• Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    There are many sites I signed up for where I signed up as the same name someone else had on another site, for example I signed up as ItsJustAFleshWoundCharlieBrown on Jstor (you know, that university site) and the ItsJustAFleshWoundCharlieBrown from Google Plus (ah I remember that place) filed several complaints. They insist it’s impersonation as well as infringement but a name is just a part of the registry process, it’s not like I’m their carbon copy. Names are like a game of musical chairs, I cannot complain when my chair is taken and for that reason neither can anyone else, but they always do.