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Quick Questions regarding "model name"...
I am new to this site and up until now have been just using my name as the title to my Portfolio. I was recently told that using my real name may not be a good idea, so I went to change it and can't figure out how to do so. First question: Should I have a "model name" that is not my real one? Second question: How do I change my name if I do want to change it? May 12 06 06:48 pm Link why not use real name... im using mine? iv been using it on this site for almosta year May 12 06 06:52 pm Link Large numbers of models, but not all, use model names. As for your second question, you might click on "info" and then "contact-a-mod" and ask them your question. Or you might do a search for a thread on that subject in the Site-Related forum. May 12 06 07:02 pm Link I use my real name, and the boogey man hasn't come to get me yet. May 12 06 08:12 pm Link Nemi wrote: That is because your kung-fu is strong. May 12 06 08:14 pm Link Mikel Featherston wrote: Ya Damn straight it is...I told a perfect stranger in a mall today that I am a ninja. May 12 06 09:52 pm Link Nemi wrote: Hmmm...are you paid-up on your Ninja dues? May 12 06 09:55 pm Link While there's nothing wrong with using a real name, it could turn around and hurt you. Nowadays it's outrageously easy to instantly get extremely personal information about anyone, usually within a few minutes and at no charge. Stalkers and predators are becoming experts on obtaining the information about their victims. The less personal information that's divulged, the more difficult it is for the predator to find you. No reason for you to make it easy for 'em. While most people don't get bothered by online predators, the people that say they've had problems with predators also feel that it's a nightmare to go through, and the problem is growing more rampant every day as more and more jurisdictions put information on public display that you may have THOUGHT was private. May 12 06 10:03 pm Link Seth wrote: Today: May 12 06 10:11 pm Link Nemi wrote: I'm calling bullshit on this story. Who would be caught dead in a Johnny Rockets? May 12 06 10:13 pm Link lmao. Well, you just drew a lot of attention to the fact that you are using your real name when everyone might have assumed it was an alias. Run! Here comes the stalkers!! May 12 06 10:14 pm Link Envy wrote: My Ex wanted a shake & mr.pibb. You can't get mr.pibb anywhere else in NY. I should have let him wear it. May 12 06 10:16 pm Link Envy wrote: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines have JRs on all of their newer ships. So the answer would be... someone cruising the Caribbean (like, um, me, later this year - best way to shoot in the Caribbean, cruising is. You can shoot on the ship, and every port of call, and models have this habit of shooting for free when their cruise is paid-for. Go figure. Silly models. But I digress. Badly.) May 12 06 10:18 pm Link There are several ways to look at it. For security - if you are careful with other contact information, it shouldn't be a problem. But if someone's has $10-$30 and is determined, with a name and a city, they can find an address & phone number. If you do something you don't want attached to your real name later, that could be a problem. Now with employers trolling MySpace and the web - you've heard about stewardess getting fired because employer found pictures of her posing cute in uniform with a few buttons open. Or you marry a congressman 5 years later. There a different name may not help much. As I said in another post, there are problems when you have too odd a name and nothing else. We have to address e-mails to "smiley" or "2cute4u", or in one case, a model listed agency's to contact her but didn't list a real name. I can't imagine calling an reputable agency and asking to book "hot2trot" next Tuesday. Please at least be consistent. I had one model contact me on another site named "Tyelen" she contacted me on this site as "Crystal". She tried to convince me the other person couldn't be her (same photos). What was she running from? (names have been changed to protect the guilty) May 12 06 10:37 pm Link Nemi wrote: What's a mall? May 12 06 10:46 pm Link I use a model name mainly because mine is so vanilla, and I had issues with an ex-boyfriend that I would prefer not tracking me down... Plus, my name's got a story behind it :-) May 12 06 10:56 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: This place where guys with blowouts and girls with orange skin hang out. May 13 06 12:34 am Link |
