Some recommendations if people doubt that you are the person posting

[figarojonez]

If you're new to Literotica, we absolutely love and welcome you. If you're deciding to post pictures of yourself, we really appreciate it. However, you may notice that some people question whether you're who you claim to be, and I'd like to clarify whay, as well as offer some tips to assuage them.

It seems that in the last few years, Literotica has been getting an increasing number of fake posters. Usually, the pictures look too high quality, the person posing looks like a professional model, or the poster's behavior seems fishy.

The default solution has been for the poster to write their screen name on a piece of paper and take a picture of themselves holding it. Unfortunately, this is no longer a valid solution, as photoshopping paper has become commonplace, so don't be surprised if people still question who you are.

The absolute best solution is to get a video of yourself saying that "I am ________ on Literotica, thanks for all the support." However, you may not have video capabilities (Or just not want to).

The second best solution is to write your screenname on your skin in lipstick, and then take three or four pics from different angles. Photoshopping lipstick on skin in a way that looks natural is quite difficult, and throwing on different angles makes it much more so.

As an added note, please don't get indignant. It stinks of someone who's faking, even if they're not. We're not trying to turn this into a witchhunt, we'd just like to make sure that people who were kind enough to take personal pictures of themselves aren't getting ripped off.

 

[SkAoUt]

Not bad suggestions.

One could also do a voice recording as fakers generally try to pass themselves off as the opposite sex. (Guys pretending to be women. Hullo! Big drama on the GB lately). Getting at least one question answered.

http://www.voki.com/

Then again many people have mentioned that they don't really care about the identity of the person they're conversing with as its all just fantasy.

 

[figarojonez]

Not bad suggestions.

One could also do a voice recording as fakers generally try to pass themselves off as the opposite sex. (Guys pretending to be women. Hullo! Big drama on the GB lately). Getting at least one question answered.

http://www.voki.com/

Then again many people have mentioned that they don't really care about the identity of the person they're conversing with as its all just fantasy.

I typically don't trust those either. A few years ago Lit had a woman who became incredibly popular. She spent a year or two establishing herself, and everyone really liked her. In the end, it turned out to be an entirely different woman. There's also pitch-shifting software readily available, in case it is a guy. Visual confirmation is much harder to fake, except with paper.

As for the people who say that it's all fantasy, they're missing the point of the am pics section. The people posting are people we come to know and talk to. Otherwise, we might as well just look up random porn. The posters on here are sharing something personal, and while I won't deny that there's a sexual bent to the pics, the draw is that these are candid and honest. Otherwise, why even have discussions. Some of the most popular posters on here are women who post a single picture every few pages, while talking about their family, the weather, and their jobs. I assure you it's not because of a fantasy setting.

Fakers completely undermine this principle. They build a fake person so that they get attention, building relationships with their fellow posters.

I'll put it this way. If you met someone, and they seemed genuinely nice. In turn, you became really good friends, and everything seemed to be going well. They shared personal ideas and aspirations, and you did so in kind. They're one of the more compatible friends you've ever had, and you really dig it. This goes on for months, even years, and then you find out that everything they said about themselves had been a lie. They aren't who they said they were, and they were leading you on the whole time.

 

[Artina Heartflash]

If you're new to Literotica, we absolutely love and welcome you. If you're deciding to post pictures of yourself, we really appreciate it. However, you may notice that some people question whether you're who you claim to be, and I'd like to clarify whay, as well as offer some tips to assuage them.

It seems that in the last few years, Literotica has been getting an increasing number of fake posters. Usually, the pictures look too high quality, the person posing looks like a professional model, or the poster's behavior seems fishy.

The default solution has been for the poster to write their screen name on a piece of paper and take a picture of themselves holding it. Unfortunately, this is no longer a valid solution, as photoshopping paper has become commonplace, so don't be surprised if people still question who you are.

The absolute best solution is to get a video of yourself saying that "I am ________ on Literotica, thanks for all the support." However, you may not have video capabilities (Or just not want to).

The second best solution is to write your screenname on your skin in lipstick, and then take three or four pics from different angles. Photoshopping lipstick on skin in a way that looks natural is quite difficult, and throwing on different angles makes it much more so.

As an added note, please don't get indignant. It stinks of someone who's faking, even if they're not. We're not trying to turn this into a witchhunt, we'd just like to make sure that people who were kind enough to take personal pictures of themselves aren't getting ripped off.

LOL. Now you've given me another idea why the photoshop creations of mine went unappreciated. I never posted lipstick proof. Heck, and I thought the weak feedback was just lack of artistic appreciation, or the photos weren't crude enough or the audience was not witty/inspired enough to respond to the accompanying teaser questions.

really, when I first posted the amateur pics, I made the 'goddess' thread list with just polaroids. A few years later, I returned to post more artsy photos and the crowd just didn't respond like before. Anyway, I don't think it was the lack of lipstick proof honestly. Maybe it was the competition of the newcomers, fake or not. New hills or old thrills...Which matters most to you??.

BTW, ANY photo offered as proof of ID can be stolen and used by others as "his/her own" ID. Lipstick or not. So ANY photo is not proof of poster's ID. Nothing is sacred here or any place on the internet really. (Hence all my pics and personal info have been removed.

 

[OnceFuturePoly]

tineye.com is a very good tool to see if a picture is running loose on the internet. 95% of the time a poster claims to be a super model, tin eye can find where they stole the picture from.

Firefox and Chrome both have add-ins -- right click the pic and click TinEye.

 

[figarojonez]

LOL. Now you've given me another idea why the photoshop creations of mine went unappreciated. I never posted lipstick proof. Heck, and I thought the weak feedback was just lack of artistic appreciation, or the photos weren't crude enough or the audience was not witty/inspired enough to respond to the accompanying teaser questions.

really, when I first posted the amateur pics, I made the 'goddess' thread list with just polaroids. A few years later, I returned to post more artsy photos and the crowd just didn't respond like before. Anyway, I don't think it was the lack of lipstick proof honestly. Maybe it was the competition of the newcomers, fake or not. New hills or old thrills...Which matters most to you??.

Having not seen your pics, I couldn't say one way or another. Maybe you posted in an off week, or didn't give it enough time to gain inertia. I'd need to see the pics before I could give feedback, but you've removed them. If you ever decide to repost let me know, and I'll give you feedback.

BTW, ANY photo offered as proof of ID can be stolen and used by others as "his/her own" ID. Lipstick or not. So ANY photo is not proof of poster's ID. Nothing is sacred here or any place on the internet really. (Hence all my pics and personal info have been removed.

I agree to a point. However, if you use the lipstick trick, and write something like "Artina Heartflash on Lit 3/17/12", that will be much less likely to get stolen and misused than a random pic without any identifiers.

 

[malstroem]

Just to add in another way to deal with this.

I've been called a fake a few times myself, and while it's rather frutating, I have reached a point where it just doesn't bother me too much anymore. So honestly, my advise would be for people to keep posting, since the more photos there are, the sides of your personality you have shared, the less likely it is to be called a fake.
After pulled my pictures, I got called a fake more times in a month than in a year while posting pictures.
Also, if you start connecting with people and show them you're real, they'll in return defind you whenever there's alligations of being fake.
So instead of worrying and trying to avoid it, I think the best way to deal with it is to keep coming back.