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 indigoeyes

Joined: 8/26/2006
Msg: 101
It can happen to men too - no photo should mean no date !!
Posted: 4/6/2007 4:34:16 PM
I am a non photo profile person. It has been my experience that I get far less email to weed through, which is perfectly ok with me. Those men who have been brave enough to send me an email get a photo if I feel like we can develop some sort of connection. If I don't feel like we have enough in common or I get the impression that they didn't really read my profile, I am not sending a photo. It is not my intention to waste my time or his.

I respond to all emails in an honest and straight forward way. I have met one gentleman who I initiated contact with and one who initiated contact with me. Both have been positive experiences.

Pictures can be deceptive too, either way when meeting we each are taking a risk.
 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 102
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Posted: 4/6/2007 6:40:06 PM
"I certainly never took it as they expected me to give up him for them"

Well, I was trying to be nice. She said plenty of things that didn't leave me with a good impression, but I wouldn't state them and THEN put a name with it. And like I said I noticed contradictions in her, so it didn't bother me at all.
I was only using that as an example to point how comments about other fishies can be a negative. It worked.

Regards,
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 Daisy Killer

Joined: 1/12/2007
Msg: 103
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Posted: 4/6/2007 7:30:33 PM
I am thinking that most people do not look much like their profile pics. It is not because they are liars, it has to do with one-dimensional paper versus reality. If you are terribly dissappointed and heart broken after meeting in person someone you thought you might like after emailing pics back and forth, it is not that persons' fault, it is your own. You have formed in your mind a person that doesn't exist. The longer you go on forming a relationship with this person you have created in your mind, the more angry you will be when they turn out to be not that person. Of course you will blame that person, when you should be blaming yourself! I will continue to meet people with or without profile pics, either is just as likely to be a dissappointing loser with a heart of gold, or a charming, gorgeous homicidal maniac.
 TxTori42

Joined: 12/2/2006
Msg: 104
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Posted: 4/7/2007 5:45:15 AM
The last person i met online with a pic actually looked much better than his pics. If people use that as the magnet and turn people down because of it in some cases you lose pic or no pic.

I am still at a loss about the talking negative about a fish? I don't understand what worked? I just prefer to think positive about most. I would only warn someone if I felt like that person would do harm or hurt another fortunately for me I haven't met anyone like that. I believe thought that you can report them to the moderator but they can come back with another name so what can you really do? We all meet people online and in real life that are deceptive that is why you date for a little while to figure it out.

I know I had this flaw when I started dating again I hated to break it off with men I felt that I didn't want to hurt anyones feelings so I picked up in conversations what his turn offs were and on occasion I would pretend that so they would break up with me. I thought no harm right. Well later I found that it was nicer to just tell the truth and be honest. Since then I have found some of my male friends do the same thing. Sometimes this can explain the inconsitancies in people. But go with your instincts at all time.
 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 105
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Posted: 4/7/2007 5:36:14 PM
"I am thinking that most people do not look much like their profile pics. It is not because they are liars, it has to do with one-dimensional paper versus reality. If you are terribly dissappointed and heart broken after meeting in person someone you thought you might like after emailing pics back and forth, it is not that persons' fault, it is your own."

I can't let this one go, sorry.

1) A woman (not on POF btw) uses a photo of her daughter for her own profile?
And tries to laugh it off as a funny joke.
2) Someone uses a photo that's 20 yrs old?
3) Someone uses a photo program and colors out the gray and then shows up completely gray.

You wouldn't consider them liars ?

Regards,
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 indigoeyes

Joined: 8/26/2006
Msg: 106
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Posted: 4/7/2007 5:49:28 PM

1) A woman (not on POF btw) uses a photo of her daughter for her own profile?
And tries to laugh it off as a funny joke.
2) Someone uses a photo that's 20 yrs old?
3) Someone uses a photo program and colors out the gray and then shows up completely gray.

You wouldn't consider them liars ?


Hell yeah...they are liars. Any man who did the same thing would be too.
 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 107
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Posted: 4/7/2007 6:02:45 PM
"I am still at a loss about the talking negative about a fish? I don't understand what worked? "

Txtori - Please don't think I'm purposely picking on you, Hell, I don't even know you lol.

I'm not trying to cause trouble, but I am adamant about how comments can be taken differently. A comment may seem fine, not-so-bad or terrible depending on lots of things and on the person reading it.

I made a comment based on a situation, without going into detail. You weren't there to hear exactly what was said. Here are the exact words; "I'm sorry, I expect to be number one in a man's life. You have a kid that will always come first, that's not for me."
If she was trying to be nice, I feel she would have used a better choice of words and a different tone in her voice. Too bad the internet can't re-create voice tone
I purposely para-phrased her words rather than quoting her. You took the comment (made to me) as a way of being nice, which is OK. But in actuallity it wasn't very nice.

I spoke with a buddy who's also a fishy, he also went out with this gal. His words were "She was arrogant and full of herself".

I can't imagine posting a negative comment about a particular fishy. Although "Arrogant and full of herself" (IMO) is accurate, I can't see anything positive coming from it. It just doesn't seem worth it.
I don't seen her on here, so I assume she jumped out of the pond.

Regards,

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 el.metaleiro

Joined: 10/18/2006
Msg: 108
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Posted: 4/8/2007 6:10:39 AM
I agree with the OP. I had one girl without a pic contact me. She told me she used to be a stripper. Every time I'd ask for a pic she'd give me a BS reason why she didn't have one, so I just started ignoring her!
 Ls1

Joined: 3/26/2007
Msg: 109
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Posted: 4/8/2007 2:00:48 PM
You should always know what a person looks like before you meet but of coarse that is only as reliable as the person sending you the photo.
I once had a woman that used her sisters photo instead of hers, she also neglected to tell me she wieghed 100 lbs more than her sister ! We would have never met if she had'nt recognised me cause I walked right by her.....did'nt even know it was her.

And recently another lady used a tiny, grainy picture on her hotmail and refused to send it to me so I could see what she looked like, even though I sent her a nice, new photo........ She said she did'nt trust me enough.
Our conversation ended right there.

The reason for a photo is to know what that person looks like and if you think you might find that person attractive to you. I have found ladies using a photo that no longer looks like her or not showing one before we meet almost gaurantees an uncomfortable first (and last) meeting.

The only reason I don't have my picture up is because it's a good way too not attract attention and letters.....lol.
and I have a real nice photo handy just in case.
You know what they say here, you get 10 times the response with a photo than without.
 TxTori42

Joined: 12/2/2006
Msg: 110
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Posted: 4/8/2007 2:08:18 PM
I don't feel like you are picking on me. But when the men say that about my child right up front frankly I am grateful that I didn't invest more time with them. It makes it so much easier to move on. If she knew about you and your child before hand then maybe she was using that as an excuse so that you wouldn't be interested and she wouldn't have to worry about callbacks and having to say no she isn't into you. Like I said in the past I was guilty of something similiar just not with children. And I too have been mistaken for a snob. for instance and this is not someone from any site. I had a gentleman ask me out I thought he was kinda pompous and a snob. He went out of his way though for a special evening. I noticed though his home was entirely white, he made very snobby comments about other people that I didn't particulary care for one was about a spoon his last girlfriend took to work and didn't bring back home he was furious said it was $200.oo. I smiled to myself and he thought it odd and asked me if that wouldn't bother me. To that I smiled and told him. It was a spoon. If I were to spend that much on a spoon that I expected my friends and guests to use than I would expect to lose some. He kept calling me. So because I knew his house was immaculate I lied to him and told him I bought a puppy. He thought that was ok and asked what kind when I told him it was a bull mastiff like the one on Turner and Hooch. He cringed. I never heard from him again. It was a lie intended to make him do just that. I felt it better than saying I don't think I could get along with someone so obssesive about his belongings and home. And I say this because I also tend to be a neat freak...but I pride myself on making people feel comfortable. Now I don't feel the need to do that anymore I would rather be honest and tell people why we won't get along. It is harder sometimes but at least I feel a little better about telling the truth. Anyway there maybe a chance that this is what she was doing. That is all I meant, not that she was being nice in any way.
 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 111
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Posted: 4/8/2007 5:55:39 PM
Okie Dokie Torie
I had to add the "e" I love rhymes rofl
I'm glad we understand each other.

Ls1, same thing happened to me, the gal who used her daughter's photo.
I would never have recognized her. I started walking out, thinking I had been stood-up... I wish I had been.
I almost choked when she said "I really had you going didn't I? The photo is my daughter". Funny thing was, I was frustrated because I had to sit through a cup of coffee with an out and out liar, more then embarrassed by someone that had a weight problem. It was very hard for me not to tell her what I thought of her. And before someone jumps on me for my previous sentence. Weight can be a problem, I understand that. But to use a photo that isn't you and show-up at a restaurant where you couldn't fit into the booth is (IMO) asking for trouble.
I learned from that... Since then, if the person has obviously used an old, doctored or touched up photo, I make it a quick cup of coffee, very quick.

Good Luck To All,

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 fierynette

Joined: 12/30/2006
Msg: 112
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Posted: 4/8/2007 6:11:05 PM
Yep, had it happen too. I met up with a guy who was****yed and had a hunched back, his display pic was of a sunset. Honestly I don't put a lot of focus on looks when I meet people, I'm usually more interested in what's on the inside. I've also met guys that most women would consider attractive that had no pic up. I should mention though I had been talking to someone from here who DID have pics up, and he did look like his pics. What he failed to mention was that he had tourettes... and he spent our first meeting twitching quite hard. It would have been nice to know why he was doing that ahead of time. It's always good to be honest... period. It doesn't make you stupid to go meet someone without a pic up... however you need to remember that the pic is only one part of that person. You really should go to every date with the possibility you could be disappointed... and try not to travel so far lol.
 talldark-handsome

Joined: 7/2/2005
Msg: 113
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Posted: 4/9/2007 3:52:28 AM
Hi again fellow-fishies, thanks for the latest contributions

Latest thoughts :

1) LMAO at algy, blarny-dog & karlthehermit (Msg 83, 84 & 97), and to GoldenTricities (Msg 88) - touche mate ! LOLOL

2) Still absolutely no personal experiences of people meeting with married cheaters, not even 2nd or 3rd-hand reports ! Instead the BELIEF is repeated (Msg 82) :


POF is overflowing with married people
.

Great - so now they are not just here, they are in the majority ?? Me thinks perhaps not...

3) To jb0052 and macintown (Msg 91 and 99), oh pleeeeeeeze.. LOL... how about you read IN FULL my posts (Msg 1, 69 and 70) ? At least THOSE posts are not just monosyllabic cliches..

4)
A pic is not a guarantee of what someone looks like
(Msg 89). Nope, it certainly isn't, but at least it's a BETTER indication than nothing , and will MOST of the time be a better indication than words.. sure people CAN deceive with pictures, but it's HARDER than with words...


And surely that's what this all gets down to - DECEPTION. It's not really about whether people look like their pictures, whether they take "good" or "bad" pictures, whether their pictures adequately communicate that they have "flat line personalities" LOL (someone's earlier post), but whether the other person is DECEIVING or trying to deceive us. Let's face it, while there may be a few people who get off on seriously overweight, I haven't seen any posts from ANYONE saying "hoo yeah baby, I luv being deceived - really turns me on" LOL.

Instead, as I browse forum threads, whether they are "goddamn Seducer, Lets cut his nuts off", "The WORST "Plenty Of Fish" story you will EVER hear ", this thread, or many others, one REPEATING THEME (no surprise here) is the fact that people are most irked by someone deceiving them... and of course the whole "accurate, recent photo" thing is probably just one of the most VISIBLE incarnations of where the deception can be immediately obvious..

So are we going to be able to change this annoyingly prevalent behaviour by ****ing about it in the discussion forums ? Somehow I think not ..

5) BUT that's where my suggestion about feedback on other members would at least make it HARDER for people to deceive others in the future. I know 01Sporty (Msg100) said :

"I think for anyone to make a comment about a specific person is unfair, because the details would be left out..."

but let's consider ebay feedback for example (with which i'm sure you're all familiar).

When you look at feedback there, you are not STOPPED from doing business with someone with negative feedback, but you make an adult decision based on the OVERALL body of feedback there as to whether you want to do business with the seller. And of course participants have the opportunity to respond to feedback and put their side of the story.. THAT's the sort of feedback environment I had in mind...

If someone wanted to simply say "This person really didn't suit me" then of course we as observers would be able to make a decision as to whether we respected / heeded the opinion of the poster themselves (based on THEIR profile, received feedback and forum posts etc).. However if someone were to say "I met this person for a date and they admitted that the picture they have posted on here is actually / / " (select appropriate option LOL) then that's a different matter..

Or someone could simply state something like "I met this person for coffee on and discovered that they weigh about 280 lbs". Then for those of us who would find that a deal-breaker, we could save ours (and the other person's) time, while for those people for whom that WASN'T an issue, they would just be better informed. Where's the harm in that ?

These forums are already moderated.. so I fail to see how there couldn't be quite simple mechanmisms to safeguard against the very slight possibility of abuse of such a feedback process ... for example, the guidelines could be changed from "no posts about specific people" to something more like what is done in wikipedia land where the guideline is "try to retain a neutral pointof view"....

Anyway, such a feedback system would also help solve the "POF is overflowing with married cheaters" issue wouldn't it ??

Like I say, NONE of us likes being deceived, so wouldn't a feedback system like that (where we all work together) just be another way to help our fellow POFishers to have a greater chance of good experiences on here rather than bad ones ?

Oh, and don't forget, we're still waiting for first-hand evidence / reports of there being married cheaters on here. (IMHO such people probably account for a significant percentage of the no-show / disappear online / last-minute cold-feet / one-date-only type scenarios that you read about in the forums... and that may be why there are hardly any stories of people actually MEETING such people and then subsequently discovering they are married/cohabiting... but that's just my personal suspicion.. )

Happy fishing all,

Wazza
 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 114
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Posted: 4/9/2007 12:50:34 PM
"2) Still absolutely no personal experiences of people meeting with married cheaters"

This was NOT a POF lady. I met a gal at a restaurant of her choosing.
(Something similar had happened to me before. I noticed she kept looking towards one corner. Turned out the gal had friends there just in case. I had no problem with that, she was just being careful. After twenty minutes she was honest, told me, then told her friends they could go).

OK, so this gal kept looking around, 5 mins. ,10 mins. after 30 mins. I started to wonder. To make a long story short, she found out her husband was cheating, so she signed-up on the other site and emailed me. She was hoping her husband would walk-in and catch her with somoene else (ME rofl).

I wouldn't say she was "cheating", but she sure made me feel used.

As far as the "cheaters", they're everywhere, you certainly won't be able to stop them.
Hell, adultery isn't even considered good grounds for divorce in D.R. court these days.

When you read a gal's profile, you can usually tell if they've been the victim of a "cheater".
I myself had always been adjusting my profile in hopes of weeding out those that I would have no interest in and really didn't want to be bothered with. But if they knew or cared they wouldn't be doing it in the first place. Like my ex's therapist told me "You can't change someone, they have to want to change."

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 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 115
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Posted: 4/9/2007 1:00:40 PM
"try to retain a neutral pointof view"....
But the comment was from the eye of the person looking! We can all walk away from something, all seeing something different.

Ex; A gal uses a 10 year old photo. I meet her and notice the difference right off.
Another guy might not notice or even care.
The lady I met that colored the hair in her photo. I was disappointed, but another man might find it appealling.

I just see any negative comments as being a source of trouble.

Hmmm, I just noticed this,
I'm coming off as being picky. I'm not picky, but I put a lot into honesty and a person being upfront.
I'll admit that my "window" of what attracts me both physically and mentally has been narrowed. I'm no longer willing to automatically go along with everything and anything. When I started dating after my divorce, I made up my mind I had the right to be a little choosy.

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 talldark-handsome

Joined: 7/2/2005
Msg: 116
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Posted: 4/10/2007 7:15:14 AM
Hey sporty, thanks for the contributions. OK so now we are CLOSE to having a first-hand-account of the ubiquitous "married cheater hiding with no pic" on here, but we still haven't quite got one yet.. :)


But the comment was from the eye of the person looking! We can all walk away from something, all seeing something different.

Ex; A gal uses a 10 year old photo. I meet her and notice the difference right off.
Another guy might not notice or even care.
The lady I met that colored the hair in her photo. I was disappointed, but another man might find it appealling.

I just see any negative comments as being a source of trouble.


You and I mainly agree Sporty, only I don't think you've seen it yet

I suggested in my previous statements that the guideline could be that people try and retain a neutral POV (a la wiki). In your example, that would be exactly right. You could say something like "When I met this lady I realised that her profile photo was not a recent one. When we talked about it she acknowledged that it was 8 years old."

Whether you left it at that or added an extra sentence like....

a) "It didn't worry me much and I decided to continue with the date and did not regret doing so" or
b) "I was rather upset because the difference was so great I felt I had been deceived. So I chose to terminate the date straight away.." or
c) "Although I was initially surprised, I'd think that no more than 30% of guys would even notice. I probably wouldn't have if I hadn't had my specs on to read the menu !"
or d) whatever is appropriate.

.. would be purely up to you. But the FACT that the picture was not recent would be indisputable in that context, and potentially helpful to others.

Of course if gets a little more tricky if people start expressing a feeling, but can still be OK if they do it from a NPOV (neutral point of view) :

"I was very surprised when I met this person. I couldn't see any similarity with the picture on his profile at all. I suspect that his profile picture is about 15 years out-of-date. I think he must have weighed at least 280 pounds but had told me that he weighed "about 180". Personally I felt cheated and betrayed, and although I had coffee with him as planned I left feeling angry and very disappointed."

Can you see how this NPOV style sticks with facts INCLUDING the writers reactions and feelings which are documented, but does not make absolute suppositional statements that may be incorrect, not ascribe automatic accuracy or justification to the feelings/reactions/observations themselves ?


I just see any negative comments as being a source of trouble.


Personally, I think that if an NPOV guideline was enforced (by moderation) and was clearly published as the expected norm of the community that you would get rapid widespread adoption.

And in the rare case where someone did post something that was an unmoderated personal rant , even that wouldn't necessarily be only "a source of trouble" at all.

For example , if a guy said "This woman is such a dog I can't imagine why any guy would consider going out with her" as one post amongst 20 that consistently read something like "I think this lady is lovely. She has a great smile, fabulous personality and quick wit and I'm really glad we did coffee together"... then that would tell you much more about the ranting POST-ER than the POST-EE would it not ? In the same way that I have recently learned that reading a person's forum posts can sometimes be more informative in finding out about them than reading their profile...

Wazza.
 petitelady47

Joined: 12/1/2006
Msg: 117
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Posted: 4/10/2007 7:52:29 AM
oh yes!!...It is also true about pics being misleading. I have no idea why someone would mislead another about their looks...especially if they are going to meet face to face. The excuse .. "I thought he/she would like me for who I was inside " just doesn't cut it, because if you don't look like what you say then it only proves that you are a liar.

There are way too many liars on POF!


To 01SPORTY

Hmmm, I just noticed this,
I'm coming off as being picky. I'm not picky, but I put a lot into honesty and a person being upfront.
I'll admit that my "window" of what attracts me both physically and mentally has been narrowed. I'm no longer willing to automatically go along with everything and anything. When I started dating after my divorce, I made up my mind I had the right to be a little choosy.

Don’t compromise what YOU are looking for! It pays to be PICKY & CHOOOSY!

I think the best way to meet people from POF or any other date site, is at the POF dances or the dinner meets. It is not a date, it is just a way to meet each other and other singles too! My pictures are recent!

 01Sporty

Joined: 6/29/2006
Msg: 118
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Posted: 4/10/2007 12:56:38 PM
Ahh don't just say POF, the liars are on all the sites. We just have to accept it as it is.

There's a gal here at POF that's is/was also on a pay for service. Boy can she tells "tales". She gave me one life story a year ago at a pay for and now without realizing it was me again, a different story here at POF.

You know, I hate being so suspicious, but past history and experience tells me it's the only way to be.

TD&H - sorry to take your thread away from your original intent (concerning photos), but this seems to all be loosely related.

There are truly two sides to every story. If someone writes a negative comment about a fishy, chances are good that fishy will feel the need to defend itself, It could or will just escalate. Turns into a "He said - she said".
Hmmmm thinking...
OK, taking the example I presented earlier about the lady that was all gray.
If I were to post that her photo was outdated, chances are good she would want to reply (defend herself). From my POV, she can't, she doctored a photo, plain and simple. So she replies and says something that puts me in a bad light, I feel like I have to respond. Eventually someone would just stop and ignore it, but I'll admit I wouldn't let someone fire a shot at me and just stand there.
I still can't go along with posting comments about others, under any circumstances. I understand your feelings and concerns, but no way. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
Regards,

01
 maryrachelle

Joined: 2/3/2007
Msg: 119
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Posted: 4/10/2007 1:30:15 PM
i would have no problem talking to someone with no photo for a little while. however if they kept putting off sending me a photo i would start to wonder why they would be so reluctant to show me what they look like. i would insist on a photo before meeting though. i would at least like to know what the person looked like so i could know before i met them .
 chloe70

Joined: 4/1/2007
Msg: 120
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Posted: 4/10/2007 1:48:29 PM
i dont have a pic simply as im not really looking at the moment but the past year i have spoken too and dated men off line with and without pictures and have got horror stories about both experiences. A pic is only a snap shot people look different in real life sometimes better sometimes worse.
i would say its not essential to have a pic but as long as you have one to send if the crack is good between you. that said i mean if all the men and all the women didnt have pics would we actually speak to each other?
 Bearfoot

Joined: 2/28/2007
Msg: 121
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Posted: 4/10/2007 1:58:39 PM
I have no problem talking with someone that has not posted a picture but before I agree to meet them I need to see a picture. Yes, I know this is no "real proof" but early on I chatted with Roberta for a couple of weeks before we dicided to meet for the first time. Well, to make a long story short, Roberta turned out to really be Robert a pre-operative transvestite! Sort of reminded me of the movie Crocodile Dundee, you know the one I'm talking about!
 pepsi40

Joined: 5/17/2006
Msg: 122
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Posted: 4/10/2007 2:15:15 PM
There once was a time on the net where you had to get special permisson from the NSF (national science foundation) to get a .com and you could not sell or make a profit off the net.
I am or once was an internet professional and hence have been around the net since about 1988 and have internet dated my fair share and have actually worked for two internet dating sites (not to mention the names).

Back in the day, when scanners and gif did not exist we dated blind and greater than 80% of the time the images were completely off of how people decribe themselves.

Then oh my scanners and gif pictures , you got a grainy out of focus , small 5 k image of a person and it was almost as bad as no picture at all.

Along came Squeek and a few people at Cornell U and we had video, and wow you could see people at a frame rate of 2 frames per minute over 2400 baud modems and if you were rich 56k modems. Those were the days were were all chatted on a server in Finland and dated local to Toronto as a result and odd little world granted. How I miss Cuseeme and whitepine but greed by companies killed that era before its time.

Then along came the big empires of dating sites which I won't name as this service is provided free and why give adverstiment to those that charge cash. An people rushed to upload their Jpg of themselves and their dogs for the masses and you could carrot someone or smile someone .

That was not so bad, then along came the rest of the world to the internet and along came to dating sites the 905 scam where young lads posted pictures of themselves as young ladies professing love and urged need to get home their parents trapped overseas "please send money , I lost my plain ticket". Generally those persons would start a relationship long distance, provide all photos but these were often harvested from yahoo photo albumns and details made up or filled in from blogs.

The scammers would then go on their trip and get into trouble overseas ask their lovers to send money to rescue them.

The point you may ask....

1) Date local, you can meet for a coffee and clearly see the fake or truth of a picture.
2) If you do go for long distance, each of you go to an internet cafe , get on yahoo or whatever and cam chat before you buy that expensive plane ticket.

Since 1988 I have never had to pick anyone in a bar, laundry matt or book store, all online, then again to me the internet has always been my professional workplace and thus maybe you can say I met all at work.
 okotoksgirl

Joined: 3/13/2007
Msg: 123
It can happen to men too - no photo should mean no date !!
Posted: 4/10/2007 6:45:24 PM
I have a young child who will start to use the internet. This means he will get into forums of his own kind - meaning he could get asked by someone to meet them...... My son meeting a stranger because he met them online - and why not? His own mom met her boyfriend online...... Under no circumstances do I ever want him to know I would even consider meeting someone I met online (not until he's at least twenty anyway).......that is one of the big, gigantuous reasons I do not have a pic up. Yes, I will send it to you, but before I send it, I do mention that I don't want him to ever know....maybe I dont' spell it out - but I am not looking to meet younger men who probably would not think of these things. So, yes I will lie to my son about meeting someone online - its a lie that lets me sleep better at night.
 katica_kat

Joined: 9/28/2006
Msg: 124
It can happen to men too - no photo should mean no date !!
Posted: 4/10/2007 9:44:09 PM
@KarltheHermit:


I showed up at the theater and was flabbergasted! She looked like Rosie O'Donnell had just eaten Allie McBeal for dinner! Absolutely huge and about 6" taller than me to boot (I'm about 5' 11").


Ahh ha ha...you're a crack up...too funny !!!

@Bearfoot:

Well, to make a long story short, Roberta turned out to really be Robert a pre-operative transvestite! Sort of reminded me of the movie Crocodile Dundee, you know the one I'm talking about!


omg...I'm having the time of my life laughing at all these experiences...I know it wasn't funny at the time...but oh my you guys sure are funny...

 Shaggerada

Joined: 2/7/2007
Msg: 125
It can happen to men too - no photo should mean no date !!
Posted: 4/10/2007 9:57:52 PM
I met a lady who had no photo, she also drove 100 miles to meet me.. She made out like she was something really great looking, course, I did not even bother asking for a pic, as she had just joined..

Met her, and she was twice the size..

But, felt sorry for her and gave her one anyway..

She of course rang a month later and told me she was pregs..

And she has been hassling me ever since!!
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