Some support on this one finally!
I don't know -anyone-, who is real, who doesn't have a picture online. Friends, people I've met, etc. Most people have a Myspace, Facebook, Photobucket, etc. The people who won't share a picture of themselves, most of the time, are fake. The rest are scared. But what is fear other than something to work past and get over?
There really is very little a nefarious person can do with just a picture, unless they had a name and/or location. But if a person is so paranoid to not give a picture of themselves, why the hell would they put their location or name online? But even still, there really aren't that many people out there with the desire and will to cause harm. They -ARE- out there, but there are way more good people than bad. Anyway.
I certainly do -not- expect to see tug pics from people. But knowing the other person is real is a big help, especially since some of the people I've chatted with from here seem totally fake unfortunately.
Glad at least one person cared about what I was saying!
Peace
vailaholic wrote:I think I'd have to agree with TieBoy. LittleLiz... you did flip out over a very real issue when it comes to chatting. As you said, you're new here, so I can understand if you don't understand yet. I think the real problem is that in this day and age... many people you talk to online truly do have a way of taking pictures, and surely everyone you find online has a picture of themselves on their computer, whether it be about TUGs or not. What it comes down to is whether or not a person you chat with feels safe enough to share a picture of themselves with a total stranger. Now, Liz, I don't want your picture, if you'd like to chat... you can find my addy's on my profile.