| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 9:10:31 PM | | I have seen it done on other sites where when your pictures are called into question about whether or not they are really of you, that you are required to submit a picture of yourself holding a sign with you username and date. Having seen tonight a poster ,who shall remain nameless, Using a obviously fake picture, how would you feel about being required to submit a picture proving that you are in fact the person in your pictures if pof asked it of you? | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 9:15:40 PM | | Well since I don't have a photo showing on this site... I guess I could just post a picture of a sign with my user name and date? | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 9:17:07 PM | | No I am only saying that people who post pictures , and if their pictures are called into question, should have to present proof that they are the person in the picture. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 9:38:22 PM | I belong to another site where you have the option of paying a one-time fee of $39.95 for a background check to "certify" that you are who you say you are and the marital status you state is a correct one.
I have run into a couple of people who have gotten around even that because they have long-term live-in situations that don't show up on a background check.
If a person is determined to be dishonest, they will find a way. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 9:57:24 PM | | If I was "required" to do it, it is likely, that I would not. However, if someone was to ask me, and had a reason to do so, which made sense to me, then I likely would. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 10:26:55 PM | | I don't mean that the moment you sign up you should have "proof picture", but when someone reports another persons photos as being fake then the person who had their pictures reported should be required to produce a proof photo or have their profile deleted. Now I am aware that people will abuse this and be reporting everyone , so anyone found to of reported a certain number of people , and those people reported were not found to be faking , should have their profiles deleted. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/24/2008 10:51:39 PM | The same could be said about people with no pic posted.Profile could state wrong age,wrong marital status even wrong gender.Could fabricate education and whatnot.
It's a fun site,why waste time reporting and seeking proof.If you become interested in someone and the feeling is mutual try a webcam.If they state no webcam then go to step 2 and ask to meet in a general safe area.If they refuse THAt,I'd assume fake and move on. | |
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Posted: 8/24/2008 11:44:03 PM | There is a big difference between a fake profile and fake pictures. I don't have pictures up because I have a boyfriend. When I was single I always had up eight pictures with an equal number of full length shots and face pictures.
Actually on my space I was once reported by someone because they thought I was not really the person in my pictures. My space asked me to submit two proof pictures and I did.
Oh and fake pictures are far more harmful because they have been stolen off someone who has no idea you are using them. They could put them on any site and write anything they want about you pretending to be you. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/25/2008 2:48:12 PM |
"Using a obviously fake picture, how would you feel about being required to submit a picture proving that you are in fact the person in your pictures if pof asked it of you?"
wow, if I'm not the person I say I am, who the hell am I?
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/25/2008 2:55:46 PM | I checked in the mirror this morning while shaving, and can verify that it's me!
Occasionally I hope for Brad Pitt, but Noooooo! Always Me! Darn!  | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/25/2008 9:48:58 PM |
No I am only saying that people who post pictures , and if their pictures are called into question, should have to present proof that they are the person in the picture.
So are you saying they should have to download the fake picture, make a sign and snapshot it, then use a little photoshop to show proof it is them?
This is the Internet and everything is true... | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/25/2008 10:03:52 PM | We're allowed to show 8 pictures on PoF.
Right now I'm showing 7 pictures of me. If that's not enough, I can supply hundreds of digital pictures of me holding a sign with the days date or whatever. For anyone who's camera-deficient, I can direct you to a website where you can get a 1.3 mp camera for $10 plus shipping (it's a legit deal, I've bought a couple of them). "I don't have a camera" is not a valid excuse.
As for meeting someone (like OP) with no picture showing- any meeting is going to be at a place and time of my choosing, not yours. If that's not acceptable I'll decline and assume someone wants to hit me on the head and rob me. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 2:40:44 AM | As for meeting someone (like OP) with no picture showing-
Ahhh ok I have no picture showing because I am not single , and I am only here for the forums. I have all of that clearly stated on my profile.
So are you saying they should have to download the fake picture, make a sign and snapshot it, then use a little photoshop to show proof it is them?
I knew photo shop was going to come up. First of all there are not that many people who are skilled enough to make a stolen picture look like a proof picture .There are always little signs when photo shop has been used.
wow, if I'm not the person I say I am, who the hell am I?
You missed the fact that people steal other peoples pictures all the time and use them as if they were theirs.
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Posted: 8/26/2008 2:49:40 AM | | Sure I'd go for that....as long as the person who suggested that I was a fake had to submit a photo of themselves with a sign that said "Doubting Dork". | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/26/2008 4:53:53 AM | | You can photoshop pretty much anything these days. Photographs prove nothing, even video footage -- just look at the opening ceremony for the Olympics and how they faked the footage of the firework footprints! If people can't do it themselves, there would be people who could, setting up new businesses doing exactly that. | |
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Posted: 8/26/2008 9:02:57 AM | Pffft....That's my general opinion of people demanding proof. To elaborate, I have a few pictures, if I get along with someone well enough to move on to another messenger, I'll use my cam appropriately, if I feel the need. But if that's your requirement to continue a FIRST conversation with me, then don't frickin talk to me. I don't care! Lol!
As an honest, decent person that I know I am though, I get a little indignant that people who barely know me are all the sudden asking for todays date on a newspaper like I really have some devious plans for some random Joe. Get over yourself people, seriously now, and while your at it, stop being so damn paranoid and analytical! The benefit of the doubt hasn't been brought up in a lot of recent killings, nor do you hear constant reports of people deceived into love by a picture, NO, not a picture!! Really, I'm not feeling much sympathy for a person who places all their eggs in that basket.
Like you're talking about upfront proof. That's like writing your profile to cater to everyone's insecurities about themselves and their environment.
What an interesting read that would be: "No I won't kill you, yes I'm nice, no I won't kidnap you, yes these are my real pictures, no I won't be nice for a couple months and then try to maim you with a screwdriver, yes I'm bonded and have all my original teeth."
Maybe we should base our attraction to others on how imaginative they are about how their not going to lie to us, because that sure would make things easier.
And yea, you can be pretty creative and skilled on Photoshop. I would know, I was trained on it as part of graphic design and some of our bigger projects consisted of how to make a disfigured anything look good, including faces. If you're "unlucky" enough to meet that very ambitious but misguided dude, buy him a cup of coffee and a map to the nearest mental health center, no harm done.
Do you have such little faith in your own perceptions of people, or the good of the common man? Maybe some people are taking this all just a little too seriously. Or maybe, people are just looking to skip safe avenues and see if they can take a person right off the page and onto their couch, and if you're doing that, fake pictures are the least of your issues in life. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/26/2008 2:00:46 PM |
Oh and fake pictures are far more harmful because they have been stolen off someone who has no idea you are using them.
And this is why I will not post a picture of me. I had mine "stolen" I guess you could call it the last time I was member of a site and there is no hope in hell I would put myslef in that situation again. For the people who have the must have a picture to contact this user, they should understand that not all of us without one are ugly/married/hiding/lying.
OT: If I did have my picture on here and someone call it into question I would not have a problem showing proof at all. From what I know if someone does report it now there is a chance your picture will just simply be deleted, this could help stop people from being vendictive, and reporting you for silly reasons. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/26/2008 2:23:20 PM |
I have no picture showing because I am not single , and I am only here for the forums.
I don't need to see pictures of people who aren't single, because we wouldn't be going on a date anyway. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/26/2008 8:42:52 PM |
Maybe we should base our attraction to others on how imaginative they are about how their not going to lie to us, because that sure would make things easier.
That is never going to happen. Looks matter and if you have spent a great deal of time talking to someone who is using fake pictures then they have wasted you time.
And yea, you can be pretty creative and skilled on Photoshop. Look back over what I wrote. I never said that there were not people who could. I said most people are not that skilled with photoshop "MOST", not all. If you're "unlucky" enough to meet that very ambitious but misguided dude, buy him a cup of coffee and a map to the nearest mental health center, no harm done. This is not about me meeting people as I am unavailable. It's about stopping people from stealing others pictures. Do you have such little faith in your own perceptions of people, or the good of the common man? Again this is not about me . I am speaking generally. I don't think most people would steal someone else's pictures and try to use them as their own. Of all the people I have met off of here I have never met anyone who used fake pictures.It does happen though even if it hasn't happened to me. Maybe some people are taking this all just a little too seriously. Or maybe, people are just looking to skip safe avenues and see if they can take a person right off the page and onto their couch, and if you're doing that, fake pictures are the least of your issues in life. I think you are implying that I want to find a perfect looking person , and that is as far from the truth as you can get. My boyfriend is nowhere near perfect looking. He is a very average guy. From what I know if someone does report it now there is a chance your picture will just simply be deleted, Which is unfair because the person being reported never even got the chance to prove it was them. I hope none of you have a my space profile because if you profile is ever reported by someone as having suspiciously fake pictures they will require you send in proof photos or delete you profile. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/27/2008 12:18:06 PM | | None of the pictures on my profile are me. They are my mulitaple personalities, they took over..I am married to my right hand..If I want to remember our wedding night I'm married to my left...I'd love a map to my local mental health center but you think I could get alittle spare change? For a beer or two on the way there? I'm actually a old handsome man with a good bulge in my crotch area of my pants..Unfortuuetly it's my stomach......My body is kinda ugly with age but I can last a couple hours in bed if she is on top......Yea it's one of me all right. Who else would admit to looking like this???? Hand over that bus fare. | |
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| Proving you are who you say you are
Posted: 8/27/2008 4:11:24 PM | LOL Byrd.
OP, how about we be required to be holding a sign with not only our user name on it but the date too.. and it must be a date within a year of whatever this date is?
Now THAT would take down LOTS of photos! 
There are a great deal of people with fake pics and fake ages and fake lots of things.
I don't agree, though, that we should be "required" to do anything like I said.
But it would be fun to watch the fallout! | |
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