Originally Posted by ratbastid

I don't know about that. Way back on the first page of this thread, I was interested. I went over there and tried to register, only to find that "ratbastid" was taken. I "hrmph"ed about that and haven't been back. Anything "ratbastid" has posted there wasn't me. And I haven't been there to see whether that user has posted anything or not.

I know the formal reputation system is self-contained over there. But can people's opinions and impressions from that site propagate back to TFP? Because I'm feeling somewhat the victim of an identity theft that happened before I set foot on that site.