My last blog post (from a significantly long time ago, my apologies) was in regards to the Facebook name police. Well, guess who got nailed by those COMPLETE ASSHOLES?
If you guessed me, you'd be right. I went back and forth with them with emails asking for some empathy as to why I might want to use my stage name. All of my pleas fell on deaf ears. I received ZERO answers to my actual questions and overall urgency for assistance. Instead, I was sent stock emails that were neither helpful or friendly.
So, in the end, I lost my profile which I had been cultivating for YEARS. Pictures, correspondence, friends, groups, memories...all gone. I have since started over but I have a long road to travel to get anywhere close to what I had before.
Word to the other Burlesque/Drag/Theater/Dance performers who use a pseudonym:
- Pay for a DBA (Doing Business As) or whatever your state equivalency is
- Make your own ID badge with a picture, that stage name, your date of birth
- Have some kind of mail sent to whatever address you would like under your performance name
- Consider opening a bank account (after your DBA has been achieved) so you regularly receive mail under that name
These are all steps I'm taking to ensure I don't run into this problem again. It just sucks that Big Brother can't keep their damn hands off of anything these days!
Keep following along...I promise to post more frequently. I haven't decided the direction I'd like to take with this quite yet but you can jump on the wagon and figure it out with me! I'm even up for requests...leave a comment below and ask me a question, pose a topic, etc. and maybe you'll see that as my next post.
As always,
Love and Sparkles,
Hussy
If you guessed me, you'd be right. I went back and forth with them with emails asking for some empathy as to why I might want to use my stage name. All of my pleas fell on deaf ears. I received ZERO answers to my actual questions and overall urgency for assistance. Instead, I was sent stock emails that were neither helpful or friendly.
So, in the end, I lost my profile which I had been cultivating for YEARS. Pictures, correspondence, friends, groups, memories...all gone. I have since started over but I have a long road to travel to get anywhere close to what I had before.
Word to the other Burlesque/Drag/Theater/Dance performers who use a pseudonym:
- Pay for a DBA (Doing Business As) or whatever your state equivalency is
- Make your own ID badge with a picture, that stage name, your date of birth
- Have some kind of mail sent to whatever address you would like under your performance name
- Consider opening a bank account (after your DBA has been achieved) so you regularly receive mail under that name
These are all steps I'm taking to ensure I don't run into this problem again. It just sucks that Big Brother can't keep their damn hands off of anything these days!
Keep following along...I promise to post more frequently. I haven't decided the direction I'd like to take with this quite yet but you can jump on the wagon and figure it out with me! I'm even up for requests...leave a comment below and ask me a question, pose a topic, etc. and maybe you'll see that as my next post.
As always,
Love and Sparkles,
Hussy