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Been debating making my photos public / not need to be a friend. My main hesitation is being recognized because I’ve been on a couple reality shows, and then there’s social media.
At the same time though I feel like others on here have positive intentions, right? I like to see the good in people so I would like to think it’d be okay.. but you never know.
Has anyone had a negative experience with someone finding you or trying to blackmail you?
I’d error on the side of caution. You can always send photos via PM once you are engaged in a conversation.
No problem sharing once a good communication and a real possibility of meeting. Not nudes until in you own private space though
Please note : profiles are “public” on ABFheaven only in the sense that they can be viewed by other logged-in members. Your profile can not be viewed by the general public, so to speak.
Similarly, your Media pictures could only ever be viewed by other logged-in members ( Friends or anyone, depending on your preferences )
I’ve purposely not put any sort of pic as my avatar because those are actually visible without being logged in. In forum discussions etc.
I also tend to be cautious, just out of habit. It’s best not to reveal too much about yourself until you actually meet someone face-to-face and get to really know each other. Sharing a face snap or two between fellow members is safe enough, although a ‘discretion’ photo – something that makes you unique without revealing your face – for your profile image is wise, which many other members have done.
I feel like if someone you know is on here, they would have to expose themselves because they’re here too. How can someone black mail you when they’re into the same thing
I have never had a person outside this membership recognize me as far as I know. But I understand your concern. You can manage this through the “Friend Request” feature here. So only after a possible friend asks you to be their friend and you accept, do they have access to your private pictures. It could be a good solution for you. It m8ght be good to ask Michael, the admin if I understand this correctly beforehand just to be sure. I know your livelihood (money) is in the balance here for you. Be wise, AND be careful too and always ENJOY, my friend.
No bro my mom ain’t on this site and I doubt yours is as well, maybe make your photos public an blur out your face but honestly you should be fine, your more gonna be recognized in a Uber or bar rather than this website
Yes, I have, and there is absolutely no way I would put my face publicly on this site. 😳
I also tend to see the good in people, and I think the vast majority of people here probably do have perfectly good intentions. But it only takes one person who doesn’t.
Once a photo is public, you’ve completely lost control over where it goes, who screenshots it, whether someone reverse-image searches it, or what they decide to do with it later. And if you’ve been on reality shows and already have a social media presence, I would think you’d be even easier to identify than the average person.
I don’t think you have to assume the worst about everyone to protect yourself from the possibility of one person behaving badly. You can think people are generally good and still have very firm boundaries around your privacy.
Personally, I’d keep the face behind the friend request. Anyone genuinely interested in getting to know you shouldn’t have a problem with that.
Bro I used to be a cam model on a website so I was paid to chat an show off my body and I never found any screen recordings of myself uploaded on any porn sites, I tried searching my cam screen name many times and nothing ever came up so I doubt anyone on here will recognize you. Sometimes even movie stars don’t get recognized at comic con so i doubt anyone on the internet with a rare breastfeeding kink is gonna be on here copying an posting your photos on the world wide web allowing someone connected to you to find it an blackmail or try sabotaging your personal life over this. Even if Brad Pitt came on here nobody would care man TMZ news network probably wouldn’t cover the story, heck the Kardashian had a baby with the blink 182 band member and they announced publicly that they were both consuming the Kardashians own breast milk an like nobody cared so stop worrying about this it only causes wrinkles an makes you age so don’t let small stuff ruin your money maker…
Here’s the thing about certain accounts here, and being “recognized.”
Accounts that are created as recreational personas are actually very easy to recognize, because the written lore of their fictional persona is being projected on the fly, for entertainment purposes. This will leave massive, gaping holes in the character development story, and that exposes it as recreational.
In this case, the mistake was the level of caution emitted by the persona re: images. Entirely counter to the crux of recognition. Which isn’t lying, per se: it’s just poor writing. One should flesh out the backstory of their projected character before talking about its history, but that’s a lesson for another thread.
All are welcome, even recreational projections like the one(s) you see above. Will your recreational persona be recognized as such? It is the responsibility of each member of the community to decide what they believe when they go online. Your device shows you pixels: not people. Which, sadly, is exaclty how recreational personas thrive here. Along with the bots and the rest of the haystack junk. This community has demonstrated that it cannot tell the difference, ergo you have a high degree of recreational personas here, thriving.
I welcome (and recognize) all of them 🙂
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