By homeclothesfree:Furthermore sharing naked photos doesnt prove anything beyond the ability to share naked photos. Being ina a garage doesnt make you a car. Sharing naked photos doesnt make you a naturist.
Well said. I like to prioritise the being over the seeing!
It is there prerogative to run their group as they like. I understand that to some of them this is their way of trying to keep out the creeps (and there are many of them).
That is true, but if they are getting into established groups and rebuilding them in their preferred (restrictive, but let's have some pics!) taste, posts then disappear. I try to be open and positive in my comments and, even if I am perhaps putting to much weight on posting on a blog (the internet is a strange mix of forever and temporal), I do hope they have some value in the future for those that may come across them.
Minimalist75 keeps an eye on his stats and mentions how the number of his posts sometimes goes backwards. Is that due to comments made under the old rules being culled under the new by a new moderator?
I agree with your sentiment on rules for group membership but do know that they have some merit. I had spoken to Miev about his reviewing members that were part of his groups. He specifically mentioned that multiple members had gone back after joining and changed many of their photos to 'friends only' or just deleted them all together. He had the distinct impression they were collecting pictures and he used both their pictures and ability to review them as a gauge of 'genuineness' so to speak. I do agree that more forum posts and topic discussion improves both the knowledge and overall usefulness of TN but know getting some folks to contribute is not going to happen. It's the old 90-10 rule...10% of the folks do 90% of the work. TN is no different.
It is there prerogative to run their group as they like. I understand that to some of them this is their way of trying to keep out the creeps (and there are many of them).That is true, but if they are getting into established groups and rebuilding them in their preferred (restrictive, but let's have some pics!) taste, posts then disappear. I try to be open and positive in my comments and, even if I am perhaps putting to much weight on posting on a blog (the internet is a strange mix of forever and temporal), I do hope they have some value in the future for those that may come across them.Minimalist75 keeps an eye on his stats and mentions how the number of his posts sometimes goes backwards. Is that due to comments made under the old rules being culled under the new by a new moderator?
That is one way. Another is that when someone leave TN, any threads they started disappear and anyone who had posted on one of these threads has theircount go down. I believe I lost 16 when Arnudist left recently.
Now I am even more suspect of the motives of miev123 because I did a Google search for miev123 and got several hits from various sites. Im not completely sure, but it appears this username does the same thing on other sites as well. No participation in forums etc but requiring pictures to use his groups.HMMMMM
I mean... we know that photo harvesting is a rampant thing here. Why be surprised when you see it happening?
That's why I don't post pictures. I tried more than once to put some on my page that didn't include my face and they were always taken down, so I gave up.
I'm restrictive, to a point. I won't allow people to join my groups with Blank, Private or Minimally filled out profiles. I screen all perspective members for my groups and look over their profiles to see if they are a good fit and if they are here for the right reasons. I don't care if they have their photos set to Friends Only or Private, although, I am suspect that maybe some of them don't follow TN photos guidelines and policies.
I look for participation in the forum or groups. If I find that a member is collecting 100's of friends, dozens of groups and never posts replies, responses to topics, I won't let them in. I see that many will have been on TN for over a decade and have almost no participating in group or forum discussions, belong to lots of groups, have many friends, are certified but you know absolutely zero about them or their nudist life. I won't allow them either.
Excellent point Andy.. I can see its definitely a balancing act. However, the way I see it, your rules work to keep the photo collectors out, while the rules by miev and a couple others are making sure the members have photos that they can collect. Additionally, you are one that participates, as your rules require, while miev does not participate and blocks those that disagree with his rules or even sends him a question.
I'm restrictive, to a point. I won't allow people to join my groups with Blank, Private or Minimally filled out profiles. I screen all perspective members for my groups and look over their profiles to see if they are a good fit and if they are here for the right reasons. I don't care if they have their photos set to Friends Only or Private, although, I am suspect that maybe some of them don't follow TN photos guidelines and policies.I look for participation in the forum or groups. If I find that a member is collecting 100's of friends, dozens of groups and never posts replies, responses to topics, I won't let them in. I see that many will have been on TN for over a decade and have almost no participating in group or forum discussions, belong to lots of groups, have many friends, are certified but you know absolutely zero about them or their nudist life. I won't allow them either.
Similar to my criteria for accepting friend requests.
If I managed any groups it would be about the same.
I'm restrictive, to a point. I won't allow people to join my groups with Blank, Private or Minimally filled out profiles. I screen all perspective members for my groups and look over their profiles to see if they are a good fit and if they are here for the right reasons. I don't care if they have their photos set to Friends Only or Private, although, I am suspect that maybe some of them don't follow TN photos guidelines and policies.I look for participation in the forum or groups. If I find that a member is collecting 100's of friends, dozens of groups and never posts replies, responses to topics, I won't let them in. I see that many will have been on TN for over a decade and have almost no participating in group or forum discussions, belong to lots of groups, have many friends, are certified but you know absolutely zero about them or their nudist life. I won't allow them either.Similar to my criteria for accepting friend requests.
Thats a good point thats why I treat those groups with overly restrictive rules the way I treat people who unduly block. Dont take it personally. To each his own. Been around this site and naturism long enough to know that everyone has to follow their own path and not everyone has the same intentions and motivations as I do so best to leave them be and pursue a path with those more aligned.
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