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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:
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