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For my main cam name, I asked two of my closest guy friends. They both picked the same name for me (for different reasons) but I took it as a sign. The name actually has significance (it has a historical meaning, which is why one friend chose it, and it has a mythological background, which is why the other friend chose it).
For almost all of the other names I go by, I spent forever thinking about names that mean something to me. One is based on a favourite poem, for example.
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Yep that is how I feel. I can't just have any name like "sexystripper" because it's like so blah. I want something that mean something to me.
But it's just SO hard thinking of a good name.
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Girl, don't start over. That will be a lot of unnecessary work, and it would be letting the asshole haters win.
What kind of comments are these? You realize you can block users/IPs and use other plugins/filters to filter out a lot of the bullshit comments right? What blog service do you use?
You can also filter email addresses so anything coming from them will go right to your trash or spam so you don't have to see it. If someone sends you hate mail once, you never have to see it from that address again.
You can also report them for harassing to whatever email service they use and get their accounts deleted. If one person is possibly sending you a lot of hate crap from multiple accounts, reporting their nasty emails can help put a stop to it. I have done this when someone was sending me a lot of hate - his/her account was deleted from the email service and I never received another nasty message from that person.
I'd rather help you filter out the bullshit (which isn't difficult at all) than start all over from scratch.
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1> My cam name is a play on words. I looked up the meaning of my first name and surname, then took out the thesaurus and came up with related words... then found names similar to those.
2> Delete all the BS from your current identity, post that you are 'starting over... new season, new mind frame' and tell your fans you'll be online with tons of things planned, so keep an eye out. Make a big deal of it as though you're doing it just to have fun. Any BS, delete and ignore.
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i second NOT starting over. if you've been building your brand for 5 years, having haters just means you're doing a good job at that! people will always hate. i'm sure you have a following too so just focus on them. :)
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I picked mine for significance that is tied to my husband. I also googled different variations to make sure that it would be my site that pulled up and not someone else's FB or whatever.
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For mine.. uhm.. I picked a letter I liked.
Surfed the internet on baby name sites.
Find a couple names.
Found variations of those names.
Picked one of the variations.
Came up with a different spelling of it.
And thus-
Brilynne was born!I tell fans it's my real name/middle name tho so Shhhh..! lmao
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Hey Girls, Thanks replying and all your support. I decided on keeping my name.
I won't let my stupid hater/s win. It is probably a very weird fan who wants to see me on cam but can't because I have been offline for a while.
SupaByoch: I use Blogger, I tried to edit it so that I could moderate my comments but I could not find how to do it. :(
I hardly get many email's or maybe I do but I don't check them. This weirdo emailed me under another name ( I know it was him/her through the style of writing) and I don't know how to report them.
I must have told this person at one point in time that I live in a certain place (fake) and they belived me. So now in their comments or emails he/she says things to freak me out like... See you in (my fake town).
Now I would be totally freaked out if I actually did live their because it seems like he is trying to stalk me online and I have heard weird things with cam girls and stalkers. :(
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TCG- on Blogger go to settings, comments, and the scroll down to moderate and select always. This will allow you to approve comments before they can be seen by anyone else. Sorry you're having to deal with a crazy custy.
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Thank you ElianaIsis. I will edit that now.
Thanks again everyone for making me feel better about the situation. I will take GlitteryGoddess advice and make a big deal about starting again, but with a new name. Plus I will try and ignore the hater, I guess if I ignore him/her they will get bored. :)
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You know, it's really not an either/or thing.
You can keep your name but also create a new one to play with when you want a change. Maybe even wear a wig and make a whole new appearance as a different person. You'd be surprised how different you can make yourself look with a bit of makeup and different colors/clothing. It also can be really really fun to step into a different persona ;)
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That does sound fun, I'm going to look on Ebay for a clip in fridge/bangs :) I think that will change my look quite a bit.
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one of them I chose because it's a beautiful name with a backstory that ultimately ends with 'and it all happened because no one listened to me', and a Quenya last name (because I am a nerd)
Another time I did what GlitteryGoddess did and now I'm not even sure which of the two I prefer! So I just use my penname -indecisive-