Have You Ever Stumbled On Your Mylot Alter Ego?

Canada
May 15, 2007 8:33am CST
I was replying to a discussion today, then I glanced on the related discussions at the bottom of the page. I was surprised to see that one of those discussions was started by "myself" and I do not remember starting such discussion. Actually, the avatar beside the discussion's title was similar to mine, but the discussion was started my another member. So, now I know that there is at least another member (msplash9) who is also using the same Keanu Reeves avatar as myself. Have you ever stumbled on another Mylot member who is using the same avatar as yours? How did you feel about it?
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
15 May 07
My Avatar can't be copied, but if someone will do it, I would ask or that person to be removed from mylot for copied my photo... I would never use any celebrities as my Avatar….if I run out of any ideas I wouldn’t like to use my face…I would use picture of my own hands…my cat, my dog….or anything that shows my personality….
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
15 May 07
If you place your own picture...mean your own face...and someone copy it and use it as his own Avatar...that's rude and you can report it. If you place not your own face, but you are the photographer, you have copy rights for that picture...and still you can report it.... Hope I made it clear...you cannot claim picture of any celebrities as your own...:)
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23 May 07
But naything you submit to myLot become the property of myLot including all photographs.
• Canada
15 May 07
That is interesting. I did not know that avatars are copyrighted. Is copying an avatar would result in the copying member to be banned from Mylot? That is a good question.
@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
15 May 07
I haven't yet. When I was using just one picture as my avatar, I suppose it was possible that someone else would have chosen that picture. However, since I combined these three into a gif animation myself, I would assume someone else using it would have stolen it from me directly. Come to think of it, in all my time online I've never seen anyone using the same avatar as me on any forum. I guess I must just have strange taste or something.
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• Canada
15 May 07
Yes, I think it will be hard to find an avatar that looks exactly like yours since you made it yourself. I downloaded mine from the internet, so it is not surprising to find another member with the same avatar, after all.
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
15 May 07
*nods* The individual pictures from mine are downloaded from the net, I just put them together myself. The characters is from an anime called Fruits Basket, and she isn't the main character, so I would assume interest in her isn't that common. Come to think of it, Fruits Basket isn't even one of the most popular anime I've seen. So I guess I'm pretty safe. =p
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@melanie652 (2524)
• United States
19 May 07
No, I've never come across anyone else using my avatar or even one similar. If I did, I'd know they copied my avatar because it's a photo I took myself. It's an original photo and one of a kind.
@andak2007 (3229)
• Philippines
23 May 07
Funny you found your twin brother.LOL! This never happened to me before because i use my own avatar or if not i use pictures of my kids as avatar...maybe someday when i get famous someone might steal my own picture and use it as their avatar.LOL!
• Canada
24 May 07
As a matter of fact, I saw the mylot alter ego of one of my mylot friends, and I admit that it was quite confusing.
• Canada
17 May 07
Your avatar is sexy
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• Canada
18 May 07
That is kind to say that, thank you JulieSkyRock. Yourself, you seem to be very fond of flowers :)
• India
16 May 07
Thankfully, I have not seen my avatar anywhere else.
• Canada
17 May 07
I have the impression that I am the only one who met my alter ego here!