I am baffled.
I chose this username thinking I was safe.
But in this thread
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=71263
another me appears( with caps and an exclamation mark ), and the post that I made does not appear. What the hell is going on?
Scared, very scared.
Simply put, he’s not you. It’s just another poster, one who registered about 20 days before you did and promptly got himself banned for whatever reason. It’s nothing worth worrying about, IMO. However, if it bothers you that someone might mistake you for him, you can always ask TubaDiva to change your name for you.
The other person with the similar name is banned so you shouldn’t have any run-ins with him/her on the board. The fact that spacing and punctuation can distinguish usernames means this happens sometimes. Hopefully, no one will read any of the “other” person’s posts and think they are yours. If so, you can just explain that you two are not the same person.
Your post appears on page two of the thread, unaffected.
don’t ask,
A post of yours DOES appear, on the second page of the thread. Are you saying that there’s another post missing?
In any event, I wouldn’t worry about it. If you weren’t in good standing, or under suspicion, whatever, a moderator or administrator would have e-mailed you by now.