Reasons for not showing face when posting pics.

[magdelana]

then add to that the ability to discover their IP address, etc... No one is hard to find.

I show my ingorance of computers here, but what is a IP address? And how could another member on elite use it to find my house?

 

[magdelana]

then add to that the ability to discover their IP address, etc... No one is hard to find.

I show my ingorance of computers here, but what is a IP address? And how could another member on elite use it to find my house?

 

[MS]

I'm just shy

And I live in a small town in a small country.

 

[TheProject]

I show my ingorance of computers here, but what is a IP address? And how could another member on elite use it to find my house?

An IP address is basically the number that is attached to your computer when you connect to the internet. Your internet service provider assigns this address to you each time you connect.

As far as I know, the only people that can see IP's on here are mods. However, if you've used your personal e-mail account (the one assigned to you by your service provider) to correspond with someone that will contain some information that could be traced back to you.

 

[big4life]

I think that it's mainly a privacy issue. The stalker problem could be an issue if you give out too much info, but otherwise it's just a way that ensures that someone doesn't post your face on a site that you would rather not have it posted.

 

[strong island]

I am very very ugly!!! lol

 

[SteelWeaver]

Thank you, everyone. I'm glad I put this question up - there are a lot of reasons here that I simply wouldn't have thought of. And a lot of hilarious replies!

Shy? You? Yeah, right, lol.
Butt-f*** ugly - LMAO - well, I don't have that problem.
"Anyone with half a brain can figure out where to find us" - spatts, you're scary, but I take comfort in the knowledge that most people, even with whole brains, don't use more than a fraction of them, anyway, ha ha!

Arioch: "I personally plan on stalking Steel during my next vacation."

You're coming to Japan? Oh pleasepleaseplease!! I could arrange it so you "find out" my address, and you can stalk me down to my dungeon gym then offer nonchalant advice while I squat and dead.

Lana: "And i also would enjoy stalking Steelweaver!"

Lana honey, that's great, but ever since I saw those glutes I'VE been stalking YOU! Heh heh! j/k

Funny thing about stalking, though - it's BIG in Japan. Really awful crimes like murder and so on are quite rare, statistically speaking, but perversions like touching up women on the trains and stalking are an everyday occurance for a huge percentage of women. Maybe the train culture just makes it easier ...

OK, so, no face.

 

[SteelWeaver]

"Someone might decide to do a PhotoShop on it and alter it so you have an enormous dick or some shit and then post it somewhere."

OMG, Sassy! ROTFLMAO!!!

........ but how do you know I don't already have one? .....

(That's a JOKE, folks, heh heh)

 

[SteelWeaver]

Well, frankly, I don't care who knows where I am or whatever - like you said before, it's hardly likely that someone's gonna travel all the way here to stalk me, and if they did, I'd kick them in the nuts, ha ha. I don't think it would be very hard to find a specific foreigner in this city.

It's the stuff about people taking my pics and giving me a big dick that bugs me, lol. I'm vain, and besides that, I don't want some freaking pervert wanking over my pic.

 

[b fold the truth]

I post pics of me with my face in it. I'm not some great looking guy and most anyone who wanted to know my real name and where I lived....could easily find it anyway.

I am also not a female...I can see how many females would not want their faces all over the net...lots of strange guys out there.

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