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hello. today some man added me on yahoo messenger. he claimed he had seen my page on here, and wanted to see 'more' of me. I told him that if he signed up on here, as a professional should, I would talk to him further. He went on to go psychotic on me, harrassing me, calling me a bitch and all that great stuff. He also went very racist. I just wanted to warn all the ladies out there that if [email protected] trys to add you on yahoo, HE ISNT A REAL PROFESSIONAL, HE IS A PERVERT! PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS MAN!!! It is very important as models we are careful with people who claim to 'dig our style' or 'be professionals'... Have a great day:) Thanks for reading the post. Keep it safe.. SAVIE Sep 21 06 04:11 pm Link to all (models in particular)... putting your IM addies on your profile is like writing it on the bathroom wall. if you are NOT getting at least 10-20 pervs per day, you are probably not much of a looker. why do you do this? MM profiles are visible to all on the net. take your flippin IMs and email addresses off your public pages. geesh. Sep 21 06 04:34 pm Link Umm...it's not the best thing to post your MSN, AIM or Yahoo IDs on a public site. What do you expect to happen? Why not post your phone number and see if anyone calls you. Sep 21 06 04:35 pm Link slam the model more, I bet that will make her feel good about herself and she will want to work with you. Sep 21 06 04:38 pm Link oldguysrule wrote: Ditto Sep 21 06 04:38 pm Link Vegas Alien wrote: Exactly! Keep your MSN, AIM, Yahoo ID's to yourself! Sep 21 06 04:43 pm Link Kevin Bargeron wrote: White knight alert! Sep 21 06 04:48 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: I call 'em swingin' dicks. Sep 21 06 04:53 pm Link Kevin Bargeron wrote: Or encourage her and others to maintain a practice that leads to such unwanted incidents. Sep 21 06 04:54 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: Sep 21 06 04:55 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: oldguysrule wrote: Sep 21 06 04:57 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: this is how i see it as well Sep 21 06 04:58 pm Link Part of my MM wishlist is to remove that section from profiles completely. That way, people aren't encouraged to give out private contact info. If they want to, they can put it in their bios. If someone contacts you through MM, the mods can do something about it. But if you hand out your contact info to the general public, you're on your own. Sep 21 06 05:04 pm Link oldguysrule wrote: Of course this isn't what the OP wanted to hear, as she still has not just one, but three different IMs on her profile. I'm no computer genius, but wouldn't it be relatively easy for an enterprising perv/stalker to find not just her name but her home address using IM names as a starting point? Sep 21 06 05:34 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Unfortunately, having your IM address out there leaves you open to all kinds of people IMing you. (Which is why I rarely use it.) A thought tho... I don't know how to do such a thing, but couldn't be made that you can only have access to a MMer's IM if you're a MMer yourself?!? ie, you have to be signed on to MM, and have a valid profile, to see someone's IM. Just a thought. Sep 21 06 05:40 pm Link I agree that people should not provide their contact information in their bio. New models, or models just new to the model/photographer networking website, may not know this. If we really want to put an end to this problem, we should ask Tyler to please remove these categories. If someone is signing up here, during the registration process, they are asked for their yahoo messenger ID, ICQ ID, AIM ID, etc. How would someone signing up for the first time know it's a problem is there are even special collumns for such information? I didn't know that at first. But I didn't fill them out because I don't use any messengers. But I would like to thank the OP for warning other models who display this kind of information about this guy. Sep 21 06 05:41 pm Link Savie, Sorry that guy harrassed you! And good call on letting people know about him. Take care! Korey Sep 21 06 05:41 pm Link I never get perved on. Guess I'm doing something wrong. Sep 21 06 05:42 pm Link Brian Diaz wrote: Along with that "Wish List" should be no cell phone photos. I still say that those all cell phone ports, like the OPs, encourage this kind of thing even more. It just screams non-professional and there fore probably a good Vic. Sep 21 06 05:42 pm Link Mike Walker wrote: This is an entirely different subject that has been adressed many times in other threads. Sep 21 06 05:45 pm Link Damn... I never get perved on... Oldguy answered the question why... Sep 21 06 05:46 pm Link I don't know what's dumber....posting the info...or the "model's" intent with NO INFO regarding physicality (measurements) etc. There's a difference between having modeled before...and BEING a model. The lack of info does little if anything to help a photographer guesstimate a potential project or use. Unless I'm casting for a munch-kin shoot. ps: Do you know how easy it is to change a yahoo acct.? So, any "warning" is of a very short shelf-life. Sep 21 06 05:55 pm Link Beach Photography wrote: I get perved on... I get emails saying "Mmmmm you're so HoTTTtttt lookin' in x photo." Inevitably I'm like, "dude, learn to read, I'm not the FUC*ing model. There's a REASOn I'm on the side of the camera I'm on!" Sep 21 06 06:01 pm Link Brandy wrote: nah in your case its the demand for expenses. hehe Sep 21 06 06:02 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: hey you said those incidents were all behind us *pout Sep 21 06 06:04 pm Link heh. I'm a perv. But I never IM strange (unknown) people. I just post about pervy things all the time. And I take pervy pictures. Sep 21 06 06:04 pm Link I have mine up, and maybe its not very professional, but i don't talk to anyone that i haven't already talked to on MM and planned shoots with. its just a quicker way to discuss shoots. i've had people IM me, and if they havent contacted me on MM, i just ignore them, and block them if i need to. I dont think there is any need to get snippy. If people make their beds, let them lie in them. it was just a post of warning. be careful. ok we get it. dont talk to strangers. the site isnt stalker proof to begin with. k. im done. just had to say my bit. =P night all. Sep 21 06 06:04 pm Link I have mine up, and maybe its not very professional, but i don't talk to anyone that i haven't already talked to on MM and planned shoots with. its just a quicker way to discuss shoots. i've had people IM me, and if they havent contacted me on MM, i just ignore them, and block them if i need to. I dont think there is any need to get snippy. If people make their beds, let them lie in them. it was just a post of warning. be careful. ok we get it. dont talk to strangers. the site isnt stalker proof to begin with. k. im done. just had to say my bit. =P night all. Sep 21 06 06:04 pm Link oldguysrule wrote: I'm poor... I don't like the looks of foreclosure, bankruptcy or repossession so if you really want to perv on me you have to pay ;-0 Sep 21 06 06:05 pm Link *drools* Sep 21 06 06:07 pm Link oldguysrule wrote: Lol. Sep 21 06 06:08 pm Link Brandy wrote: Be careful what you wish for. I hear it's not pretty. Sep 21 06 06:10 pm Link Mei Hem wrote: easily done by including the IM handle in your email to the photographer, and far less risk. Sep 21 06 06:10 pm Link Well, there goes the neighborhood. A damn shame... psychos like this are giving real perverts like myself a bad name. Sep 21 06 06:11 pm Link Webspinner wrote: You're a public airwaves perv. We like that. Sep 21 06 06:12 pm Link KorokStudios wrote: GREAT idea! Only MMer's should be able to see you IM addy & of course it still would be optional to post it or not...best post on the thread in my from opinion. Sep 21 06 06:15 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: Well, some of you anyway. I have discovered that I get a lot more crap if I don't out myself first, before I am accused of something I am more than willing to confess to myself. And yet, I don't put my IM up either. I am on livejournal, myspace, and all those places, and I don't put up my IM. In fact, I have like 5 people on IM and they are all good friends. I don't add people to IM unless I actually want to talk to them. The only other 'IM' I have is gmail. Sep 21 06 06:16 pm Link Mei Hem wrote: oldguysrule wrote: You can set the security level of your messenger to not accept IMâs from people that are not on your friends list. Sep 21 06 06:19 pm Link I must be the only person in the world not to have hooked up some sort of messenger thing. Sep 21 06 06:22 pm Link KM von Seidl wrote: You're not alone. I've never used one. Don't even know how to... Sep 21 06 06:24 pm Link |