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Morningstar Discussions Chaos

yogibearbullyogibearbull
in Other Investing
Some here may also have active Morningstar accounts. They may lurk there once in a while, or access M* Legacy Portfolio or M* Portfolio.

Suddenly, M* Discussions is showing real names, not typical userIDs or handles. In case you have forgotten who you are, just login to M*.

Issue has been reported, but damage may be done already.

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  • WABACWABAC
    I never spent much time there. Can't remember if I ever posted there. But good job on the heads up. Thank you.
  • BenWPBenWP
    @yogibearbull: thanks for that lead on finding out who I am—just log in to M*
  • BaluBalu
    edited December 12
    I have been questioning M* stock price for a while based on its business practices (or the lack thereof) but the faithful here have been making excuses for M* (just as they did for years for Vanguard). So, I suspect M* popularity will not be dented by the latest incident.

    Thanks for the heads up though.
  • hank
    I’ve been forgetting who I am ever since I turned 75. Maybe I’ll take a look.

    Thanks for the heads-up Yogi. I don’t post or read financial discussion boards anywhere else. Something similar happened at Amazon years ago where real names became attached to the product reviews. By going into profile settings it was possible to re-set things and revert back to the user names.
  • yogibearbullyogibearbull
    @hank, I remember that very much. I have done a few Amazon reviews. When I did one for a book by a colleague, I thought I would do it as real-me. To my horror, I found that all of my Amazon reviews then turned into real-me. I waited a month or so and reverted back to web-me (always YBB or yogibearbull that may be better known than real-me).
  • Old_JoeOld_Joe
    @BenWP said: "thanks for that lead on finding out who I am—just log in to M*"

    Yes- that's a lot cheaper than therapy!
  • CrashCrash
    Just double checked my profile at M*. ... It's not been disturbed. Glad to see I'm still Gork Zork.
  • yogibearbullyogibearbull
    @Crash, no kidding!
  • CrashCrash
    yogibearbull said:

    @Crash, no kidding!

    Whenever and wherever I can do it, I use fiction. After attempting, several years ago, to log-into Facebook from Canada, I was locked out--- presumably because I did it from Canada. Nothing else had changed. So, I created a new profile. But the Zuck's worthless, stinking, putrid bots saw and connected the dots.You're allowed only one profile.

    The solution? An ENTIRELY fictional profile and account. Name = Stick Merflotchky. And he lives in Beirut. I simply notified my contacts and gradually got them onboard. And the ZUCK doesn't seem to mind at all. So much for ACTUAL security. Jayzuz.
  • WABACWABAC
    Old_Joe said:

    @BenWP said: "thanks for that lead on finding out who I am—just log in to M*"

    Yes- that's a lot cheaper than therapy!

    ROFLMAO
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