What is the deal here with the guys?
Tamijennelle
Posts: 36 Member
My inbox is flooded with sexual garbage, flirts and other foolishness.
How is an app built for fitness regarded as a hook up/dating site?
Im annoyed. I swear men will stop at nothing to get laid. And they think its cute but really its pathetic.
Seriously, go to a bar or something dudes...or is there something wrong with you that you have to sleeze around on apps.
I ignore. I get called either stuck up or a lesbian.
No degenerate....im just, um, normal. If it was a dating site, then id be open to chatting...but uhhhh THIS IS NOT AN EFFING DATING SITE NOW IS IT STUPID??!!
sad.
How is an app built for fitness regarded as a hook up/dating site?
Im annoyed. I swear men will stop at nothing to get laid. And they think its cute but really its pathetic.
Seriously, go to a bar or something dudes...or is there something wrong with you that you have to sleeze around on apps.
I ignore. I get called either stuck up or a lesbian.
No degenerate....im just, um, normal. If it was a dating site, then id be open to chatting...but uhhhh THIS IS NOT AN EFFING DATING SITE NOW IS IT STUPID??!!
sad.
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Is this your first time on an internet forum? Not that I'm saying that it's acceptable behavior, but really...have you never been on an internet forum before?
Also, a lot of chicks here do exactly the same...not just dudes.7 -
if you really dont want the inboxes, try deleting your picture or putting a picture not of you up?1
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I am a guy and I dont talk sex or flirt at all on here. Rarely even comment.1
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If you are experiencing inappropriate conduct which violates the terms of service then report it to the moderators and block the offending users.
This kind of rant, whilst understandable, won't achieve much.6 -
I don't get a ton of that stuff. When I do, I either tell the person to knock it off (if it was just a minor flirt) or I just delete them. I've been on here for 3 years.
Maybe dudes think if you are on here to lose weight you are easy prey. It's probably easier to hit on fat chicks.
I'm a fat chick, but I might be a little intimidating. lol.2 -
I would say its an equal amount of men and women trolling for attention.4
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cwolfman13 wrote: »Is this your first time on an internet forum? Not that I'm saying that it's acceptable behavior, but really...have you never been on an internet forum before?
Also, a lot of chicks here do exactly the same...not just dudes.
It's interesting. I've been on the internet for a while and on this forum in particular for years and I've never received unsolicited pics and only a couple of unsolicited sexual messages. That's not "just the way the internet is" in many corners of the net. It seems to be more "that's how some people are and it gets excused away on certain sites where they naturally tend to congregate because of it."4 -
I could probably top your male messages with female messages. Only difference is that they don't offer to send vag pics right away like guys will. Have you seen these forums? They are more social than educational at this point. If you need to learn something, use the search option. The answer is already there. Less socializing = less chances of being found = less chances of flirting.3
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I've been on MFP for nearly 4 years and never gotten any unsolicited messages/pics, and I comment fairly frequently. Maybe they aren't attracted to the large picture of my cat...lol. I don't know why..I find him adorable!8
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Oh, It's hard to be so beautiful!! Take it with a grain of salt, a few racy messages aren't worth getting angry over. I've received maybe 3 since July of 2015, I ignored/blocked them. My message on my page states clearly that I'm happily married, and that if you cross the line you will be blocked. Seems to have worked. And no, please don't remove your status picture for a couple of yahoos...it's YOU, and YOU deserve to show yourself with pride. Good luck, smile, and worry less about that stuff, and more about making YOU the best YOU you can be!! Much love! xo3
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TannedTiger wrote: »OP, please post a screenshot of all the tons of messages you are getting, because I tend to believe you are just looking for attention.
I kinda have to agree. I find it hard to believe guys are blowing up your inbox with sexual messages when there's other apps like tinder to do that on. Personally I've never received any. And if you are it's pretty easy to ignore.5 -
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diannethegeek wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »Is this your first time on an internet forum? Not that I'm saying that it's acceptable behavior, but really...have you never been on an internet forum before?
Also, a lot of chicks here do exactly the same...not just dudes.
It's interesting. I've been on the internet for a while and on this forum in particular for years and I've never received unsolicited pics and only a couple of unsolicited sexual messages. That's not "just the way the internet is" in many corners of the net. It seems to be more "that's how some people are and it gets excused away on certain sites where they naturally tend to congregate because of it."
The only forum I've ever belonged to where I didn't see this kind of behavior was on the RV forum I used to be on...probably because it was mostly people 60+. Pretty much every other open social media forum I've been a part of, there has been issues like this both men and women. I don't get a ton of it, but it's there. I just delete and move on.2 -
Been here over 4 years. There have been a few unwarranted messages. Just block the culprits, and avoid the "chit/chat" threads.
I would guess that 99% of the people here are pretty awesome, ignore/delete/block the rest.2 -
I'm a guy and been on and off this site for about 3 years. I have a good mixture of female and male friends that I look for advise and support as we reach for our goals. Not once have I sent inappropriate messages or received inappropriate messages from anyone so please don't refer to this app as a dating site because of a few idiots supposedly sending you "sexual garbage, flirts and other foolishness".
It's a great site and has a lot of useful info within it, as well as a bunch of great people.4 -
snowflake930 wrote: »Been here over 4 years. There have been a few unwarranted messages. Just block the culprits, and avoid the "chit/chat" threads.
I would guess that 99% of the people here are pretty awesome, ignore/delete/block the rest.
This is true...2 -
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I know many women on this site with pictures of themselves in a sports bra and bike shorts who are very active in the forums, and none of them have ever mentioned getting more than a random inappropriate message here, so it seems odd that your inbox is "flooded". Do you post often in the ChitChat forum maybe? Are you using the same username as you have used in other places that might have followed you here?2
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haha the crowd is fickle.....:)0
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Sad....1
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My inbox is flooded with booze run requests.. It's disgusting.8
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I've only had one message since joining, I just deleted and blocked the guy. Everyone else seems decent and helpful and here to lose weight, perhaps you are posting on the wrong threads?0
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3/10 would not smash4
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Ive been here for ten/eleven days-not gotten one nasty email. Everyone seems well behaved?0
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Look, I replied to this thread and then got a message like that. Who is trolling me now? He apologized when I called him out. Then he deleted me.
From: matthewrwright795
Received: April 20, 2016 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: Re(5): hi
I apologize.
Previously you wrote:
Hi. I got this message and your other this morning. I want to make it clear that I'm not on here to flirt. I'm happily married with little kids. The "friends" I have on MFP are for support in losing weight. I'm not trying to be rude but requests for pictures and calling me "beautiful" make me incredibly uncomfortable.
Thanks.0 -
<---- Calling sneaker fetishists everywhere. . .2
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I got a sexually explicit message from a guy once after replying this misc copypasta in a thread.
"awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.:"
more my fault than anything tho i suppose.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »Is this your first time on an internet forum? Not that I'm saying that it's acceptable behavior, but really...have you never been on an internet forum before?
Also, a lot of chicks here do exactly the same...not just dudes.
It's interesting. I've been on the internet for a while and on this forum in particular for years and I've never received unsolicited pics and only a couple of unsolicited sexual messages. That's not "just the way the internet is" in many corners of the net. It seems to be more "that's how some people are and it gets excused away on certain sites where they naturally tend to congregate because of it."
The only forum I've ever belonged to where I didn't see this kind of behavior was on the RV forum I used to be on...probably because it was mostly people 60+. Pretty much every other open social media forum I've been a part of, there has been issues like this both men and women. I don't get a ton of it, but it's there. I just delete and move on.
I wanted to add to this that I've never experienced nor do I know anyone who's ever experienced the "flooding" of inappropriate messages...anywhere I've ever been on the internet, they just randomly happen every once in awhile...so I'm calling BS on the flooding of the OP's in box.1 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »diannethegeek wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »Is this your first time on an internet forum? Not that I'm saying that it's acceptable behavior, but really...have you never been on an internet forum before?
Also, a lot of chicks here do exactly the same...not just dudes.
It's interesting. I've been on the internet for a while and on this forum in particular for years and I've never received unsolicited pics and only a couple of unsolicited sexual messages. That's not "just the way the internet is" in many corners of the net. It seems to be more "that's how some people are and it gets excused away on certain sites where they naturally tend to congregate because of it."
The only forum I've ever belonged to where I didn't see this kind of behavior was on the RV forum I used to be on...probably because it was mostly people 60+. Pretty much every other open social media forum I've been a part of, there has been issues like this both men and women. I don't get a ton of it, but it's there. I just delete and move on.
I wanted to add to this that I've never experienced nor do I know anyone who's ever experienced the "flooding" of inappropriate messages...anywhere I've ever been on the internet, they just randomly happen every once in awhile...so I'm calling BS on the flooding of the OP's in box.
I would be shocked if there are even TWO.0
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