I agree on getting rid of private profiles and requiring certification after a trial period. Regarding pictures though, as others have said its a complex matter. For me I dont really care who sees me when I control when and where I might be seen but being told I have to be seen is kind of creepy to me. Why do others HAVE TO see all of me?
But certification requires a nude photo including your face. That is the only reason I have not become certified. Even if in theory, only administrators can access them, I still have concerns that the site could be hacked and the pictures could wind up elsewhere.
I find private profiles annoying. Not sure we should ban them. Might just be better to shun them somehow. On a personal level just scroll on by. But maybe the site could limit them to discourage the practice
derekWQ wrote:opps I forgot to say first you must have an image to obscure, my concern is people with NO PICTURES
Yet, your own profile picture is your legs wide open with your crotch dead center. Your profile picture negates your argument.
derekWQ wrote:opps I forgot to say first you must have an image to obscure, my concern is people with NO PICTURESYet, your own profile picture is your legs wide open with your crotch dead center. Your profile picture negates your argument.
I first want to patt JeepNude on the back for their reply post. There is a difference in a nudist photo to share and a photo of a crotch shot coming across as exhibition, sexual invitation, or just bad taste. I can bet that all nudist already know what sex organs look like.
Yes i'm fairly new to TruNu but by no means to the belief and practice of being a nudist. 34+ years as nudist for those that want to know. My main reason for being here is to find other nudist to make friends with. I have come to feel the same about private profiles as i do about blank profiles. Even if i take time to chat with them, i still have no idea who they are. I have heard said once you befriend a private profile you will be able to see everything about them. I feel that is asking someone to trust you on who you are while they see what they want. I don't mean photos so much either. I am and have been a nudist a long time so i don't care who sees my photos. I do still have a few listed as 'certified friends only' right now from advice from others, but they will soon all be moved to 'certified only'
I would love to be able to make good friends on here, but as for non-certified profile, no way to know who they are. For private profiles, feels like i am to ask for their approval and acceptance before knowing anything about them.
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I wouldnt mind one additional option for locking media: All but private profiles to be between Public and Friends only. As for the demands for certification and nude pics... it is alway the single guys calling for this. Add this and you will be alone on the site. If it werent for the lockdowns we would be at our local resort this weekend rather than inventing new ways to make our deck more private (photography backdrop stands with cheap canvas dropcloths seem to be working great, btw). We know plenty of nudists in real life already (Including from this site), so leaving this site would be no big loss.
I don't interact with private profiles for the same reasons that I don't, as a gay man, care to interact with closeted gays:
I don't want to be the custodian of other people's secrets.
I don't want to deal with their fears, real or not.
I don't want to step into what is evidently a marginal part of someone's life.
I don't feel supported in being open about a part of my life by someone who's not doing the same.
A private profile may be part of somebody's journey, and I can't judge that. What I can do is recognize that it's not worth my time and energy to interact.
It's a vexed topic. I tend to switch my privacy settings on or off from time to time - it all depends on whether I'm getting too many random friend requests from blank accounts.I agree with a couple of the posters so far - the OP needs to clarify whether their beef is with PRIVATE profiles, or BLANK profiles? Some comment sreferring to private profiles make reference to not having any information or photos in their profile - if these were PRIVATE profiles, they couldn't see the profile regardless?Whilst some people have no issue with "baring all" online, and demand everyone else do the same - I wonder how they'd feel about standing on their local nude beach, with 10,000 people hiding in the dunes watching them? Because that's what is happening online!I have full nude pics, with face, on my profile. However, I have the privacy settings set to "Certified Friends Only". Certification is super easy - and is the best way I can see to sort out the TRUE nudists from the creepers.I don't take issue with private profiles - everyone has their reasons. I usually send a friend request just to see what's behind the veil. Quite often they are certified, fully complete profiles - other times they aren't. As my photos are set to Certified only - I haven't enabled a lurker with a private profile, as they won't find what they are looking for anyway.What I'd like to see a third profile privacy setting, similar to picture settings - viewable by certified members only. Basically, a PRIVATE profile to all but certified members!People who join just for a lurk will soon find that all they're mostly seeing are the other blank or fake profiles of other lurkers, or those like the OP who are happy to bare all to everyone - as is their right too!Ultimately, it's all about $. The website owners just want hits - and the easiest way to get them is to encourage as many blank profile voyeurs they can!
If media is the main concern, there is a solution that does not require a change.
Non-certified members only have access to the first 6 media items on a profile.
Fill them with pictures that you don't care who sees, and put any others elsewhere.
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