Trip report Writers...

[Tomcat]

(StreetDog @ Nov. 27 2009,11:30) Cant we all just get along here?

By " here" you refer to the majority of guys that play the game and dont bleat at the sight of there so called girlfriend posted up here. Unfortunately there are some idiots who are not " here" in the inclusive sense that we dont them and one supposes that they dont want us...

Anyway you can be sure that eventually the beans will be spilled on the chumps that think they are being clever ...

given enough time a canary will sing

[ezflip]

(PigDogg @ Nov. 28 2009,01:23) It seems many posters believe that this is a roundabout way to monetize the Forum.

That's not the case.  

Rather it's about figuring out a way to protect trip report writers and pic posters.

What some of the straight forums do is have "Level 2" status where the pics are racier and the discussion somewhat more candid.  One can get there easily for free by posting about 25 times and not causing trouble.

But the str8 forums also have problems with guys showing girls the pics in Level 2.

Thank you. I'm glad you cleared that part of the issue. But something still bothers me. I'll try to explain myself clearly (Hard to do sometimes with my french mind)

Hypothetical situation.

1) Trip reports and photo section is moved to VIP area.

2) Members need to pay in order to access VIP area.

3) Regular members (non VIP) who contributed with trip reports and photos are then told that if they want access to the VIP area, they will have to pay.

That does not seem fair to me if it were to happen this way. I hope that it will not come to that.

I've played by the rules. Not asked silly questions, did the search on my own, made a trip report, met with members during my last trip and I try to contribute positive ideas and suggestion to the forum. If I was told that I would have to pay to see my own trip report (or any future reports that I will make once I get back to LOS)...that would plainly suck.

While I'm on the subject - what happens to those that already have access to the VIP area? Will they have to pay to keep their status? Some did pay by donation, will they have to pay again? Slippery slope ahead.

If everybody has to pay then I will do so gladly as I believe this forum is a good forum and the funds will make it remain so.

Like I said, it's only a hypothetical situation but it does have a bearing on the current situation.

BTW, I have not asked to be a VIP member yet but I'm hoping to become one.

[manarak]

agree!

I think just certain pix (those for which the girl has not given explicit consent) and some text passages (which are not for all to see) should be protected from the public's view.

The VIP text could be marked like [VIP][/VIP] (visible only to VIPs and to people authorized to modify the post, i.e. mods, admins and the author himself)
and the pix could use a different upload form, moving them to a directory above the webroot.

So, there would be publicly accessible trip reports, with some invisible text passages and some invisible pics, which would be visible to VIPs only.
Discussions about the VIP content are confined to VIP forum.

Plus, I would expect people posting trip reports and pix to rapidly receive an invitation for VIP, especially if they met other VIP BMs who can recommend them.


I would really like such an arrangement, because then I could post all the pix I took.

[ezflip]

I don't think text poses a problem. I've personally noticed that the LB's that I have met can't even read english. Hence the reason they need a translator for the emails.

I get some emails that clearly have been written by a translator. There's no way that she can write better then she speaks it.

[manarak]

true

but then some can (especially from the PI), and it wouldn't do any harm to be able to hide text as well, would it?

[manarak]

argh - my fingers are already itching for programming this !!

LOL

[razrman]

I don't believe the solution can be solved by moving trip reports to a VIP section because
1)How could anybody be sure the culprit isn't a VIP member? It only needs one idiot to show the pictures to a girl concerned and the problem rears it's head again.
2) By charging a fee it may make this idiot even more motivated to show the pictures around as he now feels he's paid his price and has an even greater right to show the pictures off.
Lastly it must be remembered that this forum is supposed to cater to the ladyboy lover not the ladyboy. Frankly, aside from Naang Fah and a few other ladyboys the bulk of the posts here are by guys. Shouldn't this forum cater to the bulk of its members?
By all means, treat the ladyboy with respect but if this sort of thing is going to be a bother - it will set a precedent.
So what's next? BMs telling of a bad experience will be moved to a private forum?

[razrman]

(PigDogg @ Nov. 28 2009,12:23) Rather it's about figuring out a way to protect trip report writers and pic posters....

In the first place aren't all of us here supposed to be anonymous?
In the second if I wrote a trip report which is 100% true why should I be bothered if I'm confronted?
I'm sorry, I don't understand what there is to protect?

[manarak]

the girl will know who took the picture.
a girl who is angry on you and tells all her friends can really ruin your holiday.

[kahuna]

(razrman @ Nov. 28 2009,21:39) So what's next?

The BMs who are writing trip reports and posting all the photos you like to wank over are gonna stop posting trip reports and photos...Some already have stopped...

It's their call as posters, not yours as a reader...

[pinoffice]

(manarak @ Nov. 28 2009,22:28)
the girl will know who took the picture.
a girl who is angry on you and tells all her friends can really ruin your holiday.

Iff - and only iff this happens then you should politely ask a moderator to remove the incriminated pictures from this forum. Anything else? Or are there any hidden agendas?

[Ladyboy_Floyd]

Gentlemen,

Over on >> » The legend that is ERNESTO! » To whom it may concern >> I added a short post asking Stogie Bear to weigh in with his opinion on this suddenly-hot topic. Then, while browsing around looking for related content, I found his "answer" (position) on another thread, specifically >> News, Views and LADYBOYS! » Pics of Ladyboys >> (Post 9, May 26, 2009). I'm re-posting it here as I respect Stogie Bear's experience and opinion:

Stogie said, "I'm increasingly blase about petulant LBs who do or don't want their pics taken. I'm increasingly on the side of the guys who post them and more and more deaf to the whiney fuckers who complain about their pics or their 'loved ones' pics being posted.

Hey - If don't want your pic posted on the Internet then keep your fucking clothes on and don't fuck for cash!"

Others, your thoughts?

[PANICOS]

sorry bumpa stikka but...i am jealous.Do you think that i could also be a vip
member, or a senior?maybe you can bring me a bit up from what i am.
thanks.

[anthony70]

well, i learned years ago to never post pics publically. not worth the grief.
there will never be a solution to wankers showing the forum, but i suggest the following changes , if they are possible.
to sign in.

[b][B]please enter your username.

please enter your password.

please enter your password for pics.[/B

anyone writing a trip report would naturally be given the extra password.
all other members would be granted a password to view pics based on input, time served, stripes earned....whatever.
so the trip reports would still be available to all, but you have to earn the right to view them with the pics.
any wanker spoiling the party could soon be narrowed down, by working out who was in town at the times when problems occur.
then we can put them in the stocks and shag them.

[xploring]

I will be shorter than my last rant on this thread. First the idea that making people pay to get into a VIP area will stop idiots from bragging, showing off, I dont know what to call it, with the girls assumes idiots dont have money to get access. I wish this were true. Unfortunately it is my experience that on to many occasions people with too much money are idiots and therefore cost will not stop them.

As for the girls, when it is to there benefit they will let you take pictures and when it is to there advantage, ie when they get a sponser and he sees them, they will be upset that you have done it.

So what do I think that means for the policy. I think it means that you keep the policy as is now. This forum has become extreamly successful and because of it will attract the good members with the bad. Starting to track members ip addresses and when the login and where from seems way to over the top for what the issue really is. A girl has changed her mind. It has been happening ever since they realized how weak we are when they flash their smile or their tits at us.