This social network has become more shit than facebook or twitter or any social network. The objective of this social network is to socialize with nudists and have a good time, but no, it is full of fake accounts (mostly women) and the few real accounts do not speak to you for any reason (most because they think you are a fake account or because you have the photos that only your friends see, then you enter their profile and they have added to fake accounts of women / men and their photos are also private.). I just deleted everything, thanks to those I met and made friends with.
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Tom DNov 11, 2020[quote]Sorry your experience has been bad, but I can vouch for this site being a good source of some true friendships with good folks Ive subsequently met in real life. Ive run nude, hiked nude, and beached nude with folks Ive met here. Thankful for the opportunity this site provided![/quote] While I haven't met anyone from this board in real life, I do find it to be a great place to share experiences with other genuine nudists. Sure there are fakes and sexual overtures at times, but I just ignore what I don't like and continue with what I do.ReactReply - NO
noodengr2Nov 11, 2020I have made online and in person connections thru TN. Sure there are some fakes but honestly I can pick them out pretty quickly and then ignore them
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JerryNov 11, 2020[quote]I have made online and in person connections thru TN. Sure there are some fakes but honestly I can pick them out pretty quickly and then ignore them[/quote] Yes, he/you is/are a great example. He/You and I grew up about 25 miles apart, and even went to the same college for a semester not knowing it at the time. We recently encountered each other on here and had some good conversations and now hope to be able to meet in real life some time.ReactReply - BE
BerkyNov 11, 2020All I get here are friend requests and messages from spam accounts. Most days I'm flagging and blocking 2 a day. I'm a paying member and I'm even getting a little disgruntled with it.
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Naked guy next door!Nov 11, 2020I've enjoyed this site for years and have engaged in great conversations with nice guys. I've also met some in person. But I do agree that lately there are lots of fake profiles and many spam messages. I've flagged 6 women this week, all had joined the site within hours and all directed me to go to sex sites. Several were listed as certified. Its very disheartening.
ReactReply - MIMichel78Original PosterNov 11, 2020
My complaint is towards the site that it does nothing to remove fake accounts and people's hypocrisy. I have a membership and I see when they look at my profile and when I talk to someone the first thing is that they review my photos. Why do they do it? If I'm ugly, won't they talk to me? nudism is accepting your body and your soul, not because you're ugly, people don't talk to you. That's what bothers me about the hypocritical people who practice nudism on this social network.
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TBANov 11, 2020You sir hit it right on the head. Spot on. Your either too fat or too old or ugly or too skinny or blah blah blah.... Why can't people just use this site for what it was intended. To connect true nudist with each other. No matter the sex, race, or creed. Just connect people who are nudists. The fake pages are easily fixed if the tech team that run the site would actually do it. That's not my real concern. My main concern is that I will no longer want to be apart of the nudist community because I'm not fit or the right age or my completion is light or dark enough.
I became a nudist because it was the first time I felt free and happy and not wanting to end my life because who would want a person like myself especially if I didn't want me. Nudism heroes (true nudists) helped me find myself and find freedom and ultimately changed my life. Truenudists, these are my concerns and I hope you can help change the narrative.
Think of it this way, how in the hell are we going to change the perspective of the majority of the world when we can't be unified?ReactReply - 1N
1nakedfarmerNov 11, 2020Truenudists is a site I use more than all other sites combined. It has been the avenue for connecting to some awesome buddies for outdoor nude recreation. I have enjoyed many
chats covering a huge variety of topics not just nudism. Weed
through the fakes and capitalize on the real people. One way
to reduce the fakes would be to charge for every membership.
That unfortunately would also cut down on some good accounts. I would bet the team is open to listening to suggestions.....
Addressing the question of why people look at your photos; I do the same thing. During any new contact, I read the profile to gain a little knowledge of the person and to see if we have other common interests. Outdoor pictures seem to impress me the most. It's kind of proof of ones nude adventures. Creative photos also tell a story and shows character. To even have a picture shows ones willingness to be a part of the community. I have never chosen a friend based on looks in real life or cyber fantasy. The type of person one is is the true beauty..... Realize that the site can be accessed by millions of people and very hard to monitor. Don't let a few minor experiences dictate your future of connecting with some truly neat people.ReactReply - PR
ProfindNov 11, 2020Like the other guys I get the fake profile-spam but I just see it as part of the benefit of having an open site like this. Just ignore them.
Ive met several guys from the site and Ive also told several nudist Ive met on the beach about the site.
Sure I look at your pics - Im a guy! Its not about judging. If Im being judged I dont notice it. I assume everyone likes me:)
Im not on here to find my new best friend. I chat from time to time with several guys. I enjoy reading about the exploits of my naked friend too.
Lastly, how empty my life would be with Nakedhikers stories! Priceless!!
Relax and stay naked!
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PhilipNov 11, 2020I'm more than a little frustrated by all the fake accounts. I'm nothing special, just a fat old nudist who wants to meet other nudists. I'm interested in meeting women, men, couples, gay, straight, or any other type of nudists. The most common type of fake I meet has been on here for a day or so, immediately wants to connect on Hangouts or some other app, and sprinkles in "Dear" in every exchange. No, I don't believe there are women half my age or less that see me as a soulmate.
I wish the True Nudist Team would manage to weed out at least some of the spam accounts, maybe use reverse image searches as a policy to find the fakes before we waste time talking to the imposters. Possibly one solution is to make profile photos searchable by members to do our own reverse image searches to faster spot fakes.
I have a lifetime account, am certified, and really want to meet other nudists in person.ReactReply - ST
StevieLornaNov 11, 2020Ive said this before, TN has a great deal of good information on naturism, it also has many genuine naturists.
But, it has to be recognise that TN does allow fake and sex led profiles so they must be attracting people who want that kind of content too.
Perhaps the seedier side of TN is the actual backbone of the site now and the genuine naturists are pushed to the fringes.
The more fakes the less there will be genuine naturists and the new people joining will get an even more distorted view.
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Stone AndyNov 11, 2020We look at how TN is meeting/not meeting our needs or living up to the principles we ascribe to it. Remember, however, it's a business, and in this particular case a business built on a software platform that's likely older than my high school aged sons and run by a firm with an F rating in Better Business Bureau. Set your expectations accordingly. Also keep in mind that it's in its cash cow phase of its product life cycle, or the mature stage where it generates a steady cash flow. However, its growth rate has slowed down and investment is reduced to just holding its own. By their nature cash cows are one step from becoming hamburger. Don't expect consistent moderators or a smart phone app any time soon.
ReactReply - BEBerkyNov 11, 2020
In response to the fake spam accounts. As a paying member I would like to think some of my hard earned dollars are going towards flagging these internet domains these accounts always want you to go to. I know the technology is out there for that. We have moderators. While they're checking pictures they should be checking profiles for these domain addresses. Its not rocket science. When you see the same stock photos showing up all the time this should be a red flag to the moderators.
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Guzzi27Nov 11, 2020This is my second time around on this site. Was a member for a few years dropped off for a few months and rejoined several months ago. The spam account problem is significantly worse now than even when I rejoined, let alone a couple of years ago.
I am getting 4-6 likes from obvious spam accounts every day. OK it isnt a huge thing to just flag and block them but it does get irritating after a while. It doesnt need anything as complex as reverse image search to spot them, just spot the weblink in the words. Or the fact that someone has only been on the site for 7 hours and has found me on the other side of the Atlantic while I havent even been logged on, and dont even have a profile picture of myself displayed.
I do think it is time TT upped their game on this.ReactReply - BEBerkyNov 11, 2020Spam accounts increased dramatically this summer. Nearly every time I log in I have to first Flag and Block. [quote]This is my second time around on this site. Was a member for a few years dropped off for a few months and rejoined several months ago. The spam account problem is significantly worse now than even when I rejoined, let alone a couple of years ago. I am getting 4-6 likes from obvious spam accounts every day. OK it isnt a huge thing to just flag and block them but it does get irritating after a while. It doesnt need anything as complex as reverse image search to spot them, just spot the weblink in the words. Or the fact that someone has only been on the site for 7 hours and has found me on the other side of the Atlantic while I havent even been logged on, and dont even have a profile picture of myself displayed. I do think it is time TT upped their game on this.[/quote]ReactReply
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Gordy57Nov 12, 2020Sounds like the Yahoo groups I joined years ago. They all died a slow death.
ReactReply - JEJerryNov 12, 2020
Yes, there are hypocritical people on here. Yes there are fakes on here. Yes there are judge mental people on here. You know what, I encounter all those same types of people in my own city where I live, and some of them even in the office where I work.
Hell, just today I got 5 different emails telling me that my non0existent PayPal account was logged into by an IP address in China, 3 more telling me that my FedEx package had an issue and I needed to login to their site to fix it, and even an email from DHL telling me that the package I never sent needed some information updated. All 9 of those emails were sending me to similar pages on one of the many sites that was very popular a few years ago for offering free web hosting. While that was an exceptional day, it still far outpaces the number of fakes on this site trying to steal my identity or money. I generally only get a few fakes a week, and as others have said, its not too hard to figure out which ones are fake. When I see one of them (even if they didnt send me a friend request), I just flag them and ignore them.
I do have to admit that when I get a message or a friend request from someone, I do tend to go look at their profile and pictures to see if they are one of the obvious fakes or not. You may just be encountering people like me who are trying to make sure you are not fake when you see them checking out your profile and photos. Who knows? I will say that when I saw a pattern to the fake accounts I was encountering, I reported that to the site admins and a few days later that pattern stopped and a new pattern was starting. Catching the fakes is like an anti-virus program. It looks for a pattern and then blocks it, so it is always re-active and chasing after the patterns so they can be blocked, but they have to find the new pattern before it can be blocked, so they are always behind the fakes instead of finding ways to prevent them in the first place.
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MarcusNov 12, 2020I do not like the people who are not certified. It would be also good if TN would do the certification with the passport.
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TonyNov 12, 2020[quote]I do not like the people who are not certified. It would be also good if TN would do the certification with the passport.[/quote] Well, it wouldn't be the first time that I wasn't liked. Nor, would it be the first time, that I didn't care. I didn't join this site with the naive notion, that everyone that came here would actually be "true nudists". I do however, hope that I can pick out those that aren't so that I can avoid them. I also try to flag those that I feel, have more nefarious intentions than most.. Unfortunately, too many people associate nudity with sex. Given that, it's only logical that it will attract a less than desirable element to the site. I hope that efforts to flag the undesirable elements, and a reasonable amount of support from those that run the site, can keep the initial goals intact.ReactReply - MEMemberNov 12, 2020
It shouldn't be a surprise. Folks are stuck at home and looking for ways to make up for lost income. Both are conducive to increasing spam on various fronts. I've noticed more spam email too.
There are also the obvious sexual pictures here. Folks claim it isn't about sex, then post dick pics for their avatar. Kinda weird.
No, this isn't a spam acct. Sorry for the dog pic. I'll get a human one posted when I can. We don't generally take pictures.
ReactReply - BEBerkyNov 12, 2020I used to manage some Yahoo groups. They became infested with spam. That's the one of the main reasons that died. I've been a volunteer admin/mod on another very well known website since 2004. The cheapest way to go is for TN to just have their mods "lay eyes" on these fake accounts. It wouldn't take long to figure out which stock photos are repeats. The person "approving" the pictures should get a good talking to... [quote]Sounds like the Yahoo groups I joined years ago. They all died a slow death.[/quote]ReactReply
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JohnNov 12, 2020[quote] The person "approving" the pictures should get a good talking to... [/quote] There is no one approving the pictures anymore. I know TT2 still claims every picture is looked at before being posted, but that simply isn't true anymore. It used to be when you posted a picture to the gallery or your profile, only you could see it until it had been approved (it would have a "pending" banner across it, though you could make it your profile photo) . Now, media is instantly posted and is viewable, and I believe the first photo you post automatically becomes your profile photo (Users have complained about this). John aka cobeachbumReactReply - TDTom DNov 12, 2020[quote]The person "approving" the pictures should get a good talking to... There is no one approving the pictures anymore. I know TT2 still claims every picture is looked at before being posted, but that simply isn't true anymore. It used to be when you posted a picture to the gallery or your profile, only you could see it until it had been approved (it would have a "pending" banner across it, though you could make it your profile photo) . Now, media is instantly posted and is viewable, and I believe the first photo you post automatically becomes your profile photo (Users have complained about this). I John aka cobeachbum[/quote] I have twice posted pictures without my face showing in which my genitals are covered and they were taken down. There is no written prohibition on this type of picture, Full frontal nude pictures without a face are not allowed, but I have seen quite a few. Don't understand why.ReactReply
- JOJohnNov 12, 2020[quote]I have twice posted pictures without my face showing in which my genitals are covered and they were taken down. There is no written prohibition on this type of picture, Full frontal nude pictures without a face are not allowed, but I have seen quite a few. Don't understand why.[/quote] If people flagged your photo, it gets looked at. As for the photos that exist against the rules, they are either old from before when the rules where put in place and haven't been flagged (which is hard to do in the gallery since the 'flag' function doesn't work) or they are posted from the favored few (PiPearl4Christ for instance, who seems to get away with just about anything). If your issues happened recently (last year or so), you may have fallen victim to the upload bug. I have had photos disappear the next day for no reason. I just upload them again and they stay. The only thing I can recommend on the bug is after uploading photos is to wait a minute or two before changing screens. If I do that, I don't seem to have the issue. Johna aka cobeachbumReactReply