My Friday The 13th RANT and a Poll

Ok folks.

It started out great this morning. Got up, had my coffee, got some work done, came in here for a break and to jibber jabber a bit, and then I got a message from a fellow warrior.

This person had been informed that someone else (another warrior member) said that I had harassed them.

Now, first off, if you have a question or a concern about someone, make sure you verify your source before issuing statements about them.

I was extremely grateful this had been brought to my attention. I immediately contacted the support desk for advice on how to proceed. I have since resolved any speculation with that member that I am not the cause of their problem.

I was not in a position to just report this person - as I had no idea how they had arrived at the conclusion that I was the one doing the dirty work.

I come to find out that this person only thought it was me based on what they were told.

Someone told them that their name was avenuegirl and that they were a member of the warrior forum.

Now, this really ticks me off that someone is impersonating me.

What is really concerning is it could happen again to another random victim.

So, to begin with - if anyone is approached by anyone who is claiming to be a member of this forum you should contact them through the forum first to verify they are actually who they say they are.

Secondly, there is a TON of spam mail and email going around that will look like it is from a friend of yours but it is not. Just this past week I assisted another friend who had a gmail account, and some how someone had all of her contacts that were listed in her gmail account and managed to spam the whole lot of them. Her passwords had not been compromised, and we could not figure out how someone got all of the contacts information but they did.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Be careful of who you are dealing with on the web.

If you get some spam from a friend - don't immediately jump to conclusions.

So finally, I am wondering if I should change my user name to my real name - if it will make any kind of difference at this point. I also have a question - if my name changes will it change it on every post I have made on the forum?

What would you do?

Oh, and please do hit the poll, thanks.