Very interesting to read this post!

Especially from smoothscales.

So I had a similar experience. And I have chatted to quite a few people that have had similar experiences. The Group smoothscales refers to is not a true naturist group. There are some nice people in there. Yes, but the owner and moderator, is far from professional in the slightest. I say professional, although as we know, this is just a TG Group, no one is paid, and it is not a professional job that he does, it is just a private group that he runs. But in my opinion, if youre going to run a group for people for a particular subject, the least you can do is try to do it properly. In my opinion, as an Owner, you should take emotion and bias out of it, and you should do the job of an Owner properly and not let personal feelings cloud any judgement.

I was in the group, and one of the members started to bug me for inappropriate photos. I declined and blocked and then I removed my photos from the group. As a courtesy and for info only, I let the Owner know what had happened but said I wasnt going to name anyone, it was resolved, and I wasn't making a complaint or anything formal, but just keeping him informed of what was going on with some of his members. It seems like this person was a friend of the Owners and the Owner also didnt like the fact I had removed my photos. So he said he couldnt be bothered with me and he kicked me out of the group and blocked me. I had broken no stayed rules, of which there are a significant number, so I was kicked out at the Owners whim. I have since met and chatted to a fair number of people, and they all know this Owner by trusted reputation or personal experience - and their experiences match all of those described on here.

Smoothscales is right in that this group contains stuff that is not naturist and seems like a bit of an excuse for other behaviour shall we say.

I was DMing a few of the members and just let them know I wouldnt be in the Grouo anymore rather than just disappearing and all of them agreed the Owner could be very up and down and essentially choose which rules he follows and which he doesnt as he feels like it. A few of them suggested I start my own Group So I did!

See the next post.

For me naturism is about our relatively small community, that community spirit, supporting, helping, improving mental health and body image, and not caring what peoples bodies look like. It feels like from my experience and those I have read here that this Group Owner chooses people on looks or popularity. And that is just not in the spirit of naturism at all. Its very very disappointing, particularly for any newbies that may stumble across it and have a terrible experience.

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