24 [F4all] #Marietta - Tips and Tricks for how I personally check to see if someone is real.
Rarely will I ever go to a different app or give a phone number, if they do ask, the “asker” will have to send theirs. The “advantage” you think these apps give you are a false sense of security. You can screenshot on any app and you’re just essentially making it easier to be deceived by them. You are giving them more ways to try to find things on you.
If they send a pic and the quality of it is weird, it’s most likely fake. Androids and iPhone photos still show up fairly clear.
Ask them to send a pic with a specific gesture. (Like a picture with your pinky by your mouth like Dr.Evil)
Check their profile, sometimes you can see that they use different genders or different ages. Their comments and posts help show if they are a real person talking.
Try not to have any identifying features in your pics, it is easier to say it’s someone else if they try to black mail you.
If you show your face, try to not send it close to when you sent a revealing pic, makes it easier to say that the “blackmailer” is falsifying conversations.
If they respond irregularly, but enough to still keep you wondering, yet mainly just ask for pics to “see”….they are probably pic collecting. Most sane people won’t spam asking for pics, especially when they are making it difficult to get some from them.
If you do meet someone and they seem real, but you are hesitant, just communicate that and any understanding person will not fight you on that, if you have the patience to explain why. You don’t have to send pics right away, but it will do you some good to communicate why you don’t want to send it right away or what needs to happen for you to be comfortable to send it.
If someone who approaches you asks for pics first, I am a firm believer that if you are the one approaching, then it’s better for you to show sincerity and be the one to send something first. I am not saying send or ask right away, but the initiator should show that there are good intentions.
Ask questions first, try to get a good feel of them or if they fit what you are looking for before sending a pic. There are some who try to retaliate after being turned down.
It is okay to ask questions first, but don’t drag it out, you want to be thorough, but at the same time not waste anyone’s time. If you need to talk a bit before sending, say that. People who are understanding, will most definitely understand.
That’s all I can think of right now, they’re not perfect or foolproof, but these are just some of MY personal methods. Feel free to add if you have more tips and tricks.
WARNING: RESULTS MAY VARY🫡