Chaingang
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Joined: 10/24/2005 Status: offline
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Out of curiosity, did people only list people that they actually knew in real life and have seen at lifestyle events and could therefore vouch for those persons' characters over a period of time? If not, some if not all of the lists here are utter BS. You can't (or at least shouldn't) whitelist people you don't even know. As an example, I like MistofErin based on much of what comes across about her on these message boards and from her really cute pics. But I don't know her in real life. For all I know she could be a man with 3 cool pictures he hides behind on the internet. That's not what I actually think about her, but it's not impossible. She could be a man, baby! =) Some people are also quite nice about this person Fastlane (aka Kevin). Now I don't know him personally either, so he could be a really nice guy. Truly. Then again, there was quite a stir a few months back when he seemed to be doing some pretty weird things in relation to several of the women on this site. Being outside the situation I can only go by the unsubstantiated claims of people I also don't know except from this site but he seemed to annoy quite a few people. Is it fair to blacklist him when I don't even know the guy? For those not knowing, the answer is no. Despite these misgivings about information received online I do actually have personal opinions about the two people listed above, but most of those opinions are based on the behaviors actually exhibited by each individual - mostly through their own words - and almost not at all upon the opinions of others. I don't know too many people here in real life and can therefore give very little credence to anything said or done by any of them. Even when people actually know each other in real life it often boils down to "he said/she said" kind of scenarios. Who do you trust if you don't know either party very well? That's why this whitelist/blacklist stuff just doesn't work.
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