Bill F.

It is an unfortunate time in history.
Or perhaps it has always been it just wasn't tweeted about.

When it is not uncommon to be scammed, exploited or in some cases lured to your death or perhaps raped. Sad but true. I have now had the displeasure of being solicited through my partners own meetup. A (will not say gentleman) has used a clever ploy to insinuate himself into meetups by playing the ' little lost and wounded animal ' that no one loves or understands. This ploy is used to achieve what he really is about. Luring unsuspecting people to 'adult photo shoots in the woods for
Modeling purposes'. He plays a game of being ostracized by people who misunderstand him, and refers to himself as a 'computer geek' thinking self deprecation will put people into some kind 'awe what a nice guy' mode of thinking. He gives a link literally in the first exchange to an art site called Deviant art. On this site you will see anything from him urinating while covered in mud to women in bondage in what I have come to realize is his fetish, in isolated forested areas. Do I care? NO not really. But, as accepting as I am this is using a feigned facade to do darker things on a public site that was initiated as a liberal place to effect positive change. This man in subsequent conversations brags that he makes thousands of dollars a month selling photos. This man is on the wrong side of town. On meetup's site there is plenty of room to stretch out on a nice comfortable rack or placed in an iron maiden or hanging bound and blindfolded upside down from a tree or... And that place is clearly marked 'Adult.' Predators come in many forms and there are far too many. He also said that he is a member of various fetish sites so why the F is he trolling on a site that is clearly about progression for a better world? It might be conjecture but all the evidence points to someone that is not to be trusted. Meetup has deigned to not address this issue and ironically doesn't even seem to know it's own policy regarding this obvious crossover of intentions. Meetup as anyone can read is rife with dysfunction and in general ineffectual. To end, I strongly suggest that you vette people much like you would in any social circumstance. This guy is the equivalent of someone who 'innocently' yet nefariously orders a pizza and when it arrives 86's the delivery boy/girl. Meetup is a mess and if you start one my heart goes out to you. People have no desire or convictions and much like FB the only people that you will meet and connect with will be out of hundreds 2-3. And they will be in some other county or will not participate. I have started 3 sites. Each one just abysmal and life sucking. 'Buyer' as they say 'beware'. By Meetup's refusal to take this man down they only encourage fellow miscreants to act as they see fit. In further insult to injury this B------d had the gall and arrogance had the b--s to erect his own site taking a shot at my partner's site starting with the words, 'Some people call themselves progressives. Progressive doesn't mean being solicited where it's not invited or warranted. Clearly this clueless a-- didn't get the memo. By Meetup ignoring this they will only proliferate further, others abusing their site for their own selfish and potentially
Harmful agendas. If it walks and talks like a predator um, it's a predator.

Peace and positive change,
B5F