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By *cottybhoy OP Man over a year ago

falkirk

May be very unpopular but I believe a token £1 credit card fee should apply to all new users. This would end the very many fake accounts both issuing pictures of others and perusing pictures of individuals that they have no right to see

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By *oodnitegirlWoman over a year ago

Yorkshire

I agree

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By *emini ManMan over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Or you could just filter "newbies" out of your search parameters and use a little common sense and due diligence to decide on how genuine a profile is - has worked for me for over three years and have never yet had my time wasted or even got sucked in by a fake profile.

A notional £1 charge to join wouldn't be enough of a deterrent to keep away the type of profile you're referring to anyway - from what I hear other sites that charge all users to join are just as full of people bemoaning fakes and timewasters as here.

The only real way to avoid them is to use your instincts and, as I said, a little common sense and due diligence.

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By *cottybhoy OP Man over a year ago

falkirk

Is not about being conned

It is about people illegally posting pictures of other people locally stolen from FB etc

A notional card charge would confirm if person is male or female.

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By *amissCouple over a year ago

chelmsford

You'll never stop them.

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By *emini ManMan over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"Is not about being conned

It is about people illegally posting pictures of other people locally stolen from FB etc

A notional card charge would confirm if person is male or female. "

Regardless of what it was about though a notional £1 charge still wouldn't deter people - and a credit card doesn't prove gender as far as I am aware - mine just shows my initials for example.

Agree that anyone using pics that aren't their own should be blocked and there's a report button to do so if there are any you are aware of and can show that they don't belong to the user.

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By *ants cockWoman over a year ago

lincoln

"May be very unpopular but I believe a token £1 credit card fee should apply to all new users. This would end the very many fake accounts both issuing pictures of others and perusing pictures of individuals that they have no right to see"

Paying would of put me off joining. I don’t believe it would put the pic collectors off as they still don’t have to meet. Everyone is a fake to someone on here. Like crying wolf

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Waste of time

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

I agree with the OP a nominal charge is a good idea.

It confirms someone's ID and allows their real details name ,dob, home etc to be accessed / identified in the event the member causes trouble on site or the police are involved for whatever reason etc. Also arguably someone with access to a credit card is going to be more stable/ honest perhaps ? Not saying anyone who can't get a credit card is going to be dodgy ..but I'm not saying some of them aren't dodgy though ! yes I do agree fully about a way to stop the false people in here ..let's be honest FAB is starting to become a bit of a free for all with all sorts adding profiles wanting to sell their used pants and seen to be involving everything from money to drugs or both for sex services . There are sites for that but the cheapskates won't pay the advertising fees I imagine !

Shouldn't we as paying members only be given information about ' real' people from this site ? And not have to work it out for ourselves ? I get the ethos of this place being a bit hippy ,free ,DIY of course but really think some things need dealing with.

Also, before anyone suggests it .I don't really agree with the ' block button' being the universal solution to everything anyone says they aren't happy about on FAB . I could argue that's not necessary if everyone was a bit more honest on here ?but as the OP implies things are getting a bit tiresome now with ' falsies,druggies and hawkers' time they were gone I say!

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By *ev_1Couple over a year ago

Bickliegh

A pound will never stop it raise it to a grand !!!!!

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By *amissCouple over a year ago

chelmsford

I don't think I'd want all my personal details held on a swinging site.

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

"A pound will never stop it raise it to a grand !!!!!"

Actually you are right although I would suggest £100 would be more sensible . Members could get 2 months Gold pas included ? Plenty of time to check out the full site and see if it works for them

Members could see it as like a damage deposit ! Something they get back when they leave the site based on their behaviour etc whilst they were using it ..

Could work ! Sort out the idiots,timewasters and pretenders .

Perhaps ?

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple over a year ago

Falkirk

This has been covered so many times on the forums for years.

Timewasters still have money, people will still continue to mess each other about.

Like someone has said, set your filters, read profiles carefully and you may get on better.

Penilising everyone and charging them more wont work.

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

"This has been covered so many times on the forums for years.

Timewasters still have money, people will still continue to mess each other about.

Like someone has said, set your filters, read profiles carefully and you may get on better.

Penilising everyone and charging them more wont work."

That just seems like a kop out answer . Just because a problem remains to exist doesn't mean you ignore it . For me this is becoming a real problem on fab it falsifies the statistics .How many actual women are on here for example .Something that would influence someone joining the site ? And strangely making the gender imbalance higher and higher for a lot of straight guys . Add To that junkies and panty sellers and the place starts to look a bit sordid .. just my opinion of course .

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By *SAchickWoman over a year ago

Hillside desolate

"This has been covered so many times on the forums for years.

Timewasters still have money, people will still continue to mess each other about.

Like someone has said, set your filters, read profiles carefully and you may get on better.

Penilising everyone and charging them more wont work.

It's really not a cop out. I've been on other sites, sites where you have to pay, and there are far more fakes on them than fab because guess what? The site owners don't care, at the end of the day, fake or real, they're getting everyone's money, so they have no incentive to stop it. They are usually easy to spot for the most part, with a bit of common sense, report them here and at least they generally get removed.

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By *udewhennudeMan over a year ago

newport

"I agree with the OP a nominal charge is a good idea.

You don’t pay for membership.

Fakes , time wasters etc are only an issue for those who choose to make it an issue. The rest of us don’t find them a problem , we just get on with using the site for what it’s intended for.

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple over a year ago

Falkirk

"This has been covered so many times on the forums for years.

Timewasters still have money, people will still continue to mess each other about.

Like someone has said, set your filters, read profiles carefully and you may get on better.

Penilising everyone and charging them more wont work.

How is it a cop out answer?

We implement the filters and advice given on the forums to get potential meets.

Why should we be penilised and others for your poor choices.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

That's true but y not make sure your at least photo verified and a copy of a driver licences or passport just to confirm who you are only admin sees it and it offers some security to people on here in the sense what they see in the pics or post are actually from that site member,

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple over a year ago

Falkirk

"That's true but y not make sure your at least photo verified and a copy of a driver licences or passport just to confirm who you are only admin sees it and it offers some security to people on here in the sense what they see in the pics or post are actually from that site member,"

I can see your point but I don't want my passport or license details held on a server when there is no need.

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

"I agree with the OP a nominal charge is a good idea.

It confirms someone's ID and allows their real details name ,dob, home etc to be accessed /

identified in the event the member causes trouble on site or the police are involved for whatever reason etc. Also arguably someone with access to a credit card is going to be more stable/ honest perhaps ? Not saying anyone who can't get a credit card is going to be dodgy ..but I'm not saying some of them aren't dodgy though ! yes I do agree fully about a way to stop the false people in here ..let's be honest FAB is starting to become a bit of a free for all with all sorts adding profiles wanting to sell their used pants and seen to be involving everything from money to drugs or both for sex services . There are sites for that but the cheapskates won't pay the advertising fees I imagine !

You don’t pay for membership.

Fakes , time wasters etc are only an issue for those who choose to make it an issue. The rest of us don’t find them a problem , we just get on with using the site for what it’s intended for."

Where do you get that idea from ? That is what site supporters is surely ? Some form of membership ?

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

"This has been covered so many times on the forums for years.

Timewasters still have money, people will still continue to mess each other about.

Like someone has said, set your filters, read profiles carefully and you may get on better.

Penilising everyone and charging them more wont work.

How is it a cop out answer?

We implement the filters and advice given on the forums to get potential meets.

Why should we be penilised and others for your poor choices.

It's called for the greater good !

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple over a year ago

Falkirk

The site has worked fine for us over the last 10 years.

Unfortunately the number of single men far outweigh the number of women and couples.

Most (not all) men are under the assumption that because it's a swinger site the chances of getting a shag are potentially high, however this is not the case.

So this in itself increases the demand for single women an couples.

These so called time wasters and fakes capitalise on this by creating profiles directly to entice men into parting with money or directing them into situations where drugs or solicitation are involved.

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By *c69funCouple over a year ago

chesterfield

You will never stop the timewasters , many other sites have a yearly subscription which can be in the £100s of pounds and they still attract timewasters.

If they have good verifications from actually meeting people then more often you know your not wasting your time . Those who are new or have been on the site over a year with no verifications then use obvious caution .

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By *hebritukCouple over a year ago

London

Would be a waste of time as you can use pre-paid credit cards! With hacking becoming a big problem. The less personal details shared online, the better!!!

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

"Would be a waste of time as you can use pre-paid credit cards! With hacking becoming a big problem. The less personal details shared online, the better!!!"

Not really a you have to do is refuse debit and pre paid cards .. proper ( if you like) credit cards would be issued and used by real people .

At least it would be a start !

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By *hatawasteMan over a year ago

stafford

I think you miss my point

So to clarify .

Let's say

There are lots of fake profiles on here and lots of single men pretending to be women or cples ?

Now think if the real single guy mulling over whether to join the site .

If the published stats are to be believed then he probably thinks it is worth his while and he joins the site .

On joining he finds .He can't see messages ,vids etc without paying for the orivelege . He does so . Then finds the truth about swinger sites for a single M is

90 percent or more of his messages are deleted or ignored without even a thank you .

If he does get a reply it could be soliciting ,dealing or the dreaded pantie seller ( also a guy no doubt)

He is informed his pictures don't cut it or he is not ' gym fit' ..there are of course lots of similar reasons .

In despair he asks why and gets ' advice' on how to sell himself and further informed ' if you want to meet swingers go to a club'

He is very shy and doesn't much like clubs or crowds .

Q will he be renewing his membership ? Advising others to join?

Or probably feel worse than he did getting rejected all those years at school ..

All in all not what he was looking for or promised from the site info . So he leaves a bit upset but he will get over it eventually and what do you know ..another one joins to do exactly the same thing !and do the cycle and money machine starts again .

Seen it so often on here from so many angles . I have been here some time and lasted because I became a realist and not the usual optimist I am .

However , you can't blame guys for giving up .. it's worse odds than winning the lottery !

So perhaps a realistic reflection of actual real people not fakes , couples using 3 profiles or freebie girlies using a new profile every week ..it might be more fun for those of us who have the biggest challenge and give some of the guys a fighting chance .. but very few I imagine would see it that way and adopt the ' if you don't like ? Leave!' response . :/

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I agree with this

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By *entralscotscpl7Couple over a year ago

Falkirk

"I think you miss my point