Over the past few weeks I have been spending quite a bit of time behind the scenes weeding out the accounts of various users that were abusing our system or simply being annoying to the vast majority.
This included those with multiple accounts created for various reasons including attempting to rig polls, trolls deliberately disrupting discussions as well as other nefarious intentions.
I also came across several more instances of obvious fake profiles and in line with current policy they have been tagged as "Suspected fake" or similar, anyone who feels aggrieved by this can contact me directly if they would like to prove otherwise!
However fakes continue to be a problem for many, so here are some tips from someone who has had to ferret out the truth quite a few times!
- If you suspect something isn't right check the users posting history, its a fairly common fact that liars forget what they've said so often reading back you will find contradicting statements from them. A common one is "age hopping" their profile says 24, an old post says 25, then another newer one says 23. They may also forget where they live and other basic things like that.
- If they post photos but they all look odd, grainy, strangely cropped, never in the same setting and so on then there is a good chance these are saved and edited old pics possible of an ex. C'mon its 2019, everyone has excellent cameras in their phones that take superb photos in just about any circumstance, dodgy photos just don't cut it. If the pics aren't decent resolution and in focus they are most likely a fake using edited pics.
- Set tasks are completed too fast or too easily, if you know your stuff you will know roughly how long something should take, if they come back in 5 minutes saying something is done when it should take at least half an hour you know something is wrong. Another dead give away is if you set a task in real time and look at the current active member list and see they continue to browse the site they are not doing your task!
- Message and/or post spelling and grammar don't match the profile. Yes I know autocorrect and autofill have a lot to answer for but you kind of get the feel for when you are chatting with a 30+ or an under 21 year old. If it seems wrong trust your gut, if your hot 26 year old Domme talks more like a 45 year old male accountant its probably a good time to say "thanks but no thanks!"
- Convenient reasons why verifying is an insult, inconvenient or impossible. As previously mentioned no good excuse for not being able to produce a photo, nudity isn't required either simply a current pic. It doesn't even have to be a photo, a short voice recording can settle the M/F question in a few seconds. Trust is two way, if you're willing to do it why not them too?
- Don't let your desperation to find a sub or Domme cloud your judgment, males outnumber females here by almost 6 to 1 and the biggest problems with fakes are males impersonating females. And that number INCLUDES the fakes!
Above all if it smells fishy it probably is, catfishy...
Sorry, couldn't resist.