Online Impersonations: No Validation Required

Online Impersonations: No Validation Required
Dr. Neal Krawetz, 2007-04-20

Back when I lived in the Silicon Valley, there was an ongoing employment scam. Prospective employees would show up with perfect resumes and immediately get hired. It would not take long before it was clear that these people did not have the experience stated on their resumes. Within six months they would be fired. However, now they had six months of legitimate experience with real companies that they could reference. Their next jobs might not be as good or glamorous, but it would be much better than if they started with their real resumes.

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-20
Mr. Brown

Oh, the unexpected advantages of having a common name. And to think I resented having a common name as a child. I tried egosurfing once - it's amazing all the things I've accomplished inso many different fields....

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-22
Scarbrow (1 replies)

It's not true that in Wikipedia you shouldn't edit yourself the offending article. The procedure for handling disputes and abuse is exactly for that:disputes that cannot be solved by goodwill. Citing from Wikipedia: "Intentional vandalism can be reported and corrected by anyone." And false claimings...

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Re: Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-23
Dr. Neal Krawetz

Yes and no...

While innocent mistakes on Wikipedia should be edited and corrected, major inaccuracies should be discussed. This is particularly true if the article is about you.

Consider all of the government people who edited the President's profile. Or all of the senators. "Accuracy" and ...

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-23
Anonymous

Great article. Another celebrity who was the victim of impersonation on MySpace is the musical artist Poe: http://realpoe.com/...

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-23
Mr. X

There is a distinct problem with claiming impersonation, and that is the lack of unique names.

Just because I object to the posints of Mr. X the militant racist neo-nazi and with the position of Mr. X the homosexual necro-pedophile doe not mean I can just go and censor them willy nilly.

As a s...

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-04-28
Ichinin

Not all of it is mallicious, some of it is incidental.

Even if you go over your head to try to find a unique name, other people will do the same.

I choosed "Ichi-nin" after the movie "Go-nin" as an alias. I did some searches to make sure noone used it. A few years later, i found some other per...

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Online Impersonations: No Validation Required 2007-06-05
LPainter

I am the victim of malicious impersonation antogonized, if not initiated by, an Ex claiming stalking & DV legal action. It's extremely frustrating and I feel absolutely helpless. Given the nature of the Ex's background, I have no doubt that this intential infliction of emotional distress is purely...

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