who aren’t ashamed of their words and believe in standing behind what they say naturally want to use their own names. As you point out, there can be a real danger in doing so.
I began using WT Sharpe for all my postings when I first decided to add my own page (
www.wtsharpe.com) to the WWW and discovered just how many other “Tom Sharpes” are out there. There are writers, a comedian, one musician who won the John Lennon Songwriting competition, and many more. I figured with WT Sharpe, I would be somewhat unique. Lately I’ve discovered there’s a young guitarist who posts his videos under that name at YouTube. That’s probably his name, as it is mine, and I wouldn’t mind – except for the Confederate Flag that seems to appear in all his videos.
Trust me, folks – that ain’t me!