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Why I stopped using worldskins.com

I keep being asked why I have stopped using the Worldskins.com site... I don't want to bad mouth the site. In general it is an excellent site, has served me well over the years with many memorable contacts.

I have stopped using the site because I think it has become too restrictive on the issue of e-mail addresses, homepage addresses and even to the point where you are no longer allowed to mark your own pics with your details.

The last straw for me was being suspended for promoting a community based non-profit event here in Dublin with the Irish guys listed on the site. The event was the annual Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. An event that is accessible to out gay men and men who are still in the closet. An event that is run on a voluntary basis.

What pissed me off most about that experience was on the very next day my profile was restored I received a message from a guy who's profile contained neo-nazi material. It struck me that the site administrators were only too happy to allow someone promote such beliefs but were not happy to allow someone promote a community event. The very same community that is financing their business and the same community who are subject to the abuse and violence of neo-nazis.

Maybe I have a strange way of viewing the world.... but I have to be true to myself and my community. I can not continue to support a site that can allow this kind of thing to happen. At some point in time we have to stop thinking with our dicks and start using our brains.

So please stop sending me messages on my Worldskins.com profile. Every time I get a notification about a new message I have to come back to check it on the off chance it might be a friend trying to make contact.

Cheers

Karl Hayden (irl_skin)

30th September 2004.

Since posting this message I have been suspended from Worldskins.com yet again. Again for including my e-mail and homepage address on MY pictures. They said that another member of the site had complained to them directly about the use of the addresses. I was invited to remove the pictures and post new ones on my profile.

I don't understand how the people at Worldskins.com can justify the reason for not allowing people to include their e-mail or homepage addresses on their pics. It is the only web site I am aware of that does this. They claim something about legal reasons... but this does not stand up. If you visit the sites listed below you will see that none of them ban the use of addresses, also if they argue that they maybe held responsible for the contents of external pages there is a simple way around it..... just put a disclaimer on the site about visiting external sites.

I can only wish Worldskins.com all the success they deserve in business.....

You can now find me on the following web site on a regular basis:

Why I stopped using worldskins.com
I keep being asked why I have stopped using the Worldskins.com site... I don't want to bad mouth the site. In general it is an excellent site, has served me well over the years with many memorable contacts. I have stopped using the site because I think it has become too restrictive on the issue of e-mail addresses, homepage addresses and even to the point where you are no longer allowed to mark your own pics with your details. The last straw for me was being suspended for promoting a community based non-profit event here in Dublin with the Irish guys listed on the site. The event was the annual Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. An event that is accessible to out gay men and men who are still in the closet. An event that is run on a voluntary basis. What pissed me off most about that experience was on the very next day my profile was restored I received a message from a guy who's profile contained neo-nazi material. It struck me that the site administrators were only too happy to allow someone promote such beliefs but were not happy to allow someone promote a community event. The very same community that is financing their business and the same community who are subject to the abuse and violence of neo-nazis. Maybe I have a strange way of viewing the world.... but I have to be true to myself and my community. I can not continue to support a site that can allow this kind of thing to happen. At some point in time we have to stop thinking with our dicks and start using our brains. So please stop sending me messages on my Worldskins.com profile. Every time I get a notification about a new message I have to come back to check it on the off chance it might be a friend trying to make contact. Cheers Karl Hayden (irl_skin) 30th September 2004. Since posting this message I have been suspended from Worldskins.com yet again. Again for including my e-mail and homepage address on MY pictures. They said that another member of the site had complained to them directly about the use of the addresses. I was invited to remove the pictures and post new ones on my profile. I don't understand how the people at Worldskins.com can justify the reason for not allowing people to include their e-mail or homepage addresses on their pics. It is the only web site I am aware of that does this. They claim something about legal reasons... but this does not stand up. If you visit the sites listed below you will see that none of them ban the use of addresses, also if they argue that they maybe held responsible for the contents of external pages there is a simple way around it..... just put a disclaimer on the site about visiting external sites. I can only wish Worldskins.com all the success they deserve in business..... You can now find me on the following web site on a regular basis:

Gay Skinheads Documentary

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Details Of The Latest Update
Date:	Details:
30th September 2004	Added a new link to the 'LINKS' page for GayRoyal a new contact web site I joined. Cleaned up and added new friends in the 'PEOPLE' section.


Date:	Details:
9th - 15th August, 2004	It has been a year since I updated my homepage. As you can imagine there is a lot to clean up. I have started with some of the easier stuff like the links page. You should find some interesting new links there. CLICK HERE Over the next week or so I intend to continue the clean up of all the pages on the site. When that is complete i hope to start loading up some new pics in 'My Pics' section.