Originally Posted by Armidillo
So is it best to totally ignore Aussie French cars, or join up (but not actually participate) and thus prevent misuse of "our" familiar user names.

It is better NOT to join.

Every added member, whether legitimate or not, adds to their site traffic, as does posting their link in here.

What a crazy thing to do, especially if you don't want a rival of any sort to get the better of you. (I realise the person who posted the link is not the owner of aussiefrogs, and possibly has no real interest in seeing aussiefrogs resurrected.)

How can you stop them using an alias? If they register "pugrambo" and the aussiefrogs pugrambo registers as "pugrambo_real" someone else can then register "pugrambo_fake" or whatever, and on and on you go.

The site will die without users.

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Are mlb, Pugrambo, Double Chevron et. al. concerned about someone else using "their" aliases - is this "real" identity theft, or just a bit of a laugh?

It certainly is not identity theft. An alias or nickname on a website is not a true identity. If no one else registers, the fake/stolen aliases will all die a natural death.

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On balance, I'd prefer not to register, as I don't know how safe it is to give these guys my email address etc. -

It's probably attempted site-loyalty theft. It's not a joke, or not one in good taste.

Cheers ;-)

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