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Posted: 3/3/2007 7:17:15 AM | | what about women who post a "thin" pic as their main attention getter but then as you browse through their pics they look larger and larger...anyone else experienced this? Also what about the cynical women and or men who put up pics of celebrities rather than their own...c'mon....they're not fooling anyone....do they think it's funny? I don't get it! | |
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Posted: 3/3/2007 8:09:30 PM | Yes!
and what is with posting pics from 10 years ago...
in my humble opinion..
DONT post pics that are more than 5 years old...cuz u probably do not look like that much anymore..
DONT post pics that are not you...think about this people...WHAT IS THE POINT??????? If we fall for you...it wont even be YOU! Personatlity as great as it is...or not...you'd be a liar  | |
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Posted: 5/8/2007 6:46:17 PM | | Eventually you meet.. Honesty is best | |
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Posted: 5/8/2007 10:30:40 PM | Yep, you will eventually meet and that's the first lie they've told you that you know about. I don't get it, you will see each other so why lie, it doesn't work, ever. I've been polite in the past but I don't think I will go that route again. I'll mention it from now on if the picture is way off. I've actually had one or two get mad at me because they lied. Oh well. Honesty is a beautiful thing.
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Posted: 5/8/2007 11:44:44 PM | Same thing happened to me. This guy I was friendly with (but not attracted to) IMed me for a week. Then a few weeks later some guy I never saw before is IMing me (I easily forget screen names)- so he seemed fishy, I kept it friendly, not too impressed with his hot pics (handsome can only get you so far)- eventually I noticed the pic changed to the other guy again- I told him he was a busted phony just before blocking him. THIS is why you have to require SEVERAL recent pics- just the way it is, and even then you have to rely on your instincts for the crafty players with more elaborate schemes! | |
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Joined: 11/3/2006
Msg: 206 | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 8:04:33 AM | | I find all hype about ‘fake’ pics a little ironic. As long as it’s not a picture of someone else entirely, isn’t it a matter of degree? Isn’t it equally deceptive to michelangelo your pics by presenting only your best side? Or to use exclusively face shots if you’ve got a two-axe handle backside? Or to hide your face with your hat or your hair? Or to mitigate your wrinkles by ‘softening’ the one close up headshot on your profile? How about the boudoir pics displaying your ONE good feature through the bedclothes and lacy lingerie? Or the glamour shot taken from an angle you don’t see IRL? Or the pic taken from so far away you couldn’t see the frankenstein scar on their forehead. I mean, really, who isn’t guilty of trying to present their best side and conceal their worst? (Other than we honest non-pic folk. Lol.) | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 9:05:23 AM |
I agree… I’ve heard stories from folks who have met people that didn’t look anything like their photo… Man… What goes through my mind when I hear that is, “what were they thinking? Did they actually believe that no one would notice?”
Well its not just a story. When I used another dating site a few years back I had three out of six people I met do that. Two of those three were clearly suffering from some form of mental illness and one admitted to being poorly medicated. Thankfully I met number seven who turned out to be my long-term gf for a couple good years, and still a good friend. So there are sensible ones out there if you can learn to weed out the strange. Welcome to life I guess.
But still - that experience is one of the reasons I dont see this as a dating site but just look at it as a social venture. Better to look at first dates as just meeting someone. If you invest a lot of emotional capital into someone who you have not met then you are setting yourself up for a fall.
As to the post about women posing as men, yeah my ex-gf and some other lady friends had run into that as well -- mostly on other websites. I gather with the explosion in bi women culture now days its a growing problem. They are not after naked pics per say, but are trying to pretend to be men just to be ****holes.. Strange people out there man. Someone clearly forgot to lock the door to the nuthouse.
BTW I have been on this site barely two weeks and already have had three women approach me with some pretty bizarre emails, even though I made it clear I am mainly here at this point to see what its all about, talk to people, read forums -- not "date" or go bed jumping. Even as a guy I find it a little odd and uncomfortable. Some folks clearly let their loneliness consume them -- and that is probably a good part of the problem.
But when you have people who are deprived of human company then you just get people who do some strange things in order garner attention. So be careful out there.
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Posted: 5/9/2007 11:32:14 AM | | I agree with you but the sad part is all of these people that talk about inner beautiful just to find out there soulmate that they've been talk to all this time doesn't have outer beauty. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 11:42:34 AM | The fake Pic Phenomenon...
LOL...
Altho it is not funny... it is certainly psychotic at best.
Why would anyone in their RIGHT mind play games like that?
Obviously they have no intent of meeting anyone... lol how could they?
I wonder how many people actually thought they were stood up ~ only to
be stalked a few feet away by the actual person...
It is creepy.
To say the least!
Get a life ! | |
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Joined: 4/25/2007
Msg: 210 | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 11:53:26 AM | | On other dating sites where people post ads instead of profiles, I could understand why some people would use fake pics. A woman can post an ad and state "no pic, no reply". Some of these websites have a lot of fake ads and spam. The man doesn't know if the ad is real, spam from some website, or a fake ad from a pic collector. If he doesn't reply with a pic on the initial email, she will ignore him. If he sends his real pic and the ad is from a pic collector, his pic could end up anywhere. So he figures that he has nothing to lose by sending a fake pic of himself. IMO a fake pic isn't any worse than a person who lies about anything else on their profile. Age, height, body type, having children or not, education level etc. Also a pic gives you a generally idea of what a person looks like. You can't always tell how attractive a person is from a few pics. Some people look better ( or worse ) in person that they do in a pic. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 11:59:50 AM | Hmm well I have been through that recently, and one was like oh yeah by the way I do not look the way I look in the photo anymore and then showed me a photo, and I said umm okay but with the dark shades LOL he did not have the same facial features as before. I also talked to him on the phone, there was no accent and when I met him in person all of a sudden he had a thick accent. It was beyond weird and yes he is is still on here with the fake ole picture. LOL. He lied too and said he was not a smoker when indeed he was.
Well it was a bit crazy and all but it just does not make any sense WHY people do that but I figure they have nothing else better to do and rather just mess with people which is cruel and I HIGHLY believe in karma.
Nothing like a welcome back to dating with a first date like that. 
I threw him back in the sea and I think a piranha got him, not so sure LOL and I keep fishing LOL.
Oh yes my pictures are real! I am actually interested in meeting someone kewl off of here if possible. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 12:26:18 PM | I agree with all the discussion here on fake pictures. How can you not get found out eventually? And then what? You become a liar and you are instantly dumped (and rightly so). So what's the point?
All my photos are fairly recent (within a year or so). I don't consider myself particularly handsome -- rather plain actually -- but that's what I look like. Apparently many women agree with me  . I also don't have many photos. I wish I had more, and better ones, but I don't.
I get mostly read/deleted or unread/deleted status to the few messages I send out. Oh well. While I'd prefer to get to know some of these women better, I can't force them. And what would be the point? If you aren't interested, you aren't interested.
Sadly, I've made some of the same decisions. I haven't returned messages simply because I saw no spark or interest. I usually regret not replying, but I guess I'm human, too. Regardless of what anyone says, there still needs to be chemistry.
I'd prefer to "win" on my personality. So get to know me if you'd like. Otherwise, Next!
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Joined: 11/9/2006
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Posted: 5/9/2007 12:45:05 PM |
I agree with all the discussion here on fake pictures. How can you not get found out eventually? And then what? You become a liar and you are instantly dumped (and rightly so). So what's the point?
I guess some people think they have nothing to lose. One date with a fake/outdated pic vs no dates with a real pic. I also noticed that some people can look good in one pic they have on their profile and less attractive in another. Also some people look like their 25 yrs old in one pic and 40 in another. | |
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Posted: 5/9/2007 2:26:32 PM | I'm not sure about people stealing photos and posting them on the net but who cares? I surely don't. If somebody I work with sees me here and says something then I would say "yeah, I date". Then ask what were they looking for when they visited?lol It doesn't bother me.
I just think it's a cop out to say I'm fearful that of all the beautiful people in the world they chose my picture.
I've learned the hard way. If they aren't posting pics they are hiding something. If not 100% of the time at least 95%. In my case it was 100% and even those that had pics were not accurate except for one.
It's just a new rule for me...no pics, no go. It was a hard lesson to learn but hey, knock yourself out. The odds are very, very low.
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Posted: 5/11/2007 12:59:26 PM | | I think I've run into all the pic scams on this site. Old pic's, touched up,airbrushed & my personal favs are "when they were skinny pic's"!!!! The best part are these people show up for the first coffee date & don't understand why your not into them. People,if you show up & you don't look anything like your pic,trust me. I'm gona make a comment or 2.Once again, its not going to be a kind one... | |
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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:21:09 PM | Well, there's my pet peeve which is NO PICTURE. I don't even bother to respond to those. I think it's sooo rude! I've exposed myself, they are looking at my pictures, I think it's only fair they expose themselves too...fair is fair!
Then I agree with you OP, I've seen the FAKE PICTURES and yes, I get irritated. For those I want to have them meet me at a gay bar (but not explaining that detail to them) and send a transvestite in my place, giggling at the practical joke. Except I have no time to do so....bummer.
The last is the old pictures. I have one of 10 years ago, one of 6 months ago and one of 5 months ago. My favorite picture is the one of 10 years ago which is the one I had most fun taking (it was girl's day at the beauty parlor and it was a great fantasy day...I felt like a million bucks!) The one of 6 months ago and 5 months ago were unsure and stressful times and the memories I associate with them are not as pleasant. So I think when people choose pictures of themselves, they may chose those pictures not just because they looked better but FELT better when the picture was taken and they had better memories associated with them.
Not too many people posting pictures of themselves attending a funeral no matter how good they looked ... yaknowwhatI mean?
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Posted: 5/11/2007 5:24:13 PM | By the way, I have a theory on the fake pictures and lies.
If they are not scammers...then they are m-a-r-r-i-e-d!  | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 4:29:42 AM | | Val.. Why post the beauty parlor pic of 10 years ago as your main one ?.. Ok you like it but that is no longer you.. the most recent pic should be the main pic | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 5:15:26 AM | | Yeah, I've heard you have to be careful, nowadays, it's best to ask for a video file of theirs since most cell phones have them and most people who have a part-time job have a cell phone. Pictures can be photoshopped nowadays. | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 7:06:57 AM | Val, your a beautiful woman, go out with the girls, have a spa day or something and take some photos - bet you'd have a great very current main pic that you'd be thrilled to show off.
As for fake pics - I had a guy email me the other day, Al Pacino was his main pic - his only pic. Like I wouldn't notice it was a screen shot - lol!
I've also seen James Bond - a very young Sean Connery.
Still waiting for Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones pics to show up. (Brad Pitt is nice but too young for me).
Also got an email the other day from a guy who looked really young in his main pic. He had other pics on his profile and I asked him who the other people were on his profile - turns out that the main pic was taken the summer after he graduated high school, the fatter, older, grey haired man in the picture was him five years ago, no recent ones of him now.
I have a hard time believeing a person doesn't have a recent photo of himself - if you don't have anyone to take the picture, ask your neighbor, talk to someone on here and ask them if they wouldn't mind meeting for coffee and to just take some profile pics of each other. (Yep I've been asked for that by a couple of guys).
But its just too easy to get a picture in some form of your current self online these days so why lie? | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 11:35:29 AM | | Simple "FAKE" pictures get reactions...If one is honest recent photos should be on the profile>>(recent being the last year or two) Of course if you have a "favourite" picture of yourself put it on too Happy Fishing | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 1:34:20 PM | | I met a guy on here and he is actually still on here. He is very attractive in his pic, but when I met him in person he was like a good 50 to 60 lbs bigger (if not more) in person than in his pic on here. I still found him cute, I was just taken back a little. I found him on my space and he has the pic he has on POF on there and more recent pics. So I wonder why he didn't put any recent pics up since he has some. It's deceptive and not cool at all. | |
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Posted: 6/5/2007 1:50:53 PM | | I was talking to a very nice gentleman for a long time from this site and I believe he was using fake pictures. He never would meet when he was in town nor would he send another picture of himself. His picture looked as though he was a model. I think some people just get their kicks from deceiving others. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2007 7:06:36 PM | | I dont see the use of posting fake pictures..it you ever intend on meeting the person. | |
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Posted: 7/4/2007 9:49:30 PM |
I've had a few guys post pics from magazines of some ripped ab monkey....they keep trying to IM me and ask me perverted stuff. They are very annoying, however, What i love though...is the guys that post 8 pictures of the same pose, same clothes, same everything! or the ones that do the "blue steel" look or the "pouty" or the "look at my man muscles" pose or the "serious" face. It's hilaroius, do you guys not realize you look ridiculous. Don't stop it though, because it makes me laugh every time!
LOL girls do the same thing. Sometimes theres 8 pics and they are doing "the kissy face" in all of them. LOL | |
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