Truenudists Groups showing up on Google

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• MI

  

  MikeOriginal Poster

  Mar 20, 2021

  It's true, I logged out, then just try googling anything with truenudists in the criteria. "truenudist add media" for example. Instead of finding out how to add media, I found out, it appears this site is wide open. Well not altogether wide open but enough to see your profile photo, your profile and groups that you belong to in many cases. That's scary. Has anyone else found this?

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• SA

  

  Stone Andy

  Mar 20, 2021

  More signs that TN is in a slow death spiral, mistreating its serious members and allowing and encouraging anything for more traffic. I'll have to change my pix settings to friends only and start collecting emails for those I want to stay in touch with for when the site shuts down.

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• MA

  

  ManOfWicklow

  Mar 20, 2021

  It is open for everyone to see, so as to entice more people to join and increase revenue for the owners of the site.

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• CR

  

  Cruzey

  Mar 21, 2021

  [quote]It is open for everyone to see, so as to entice more people to join and increase revenue for the owners of the site.[/quote] More people would join if the overall membership was a more genuine nudist community rather than an eclectic mixture prurient, deviant, exhibitionist, sex-seeking closet voyeurs. Some of the questions, groups, discussions, profiles, etc on the site are obvious turn-offs to genuine nudists. Of the hundred or so nudists I know (excluding TN Friends), none of them belong to this TN site. Those who have explored the site have reviled the site as a disingenuous collection of perverts with a small hardened collection of seasoned members who joined in better days and have built an enclave that works for them. Genuine nudists are not prepared to pay for such an aberration to their lifestyle. The remaining members are only here to advertise other sites, run bots, or hide in the shadows, so will not be interested in increasing revenue for anyone but themselves. There are millions of naturists worldwide, yet probably only 400 on this site. Why, one must ask? The old saying is make a better product and the people will come.

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• ST

  

  Steve

  Mar 21, 2021

  I first found TrueNudists through a Google search for nudist vegetarians, which led me to the group "Vegetarian, Vegan And Wanabees". I was glad to have found it. THIS IS NOT A SECRET SOCIETY, people. It's the internet. If you're on here to huddle under the covers and giggle over naked pictures (which does seem to be the economic model of the site), then its openness might well bother you. If you're on here to meet and interact with nudists and people interested in nudism, I absolutely don't see the problem. You can do that posting only what you are comfortable sharing with the world, and nothing more.

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• ST

  

  Steve

  Mar 21, 2021

  March 20 , 2021 . SteveinKona . Very true .

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• JO

  

  John

  Mar 21, 2021

  You can block your profile from showing in google (or other crawlers) by setting it to Don't Allow in your profile settings.

  My Settings
  Privacy

  It's the last item in the list. Like all security on the Net, it's not guarenteed.

  John aka cobeachbum

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 21, 2021

  Thank you for the note on privacy...Its a good reminder for us all.

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 21, 2021

  Yet people still wonder why some here do not put up photos. Some just can not accept the fact that if you do not want to become part of internet history, then do not publish photos or personal information. Even if information is set to private, an experienced computer programmer can always gain access. There is no privacy on the internet period! Publish at your own risk!!

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• MC

  

  Mcdcvs

  Mar 21, 2021

  I also found TN by searching for Black Nudist and ended up in the group I now Moderate.

  Cobeachbum is correct about the search setting but to the OPs point, if you have access to a group, you also have access to the members of that group, at least your profile picture and the thumbnail information.

  It would be nice if people are directed here by a search engine, that they would get a non members general information page.

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• ME

  Member

  Mar 21, 2021

  [quote]Yet people still wonder why some here do not put up photos. Some just can not accept the fact that if you do not want to become part of internet history, then do not publish photos or personal information. Even if information is set to private, an experienced computer programmer can always gain access. There is no privacy on the internet period! Publish at your own risk!!Its totally true what you say but if anyone have a look to your friend list there is no one you have accepted with no picture. The issue is also the double standards. Enjoying others nudist pics but wanted to take zero risk.[/quote]
  
  My 'friend' list is so out of date and most by far do not respond to any message. Many have long since left this site years ago and will never return. One day I will get around to cleaning it out. The most important thing to me is some kind of intelligent chat regardless of photos. If the person proves to be interested in conversation, then photos can always be exchanged down the line. I have friends here who are not on my friends list but we converse through other means and so this site has become less and less important. I do not need to enjoy photos as I go to nudist venues and can enjoy people in real life. The real issue here is people from anywhere gaining access to members information here regardless of the so called safety protocols. I do not think that people who come to steal information are primarily here to enjoy photos.

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• JO

  

  John

  Mar 21, 2021

  I just checked the settings on my privacy page. It would be nice if there were an intermediate category for permissions between "friends" and "anybody." That would be "certified." That would, I think, filter out the gleaning bots but let people who show at least an interest in nudism to access my stuff.

  I restrict my "friends" to either people who are local to me and I have a chance of meeting in person, or people I've had conversations with on the site and would actually like to meet if the occasion arises.

  Of course, I doubt that the site will make such changes, but if anybody is interested in designing a site of their own, this would be a friendly feature.

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• EA

  

  EarlD

  Mar 21, 2021

  Profiles have been visible for quite some time now on google. Just google your username TN provides no guarantee of securing them it everyone for themself when it come to net security.

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