Site has gotten weird and cliquey
There have always been cliques on this site but it seems so over the top now. Between the weird trolls and fakes who troll profiles looking for pics and the "true" nudists who block anyone not in their in group it just dont seem like the site is a worthwhile place to engage.
As a long time nudist who has been to nudist festivals, regularly visits clothing optional venues and runs a web site on the subject with a wiki calendar and more that gets 1000s of hits daily done a podcast interviews with some of the most welll known figures in nudism/naturism it feels so odd to not be able to have a genuine conversation with someone and not be perceived negatively.
Today someone came to my profile viewed a couple of my pics and blocked. What is weird is this was after the accepted me into a private group they moderate. I have not trolled this person nor views their pics asked once about common interest in music they responded to a forum post I started but still blocked. Not the first time either another person requested to be friend I accepted and they blocked. That is just bizarre.
Now I get that many guys on here are crude and rude but shouldnt individual actions count on,one as they do in the real world. I dont post erection pics or crotch shots like some just my naked yoga and being clothes free in nature. I join groups about things other than gettting naked like art and music and Dr. who reading and so on. The things of life because isnt it all about the life part of being clothes free. I don't get it. Maybe someone can clue me in because it feels like my experience of the site is going down the tubes as it becomes more weird and cliquey
That is frustrating. I don't know if i have been blocked but I have been unfriended. I have found it better to just comment on post that interest me and not try to befriend people. As a "Male" the stigma of creepy troll is hard to overcome with some. I hope that people that I have similar interest with will ask me for a friendship. I also scrutinize friend request from others. I usually only accept those who are active in forums or groups and not so much those who seem to be collecting friends.
This allows me to still get the information that I want as well as learn from others how they enjoy being nude. I have heard that their cliques in the chat room so I stay away from there. I have not noticed any cliques in the forums though. I think that those who want to clique will just create a group that is only open to their friends and not participate much in the forums.
I don't know if I've been blocked by anyone and, if I have, it's their loss...not mine. I do know I have been "unfriended" and, again, it's their loss and not mine.
I have gone to profiles to read their bio, see where they're from, see when the last time they were on this site, and to look at their pictures. I do this to see how genuine they may be. If I see a profile picture that doesn't match their bio or that all the pictures they've posted are random nudes from elsewhere online, I just leave their page and move on. I won't block them because they haven't given me any reason to do so.
If they appear to be genuine with their profile and it appears we have similar interests or thoughts on topics, I will send a friend request.
One would think that being a nudist would, in a sense, be its own clique and wouldn't need to have sub-cliques. Unfortunately the pitfalls of the textile world carry over. Being a nudist should essentially strip everyone of their "status" and bring everyone to an equal level. But it doesn't. And that speaks of people's character.
We all know people who will be all nice to your face, but the minute your back is to them, they throw you to the wolves or start to speak ill of you. Being a nudists shouldn't be like that. There's enough of that in the rest of the world, especially in the workplace.
I dislike that crap regardless of where it happens, here or in my textile life or at my workplace.
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