oldguysrule wrote:
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.

Ditto

ladys listen to oldguy............

Vegas Alien wrote:
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.

Exactly! Keep your MSN, AIM, Yahoo ID's to yourself!

Kevin Bargeron wrote:
slam the model more, I bet that will make her feel good about herself and she will want to work with you.

White knight alert!

KM von Seidl wrote:
White knight alert!

I call 'em swingin' dicks.

Kevin Bargeron wrote:
slam the model more, I bet that will make her feel good about herself and she will want to work with you.

Or encourage her and others to maintain a practice that leads to such unwanted incidents.

Take your pick.

KM von Seidl wrote:

White knight alert!

KM von Seidl wrote:
White knight alert!

oldguysrule wrote:

Brian Diaz wrote:

Or encourage her and others to maintain a practice that leads to such unwanted incidents.

Take your pick.

this is how i see it as well

some things are kind of common sense and for those who don't realize it, there's not reason for us to be like, "Good catch!" when it's quite obvious why it happened.

I applaud her for wanting to warn us, I truly do, but it's not like we are going to truly be grateful to someone for telling us not to put our hand on the stove while it's turned on

but this is not an uncommon thing and, unfortunately, we see threads on this same matter all the time. It will never go away because people are basically handing these perverts their contact information

oldguysrule wrote:
to all (models in particular)...

putting your IM addies on your profile is like writing it on the bathroom wall.

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?

...And I bet dollars to doughnuts she insists on an escort to "feel safe".

Brian Diaz wrote:
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.

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.

Brian Diaz wrote:
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.

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.
Mike

Mike Walker 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.
Mike

This is an entirely different subject that has been adressed many times in other threads.
I happen to think that cell phone photos are okay, because a model needs to start somewhere.  Photographers will see the cell phone photos and decide whether or not that model has potential.

Beach Photography wrote:
I never get perved on. Guess I'm doing something wrong.

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!"

Brandy wrote:
Damn... I never get perved on... Oldguy answered the question why...

nah in your case its the demand for expenses. hehe

KM von Seidl 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!"

hey you said those incidents were all behind us *pout

oldguysrule wrote:

nah in your case its the demand for expenses. hehe

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

oldguysrule wrote:

hey you said those incidents were all behind us *pout

Lol.

I said IF you apologized and sent a couple Ben Franklins to help me forget.* AHEm.

Brandy wrote:
Damn... I never get perved on... Oldguy answered the question why...

Be careful what you wish for. I hear it's not pretty.

And Brandy, you are beyond hot. Most of just know how to keep it on a professional level.

Mei Hem wrote:
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.

easily done by including the IM handle in your email to the photographer, and far less risk.

Webspinner wrote:
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.

You're a public airwaves perv.  We like that.

KorokStudios 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.

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.

KM von Seidl wrote:

You're a public airwaves perv.  We like that.

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.

I may be a public airwaves perv, but I do not invite very many people into my private perviness, I consider it sacred.

Mei Hem wrote:
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.

oldguysrule wrote:
easily done by including the IM handle in your email to the photographer, and far less risk.

You can set the security level of your messenger to not accept IM’s from people that are not on your friends list.

You can also pay for Y!TunnelPro ($22.50 ea) to act as a security for your messenger.

KM von Seidl wrote:
I must be the only person in the world not to have hooked up some sort of messenger thing.

You're not alone.  I've never used one.  Don't even know how to...