[ChristinaR]

Lucky for me that when I search my name, not too much comes up. Most of the results are my published photos, as well as my team's 2008 animation submission!
However, I do have a lesson learned. Many years ago my high school was having a huge amount of financial difficulties- they cut art, gym, music, everything but the "core" classes. In response, I posted a brief, yet somewhat angry review of the school on a school review site. Even though others had done the same, it still reflects poorly on me when it shows up in Google results. One of these days I'll contact the site asking for its removal. Remember, kids- everything appears on Google!

As for username theft...I'm still not sure why it's a problem. If the username I want isn't available, I just pick another. I generally don't see myself gaining any sort of fame or familiarity by using just one alias, but maybe that's just me.