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Offline jeanphillipe

Hi,

I noticed a lot of posts where images are being hidden. Is there a new rule ? Images helped a lot with identifying expired viva ads.

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Not noticed myself, have you got links to a couple of these posts  :unknown:

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Hi,

I noticed a lot of posts where images are being hidden. Is there a new rule ? Images helped a lot with identifying expired viva ads.

They are only removed if they a are posted against the site rules..

22 Privacy of service providers
It is generally not allowed to post personal info of service providers, such as real names and personal social networking profiles and photos from messenger providers like WhatsApp.To clarify, this means no personal photos at all from anywhere.

29 No Adultwork verification photos or private gallery photos to be posted this includes links to previously posted photos and to using the ‘quote’ feature to repost the photo

Offline tynetunnel

I believe they are hidden if you’re not logged in to the site  :hi:

Offline jeanphillipe

I believe they are hidden if you’re not logged in to the site  :hi:

Ah that's it. I'm not logged in on laptop.

Offline Marmalade

Ah that's it. I'm not logged in on laptop.

A couple of points:

This comment reminds me that UKP (as far as I can see) doesn’t log you out automatically. This is fine I think; though people in a situation where their device isn’t secure from others either need to log out manually or use a browser that cleans out any logins. DuckDuckGo has a nice “clean everything” button showing at all times though I’m not quite sure how much it clears. It clears any tabs. But if I then enter UKP it gives me what I suspect are tailored results.
Apropos of nothing, here’s one I found that gives interesting profile info, but if I try the parent folder ‘service providers’ it just goes back to the home page.
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?action=serviceprovider;id=16005

Secondly there are some photos that have been linked where the hosting site no longer has them. I’ve found this on a few. The advantage of using a hosting site upload link is that you can size the image or sometimes it’s quicker if a direct link works.

Lastly on the rules — the privacy thing is interpreted more strictly than it once was. Not posting photos from the SP’s “other life” was common decency. I was aware the rule had been expanded to include verification photos — highly useful to punters but now counts as an infringement. The rule that includes private gallery photos is a bit more extreme as these are not only photos used by the SP as a prossie (like verification ones) but as her public face as a prossie — the only difference being that she charges for them.

It’s easy enough for members to describe in words if the woman is deliberately deceiving punters by posting unrepresentative photos in her public profile but I suppose that would be a grey line to enforce.

I’m not objecting to the rules: just pointing out the very different levels to which the term ‘privacy’ can be applied and drawing attention to the rules so people don’t fall foul of them out of simple ignorance.

Offline bdyno

So how does this work with the threads that exist to share AW verification pics?  Are those threads exempt from the rule?

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So how does this work with the threads that exist to share AW verification pics?  Are those threads exempt from the rule?
The rule is very clear,

29 No Adultwork verification photos or private gallery photos to be posted this includes links to previously posted photos and to using the ‘quote’ feature to repost the photo

Veri photo's on old threads are still there but you can't link to them, repost them or quote them. AW auto hide them now so new ones couldn't be posted in any case.

Offline Marmalade

The rule is very clear,

29 No Adultwork verification photos or private gallery photos to be posted this includes links to previously posted photos and to using the ‘quote’ feature to repost the photo

Veri photo's on old threads are still there but you can't link to them, repost them or quote them. AW auto hide them now so new ones couldn't be posted in any case.

Pleased to here the old ones are still there. Good not to backdate rules as a general principle perhaps, but also those v-pictures saved many of us booking some right stinkers. Do you know if there’s anything particular logic behind it? After all, the only reason I can think of why they would want to hide them on their profile in the first place would be so they could LIE TO PUNTERS about their age or looks. Maybe we have to accept that their business is one of deceit anyway, but it’s a harmless deceit if the punter gets what’s advertised.

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Pleased to here the old ones are still there. Good not to backdate rules as a general principle perhaps, but also those v-pictures saved many of us booking some right stinkers. Do you know if there’s anything particular logic behind it? After all, the only reason I can think of why they would want to hide them on their profile in the first place would be so they could LIE TO PUNTERS about their age or looks. Maybe we have to accept that their business is one of deceit anyway, but it’s a harmless deceit if the punter gets what’s advertised.
I think it just coincides with AW's policy change, instead of SPs having to select to hide their veri pics they're hidden by default now and they have to select to show them.

Don't forget OldAdmin was always open to deleting face pics if the SP requested in the correct manner.

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Pleased to here the old ones are still there. Good not to backdate rules as a general principle perhaps, but also those v-pictures saved many of us booking some right stinkers. Do you know if there’s anything particular logic behind it? After all, the only reason I can think of why they would want to hide them on their profile in the first place would be so they could LIE TO PUNTERS about their age or looks. Maybe we have to accept that their business is one of deceit anyway, but it’s a harmless deceit if the punter gets what’s advertised.

Whilst you may be right to a degree, I think the vast majority of escorts want to remain anonymous to the general public. It’s hard enough doing a job that is so stigmatised in the media and by the general public as it is. We have families and lives outside of this work and very few of us want to walk round our local towns being known by everyone as that prostitute !  After all, if we are known like that, then any clients who are seen with us or entering our homes will also be outed. Rather than all escorts being deceitful, most are trying to be discreet. And on the note of lying, I can’t tell you the amount of lies I hear from clients ! It’s not an issue for me personally, it’s just part of the grand scheme of all things punting.

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Whilst you may be right to a degree, I think the vast majority of escorts want to remain anonymous to the general public. It’s hard enough doing a job that is so stigmatised in the media and by the general public as it is. We have families and lives outside of this work and very few of us want to walk round our local towns being known by everyone as that prostitute !  After all, if we are known like that, then any clients who are seen with us or entering our homes will also be outed. Rather than all escorts being deceitful, most are trying to be discreet. And on the note of lying, I can’t tell you the amount of lies I hear from clients ! It’s not an issue for me personally, it’s just part of the grand scheme of all things punting.

I think we’re aware of all that.

You’re right inasmuch that you deserve some privacy: but punters also deserve not to be ripped off. Many has been the time that the profile photo looked glamorous and the v-photo showed it was barely the same person — usually someone much older, fatter, and unattractive. Sometimes as well the private gallery stupidly included photos that were too ‘honest’.

There’s no real answer. It is as it is. It is fair IMO that liars — women posing as ten years younger than they are — are exposed to punters to save punters wasting their money. Lying about your age by a couple of years is an almost expected lie, like not giving your real name. Making untrue claims on your likes list is a more substantial lie, and lying considerably about your looks is a big lie. A punter might give you a false name, but you wouldn’t consider acceptable if he slipped you a fake tenner — and neither would we.

Most SPs fortunately only tell nice lies, ones that have no effect on the service. No, I don’t think they should be exposed (although in that case the v-pictures were a strong recommendation). Unfortunately there is no iron-clad way of stopping the v-pictures being seen by the public as anyone can join. But while you are fighting your end for decent SPs, spare a thought for the punter, who probably earns considerably less than you, has saved up for a punt, only to be ripped off by someone who doesn’t give what has been advertised and agreed (in looks or services).

The other point I’d politely suggest you might consider is that reviews — other than material facts — are about the punter’s experience rather than a judgment on the SP. She might not see it like that, but it’s the only standard that can apply. He’s not paying for a masturbation device: he’s paying to for the service to feel great. If he comes out feeling shit — I know it’s hard to please some people — but he paid for something more. Yes, in some cases one might feel sorry for her if she’s ‘done her best’ and it was a bit crap, even to the extent of not reviewing her, but the good providers are good at reading people, good at judging what turns them on and makes them feel special. Those that think it’s just about a hole are the ones that, were it allowed, should be working on the street. — Nothing wrong with that, but at current prices a punter pays for quality.

So do stop moaning. V-pics are no longer allowed. That’s the rule and it’s not a democracy. So those chips are ‘on your side’ if you like now. Count your chips that most punters on here do actually care about the good SPs and yes, they get praised. But the language is between men, how men talk in male company, and not feminised simply as you’ve popped your nose in dear.

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Don't forget OldAdmin was always open to deleting face pics if the SP requested in the correct manner.
True. I don’t have a problem with the current position either — no clear right or wrong just a decision someone has to take and pleased to hear the answer was most likely duly pedestrian.