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Bp Wanting Links to a Social Media Account

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Went to BP and was doing some searching all to find out now they require you to put your social media account on your post! Facebook, Twitter anything that is on social media...This is just crazy! Anyone else having this issue come up?

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I put my Twitter on there to promote more interest to it. So far, it has worked and I even got a few good clients from that. Social media is becoming the regular thing now.

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Samantha Sheppard

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I’m a libertarian, fuck that shit! Plus I don’t use social media....I don’t like the idea of anyone knowing  or being able to access things like that. 

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1 minute ago, Melissa Sterling said:

I’m a libertarian, fuck that shit! Plus I don’t use social media....I don’t like the idea of anyone knowing  or being able to access things like that. 

You can always use twitter as simply a free means of advertising like many do.

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Just now, FuriousWeasel said:

You can always use twitter as simply a free means of advertising like many do.

Nope, I used to, but when big brother can see your tweets and they started archiving tweets I dumped it. This and P411 are the only places I advertise. Remember, just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. I know it works for a lot of people, that’s fine. Just my personal choice.

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I just cant seem to understand why so many changes,  and if they are trying to make it look like a "dating site" why must we put our social media accounts on there?

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6 hours ago, Melissa Sterling said:

I’m a libertarian, fuck that shit! Plus I don’t use social media....I don’t like the idea of anyone knowing  or being able to access things like that. 

I'm not a fan of social media myself..

Too much sharing for my taste.

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Odd. Some ads have the social media link, many others don't. And judging from how pictures changed on some of the ads, maybe simple editing of ad does not trigger social media link? Wild ass guess on my part re: that.

Will trust that providers here are a little more savy, but to state the obvious, tread carefully. Already have seen some ads where the provider has put in a link to their real life social media account. I now know that "Suzie Creamshmear" is really Jane Smith IRL with two cute kids. But, some have some sense to make their profiles private.

If this becomes an issue, make a fake Twitter account tied to fake name/persona and associated email for ASP persona. Set to private. Done.

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9 hours ago, NoCoGeezer said:

If this becomes an issue, make a fake Twitter account tied to fake name/persona and associated email for ASP persona. Set to private. Done.

Was trolling some ads on BP, and noticed a number of the social links go to nothing (eg. instagram.com/mymadeupaccount).

Appears BP is not auditing the links, so, don’t even bother creating an ASP presence: fake it to make it.

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So I'm starting to see a lot more ads on BP having a link to the providers Instagram now a part of the ad as well. Sometimes even Snapchat and other social media like Twitter. And a few bizarre times the Instagram isn't even the providers but someone else's. Does anyone know the reason behind this? Is it a way of reaching out to more clientele? Supposed to make the provider seem more legitimate? I'm not opposed to it where I feel it's a nice platform to see other pics of the provider that isn't in the ad, but I'm just not sure about the reasoning behind it. 

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Before the BP requirement of a social media link, if there was one in an ad, I would click on  it and obtain useful information that was not allowed in a BP ad. Rates, services and location, et.al. Now, more often than not, it leads me to a private account or a dead link.

But, as Lakerboy24 said, I'm just not sure about the reasoning behind it.

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I would assume it is a move to make themselves fourth party.  Right now they are third party and so far immune from legal issues - that they don't create foolishly themselves anyway.  If they only allow very basic posts that actually sounds like a dating site with the information that makes clear escorting is going on only found on SM sites via an advertiser placed link.  Farther removed from the legal issues. ust speculation.

In the meantime I must ask how smart is it to just willy nilly click on SM links embedded in BP ads?  We all know there are some legit and professional and safe ladies there.  But we also know scammers are common there also, and LE is occasional.  So, before you log into your favorite SM account so you can click on links on BP and see the content, ask yourself WHOSE link you are surrendering lots of real world data with and creating links to and from any of your other SM sites.  I am not liking the idea, and at least advise caution.  There are some pretty funky looking links popping up.  :cool:

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9 minutes ago, gr8owl said:

I would assume it is a move to make themselves fourth party.  Right now they are third party and so far immune from legal issues - that they don't create foolishly themselves anyway.  If they only allow very basic posts that actually sounds like a dating site with the information that makes clear escorting is going on only found on SM sites via an advertiser placed link.  Farther removed from the legal issues. ust speculation.

In the meantime I must ask how smart is it to just willy nilly click on SM links embedded in BP ads?  We all know there are some legit and professional and safe ladies there.  But we also know scammers are common there also, and LE is occasional.  So, before you log into your favorite SM account so you can click on links on BP and see the content, ask yourself WHOSE link you are surrendering lots of real world data with and creating links to and from any of your other SM sites.  I am not liking the idea, and at least advise caution.  There are some pretty funky looking links popping up.  :cool:

I don't think you'll encounter any dangerous links. I think what you'll see is a bunch of dead ends. With it being obligatory I think we'll see a bunch of made on the spot accounts just so an ad can be posted. 

Any scammer who wanted to scam with social media has had the chance for a long time. I really don't think you'll see an uptick in that. Same for LE forcing it to be requirement means not much when it was always an option. 

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1 hour ago, Lucy Kitten said:

... I think what you'll see is a bunch of dead ends. With it being obligatory I think we'll see a bunch of made on the spot accounts just so an ad can be posted. 

But how much of that do think they will tolerate before their posting software validates links before allowing the ad to be posted?

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8 hours ago, Bit Banger said:

But how much of that do think they will tolerate before their posting software validates links before allowing the ad to be posted?

Lots. An account doesn't have to be used for it to be linked. As long it's a legit social media link I don't see the problem and I certainly don't see them taking the time to verify every single link. 

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Societal acceptance of social media and social media regulations are being exploited as "training wheels" for the demand of all citizens to provide complete disclosure of all information to authority. The idea is to train the people that if you want to use the information super-highway, you must divulge all information on yourself, and that doing so is safe and ok. Recently, I had to delete my entire Facebook account and all friends and create a new one because Facebook locked my account demanding I provide a Photo I.D. to prove I was me. This account was not used for business in any way. ( FYI, research prior to my deleting the account showed that even after complying with a photo ID, such locked accounts are NEVER unlocked). This is similar to how bitcoin, etherium, and other crypto-currencies are training wheels for creating a cashless society. ( at which time private crypto-currencies will be outlawed by government crypto's...think Fedcoin)

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1 hour ago, Lucy Kitten said:

Lots. An account doesn't have to be used for it to be linked. As long it's a legit social media link I don't see the problem and I certainly don't see them taking the time to verify every single link. 

Granted, social media links may go to inactive, but valid SM accounts, dummies created for this purpose. But testing for a valid SM account, versus a fictitious PFA link, should be a simple automation applied as part of the posting process. 

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34 minutes ago, Bit Banger said:

Granted, social media links may go to inactive, but valid SM accounts, dummies created for this purpose. But testing for a valid SM account, versus a fictitious PFA link, should be a simple automation applied as part of the posting process. 

I don't see anyone creating an account on anything other than FB, Twitter or Instagram for this. They will be valid links. I don't think them being valid is really the reasoning behind asking for them though. 

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47 minutes ago, Bit Banger said:

... versus a fictitious PFA link, should be a simple automation applied as part of the posting process. 

PFA == Plucked From Air

As in something like MySM-link@fakesite.com or even FB.

I think gr8owl has the proper track on "Why?"  I expect other changes, tightening the requirements, in the future.

I'd not go quite as far down Admiral's rabbet hole, but I think there is some truth there as well. 

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From a current BP ad.

"*By the way this link down here isn't accurate, "

At least she's honest enough to admit it.

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54 minutes ago, Bit Banger said:

PFA == Plucked From Air

As in something like MySM-link@fakesite.com or even FB.

I think gr8owl has the proper track on "Why?"  I expect other changes, tightening the requirements, in the future.

I'd not go quite as far down Admiral's rabbet hole, but I think there is some truth there as well. 

I'd test this but I would rather not mess up my account. For a long time now you haven't been allowed to post any kind of links to personal websites. It would flag and delete. I am guessing though that it will bounce back any link that isn't actually a verified social media site. Whether the account is real or used I think is irrelevant. 

Adding of SM accounts to me can only really mean further removing liability on BPs part. And I definitely think the danger is in posting the links not clicking them. 

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12 minutes ago, Lucy Kitten said:

Adding of SM accounts to me can only really mean further removing liability on BPs part. And I definitely think the danger is in posting the links not clicking them. 

On this we are in total agreement. 

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1 hour ago, Lucy Kitten said:

 

Adding of SM accounts to me can only really mean further removing liability on BPs part. And I definitely think the danger is in posting the links not clicking them. 

My point exactly on the liability part, so we agree there. The danger in clicking links to social media sites is only those for which you have not a clue who is behind the profile.  For instance if LE wants to run a phone sting you have to show up and do or say something foolish.  The phone records or text records would take a court order to use against you. Now they would just invite you via link to THEIR profile where they own whatever you place there. Or if a scammer ad and you go to their linked SM profile and ever log into your own SM profiles with same device said SM site will do what they are designed to do and connect the dots to ALL your  SM sites including RL and instantly they have WAY more information - real world information - than i care to give a scammer. You Lucy are well known enough i would not hesitate to visit YOUR SM sites. Coming thing and pretty handy. But follow posted links to SM profile of an unknown? No f##king way!

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The other thing BP has changed is the viewing options.  "Date" is no longer a selection.  Has this become the default viewing mode? 

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Does anybody know where the links that are showing up in BP ads are coming from? They just started en masse in the last week or so and suddenly most ladies have a link to Facebook, twitter, instagram and another that I can't remember. A few are legit but the majority are dead links or have an account with no posts. And if they don't go anywhere how do they show up on the ad? I'm assuming the advertiser decides to put it in there or is it coming from a more sinister source? Dastardly Dan? Phishing? CIA? Aliens looking for anal probe candidates? Or am I just missing something (besides my brain - that's been long gone). 

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