I don't think the issue is really bitcointalk or reddit (where it would not be a big deal if I changed my name). The issue is with Twitter where I cannot change my existing handle (read my above comment on handle vs usernmame change rules), nor can I change my existing email address where I already have a lot of existing correspondence happening with potential merchants.

My goal is to help Monero not debate my Twitter handle.  If there is a clear consensus on the https://forum.getmonero.org/ thread I just started, then I will carefully consider the best course of action. There have been many examples already proving that I listen to community feedback. Look at my updated signature below. I now use my signature link to the fluffypony Bitcoinference speech instead of my Twitter feed.

For the record I can't recall anyone from the core team ever objecting to my Twitter handle. https://twitter.com/monerocurrency retweets me frequently. Lets stop pretending that there is some clear consensus that my Twitter handle is inappropriate and take the discussion here: https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2413/https-twitter-com-xmrpromotions-twitter-handle

I don't think there's any reason to change your usernames, XMRpromotions. For one thing, there is no official leadership of Monero that people can really appeal to - sure, there is the "core" development team, but that is a loose organization at best with only two (afaik) publicly known individuals, one of whom has gone on to start a business and has been basically inactive re: Monero for around one year (davidlatapie). For another thing, americanpegasus is (I believe) somewhat sanctioned if not a part of the aforementioned core team, and he says retarded shit all the fucking time. At least you are generally polite (afaik) and not preaching like Monero is the one true way to eternal salvation.

I appreciate your opinions (I posted some of them above so I could link back to them in one place from the getmonero forum). Because I don't want to derail this thread any more lets move here:

https://forum.getmonero.org/20/general-discussion/2413/https-twitter-com-xmrpromotions-twitter-handle

talk about biting the hand that feeds. Well, not feeds this time per se, but the hand that gives. Here we have a dude that took it upon himself to contribute in any way he can, and this.

Herding cats.

and jwinterms comment. priceless.

I could go through the effort to scroll through all of bitcointalk and find various official sounding bitcoin avatars, but I won't. I also doubt that Bitcoin Jesus got sanctioned by the bitcoin core devs.

some of drama's comments may be valid; i.e., I'm company X and xmrpromotions contact me, so that must be official.

Perhaps a solution is just for xmrpromotions to just include in his cold-emails "hey, im just a dude, monero's cool, and it works, so I do this"

None of this matters. Just simply set up a new account.


That's fine. Continue conversing with existing correspondence on the old accounts and engage new merchants with new accounts.


As above. You don't have to change the way you deal with anyone. Just use a new account from this point onwards. This really shouldn't be that complicated to explain.


No-one's suggesting you have. What's at issue here is to what extent you are perceived as being associated with Monero developers by the people you are contacting, and thus any auto-toxic consequences that this might have. I've spent many many years working within the sphere of PR and branding, with a pro-amateur interest in memetics, neurolinguistic programming and subliminal advertising. Right now, whether you realise it or not, you are engaging in a flawed autotoxic promotional strategy, and the possibility that this can be mistaken as the official voice of Monero is a weakness that the Monero core should take seriously.

This is something you are either aware of, in which case you're a very clever troll, or you're not aware of, in which case you're a very incompetent promoter.

The situation is further complicated by the fact that you're seemingly a "nice guy", which makes confrontation all the more harder. Perhaps people around here are a little too "wet behind the ears" to raise the issue, or maybe it's because we've been fighting obvious trolls for the past 18 months that makes confronting fellow Monero people all the more harder. Either way, IMO, the problem remains.


This is just simply not the case. It is easy to promote XMR in a renegade independent fashion without taking on the form of an official mouthpiece. I do it all the fucking time.


Again, you don't have to ask anyone to change anything.

Funny I read this just when I had this in my cart. LOL

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0SG3HA9036&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL110515&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL110515-_-EMC-110515-Index-_-FlashMemory-_-9SIA0SG3HA9036-S1A5C



IIRC you said you were setting up a image, could you do this with tails please?

Thanks smooth.  Incorporated that step last night and was compiling again and the damn internet connection went down for an hour.  Damn Time Warner Cable.  So by the time the connection was fixed on their end it was time for sleep.  Will try again tonight.  I was an hour into the compiling too.   

Well,
if i take a look at Monero it is pretty infantile and this goes hand in hand with it´s adoption. I am not aware of a continuous PR campain of Monero lead by the core team. I think, she/he does a great job and i honor her/his efforts to bring Monero to the publicity of the crypto world as i value the work done by the core team.
We are acting as a community here, and every member tries to do his best in what she/he is able to do so. As developers are joining the core DEV team, XMRpromotions is also joining the trustless team of enthusiasts as me for example. Maybe the core team wants to transfer XMRpromotions to the core team and let her/him do the promotion from her/his side in agreement of the whole trustless team/community.
In case of the naming and handle, well as long as the core team is fine with it, i am too and i we should asses the value of the promotion as it is. If someone disagrees hardly, we can discuss about this topic, but then we should find a consensus where someone else, elected by the team/community, does the proactive job of "marketing" Monero.

when will the testnet fork happen? what do i need to do if i run a testnet node?
i can mine with 0.8.8.6 too if you want 

See -> https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/3r9rev/updated_monero_windows_09_beta/cwmra0g

Also, if you want to join I suggest contacting either MoneroMooo or Fluffypony.