Members Latbear4blk Posted March 24, 2018 Members Posted March 24, 2018 10 hours ago, AdamSmith said: Moving your servers abroad seems not a money-loser? No comprendo. Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 47 minutes ago, Latbear4blk said: No comprendo. Only meant that I believe Oz hosts this site with a service provider located in India (or is it Thailand?) where (1) U.S. law does not apply, and (2) hosting & site development costs are lower than in the U.S. Latbear4blk 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 5 hours ago, JKane said: Explicitly agreeing to a specific sex act for money is an issue. Obviously you don't discuss money on the phone. He will already have cues embedded in his ad, typically "100%", that signal the base dollar rate. Of course any earned tips are greatly appreciated as well. Quote
Members tassojunior Posted March 25, 2018 Members Posted March 25, 2018 Where servers are shouldn't matter. Google, Verizon, etc can stil block US access. The new law will mean they must be blocked. Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 25, 2018 Posted March 25, 2018 5 hours ago, tassojunior said: Where servers are shouldn't matter. Google, Verizon, etc can stil block US access. The new law will mean they must be blocked. Enforcement will yet to be seen. Tartegogo 1 Quote
floridarob Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 On 3/25/2018 at 8:56 AM, tassojunior said: Where servers are shouldn't matter. Google, Verizon, etc can stil block US access. The new law will mean they must be blocked. VPN's, no? That's what I use from Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand ...for sites that they clock. Quote
Members Tartegogo Posted March 26, 2018 Members Posted March 26, 2018 2 hours ago, floridarob said: VPN's, no? That's what I use from Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand ...for sites that they clock. Yeah that is the conclusion we came to: VPN seems to be the simplest. Some TOR browsers are free, but the experience is horrible. But some US escorts I spoke to are worried that many of their potential future clients won’t bother with the extra complexity, and that will significantly reduce the demand locally for them. Quote
Members whall Posted March 27, 2018 Members Posted March 27, 2018 Now that Craiglist is gone, where to go? What are the alternatives? Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 29, 2018 Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 9:07 PM, whall said: Now that Craiglist is gone, where to go? What are the alternatives? None of these guys here where I am are catfish. http://raleigh.backpage.com/MenSeekMen/ MsAnn 1 Quote
Members mvan1 Posted March 29, 2018 Author Members Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/24/2018 at 8:42 AM, AdamSmith said: These choices look all right to me...? http://losangeles.backpage.com/MenSeekMen/ Have found zero catfish on BP here in Raleigh NC. Is LA different? How about this backpage ad: http://losangeles.backpage.com/MenSeekMen/classifieds/EnlargeImage?image=167441047&oid=159088292 The ad shows a good looking guy supposedly available through contacting the phone number provided in the ad. However, the ad is a fake. The photo in the ad is one of many photos available of a model named Addis Miller who is currently working in New York (not in Los Angeles where the ad is displayed). https://www.google.com/search?q=addis+miller&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1344&bih=736&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AUFRI0nQKnsyyM%3A%2CgBeW7o2VSgHQbM%2C_&usg=__cPl0tI0O1oFMNcT_470WaQL6vYY%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjO4KzwqpDaAhUK2GMKHfVKDTAQ9QEIMzAC#imgrc=AUFRI0nQKnsyyM: Notice in the numerous photos that appear when you open the above link, the photos include one of the photos of the real model in the fake ad. Go through some of the other ad's photos in the backpage ads and perform a similar reverse image search. More than half of the photos in the ads that I checked contained stolen photos readily available from the internet. Be careful if responding to these ads. Backpage might be safer in NC but in LA, it is fraught with danger. floridarob and JKane 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 29, 2018 Posted March 29, 2018 1 hour ago, mvan1 said: How about this backpage ad: http://losangeles.backpage.com/MenSeekMen/classifieds/EnlargeImage?image=167441047&oid=159088292 The ad shows a good looking guy supposedly available through contacting the phone number provided in the ad. However, the ad is a fake. The photo in the ad is one of many photos available of a model named Addis Miller who is currently working in New York (not in Los Angeles where the ad is displayed). https://www.google.com/search?q=addis+miller&safe=active&sa=X&biw=1344&bih=736&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=AUFRI0nQKnsyyM%3A%2CgBeW7o2VSgHQbM%2C_&usg=__cPl0tI0O1oFMNcT_470WaQL6vYY%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjO4KzwqpDaAhUK2GMKHfVKDTAQ9QEIMzAC#imgrc=AUFRI0nQKnsyyM: Notice in the numerous photos that appear when you open the above link, the photos include one of the photos of the real model in the fake ad. Go through some of the other ad's photos in the backpage ads and perform a similar reverse image search. More than half of the photos in the ads that I checked contained stolen photos readily available from the internet. Be careful if responding to these ads. Backpage might be safer in NC but in LA, it is fraught with danger. Granted. Extremely variable by locab. As I have said here numerous times before. Quote
Tomcal Posted March 29, 2018 Posted March 29, 2018 Grindr works great for me in Calif., mexico and Brazil Quote
Members torogen Posted March 29, 2018 Members Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/24/2018 at 10:42 AM, AdamSmith said: These choices look all right to me...? http://losangeles.backpage.com/MenSeekMen/ Have found zero catfish on BP here in Raleigh NC. Is LA different? The bulk of these replies are not about finding escorts, but finding sex. Backpage is good (or, maybe not good, but at least on-theme) if you are looking for an escort. Not good AT ALL if you are looking to find a hookup. The thing about Backpage is that many of the ads are catfish. Photos of the same guy posted in multiple cities at the same time. Or, try searching the phone number provided, and you often find it attached to photos of many different guys, in different locations. It's often a bait-and-switch. This might be more true in larger cities. I know it to be true in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston. Craigslist personals was a cesspool of funny, sexy, nasty, horrifying, and/or repetitive ads from guys simply looking to fuck or suck. Or collect pics. Or play games. Or trade insults. Often frustrating, but sometimes it paid off. Backpage is not equivalent. JKane 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 29, 2018 Posted March 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, torogen said: The bulk of these replies are not about finding escorts, but finding sex. Backpage is good (or, maybe not good, but at least on-theme) if you are looking for an escort. Not good AT ALL if you are looking to find a hookup. The thing about Backpage is that many of the ads are catfish. Photos of the same guy posted in multiple cities at the same time. Or, try searching the phone number provided, and you often find it attached to photos of many different guys, in different locations. It's often a bait-and-switch. This might be more true in larger cities. I know it to be true in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston. Craigslist personals was a cesspool of funny, sexy, nasty, horrifying, and/or repetitive ads from guys simply looking to fuck or suck. Or collect pics. Or play games. Or trade insults. Often frustrating, but sometimes it paid off. Backpage is not equivalent. Forgive my mistaken understanding of the question. Here where I am (Raliegh NC), backpage is today the go-to for paid escorts. The place here to find unpaid hookups are the two gay bar/clubs downtown, Legends and Rounds (if memory serves as to the second name). torogen and MsAnn 2 Quote
Members torogen Posted March 30, 2018 Members Posted March 30, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 7:14 AM, AdamSmith said: The place here to find unpaid hookups are the two gay bar/clubs downtown, Legends and Rounds (if memory serves as to the second name). Picking someone up at an actual bar?! So retro. I may have to try that again one day. KYTOP and AdamSmith 2 Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 30, 2018 Posted March 30, 2018 20 minutes ago, torogen said: Picking someone up at an actual bar?! So retro. I may have to try that again one day. Lets you go together into a restroom stall and test the goods before taking them home. Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 31, 2018 Posted March 31, 2018 19 hours ago, AdamSmith said: Lets you go together into a restroom stall and test the goods before taking them home. YES! (Responding to a Like here just now.) Quote
AdamSmith Posted March 31, 2018 Posted March 31, 2018 14 hours ago, columbusboi said: lets get public and dirty the only way Quote
Members tassojunior Posted April 1, 2018 Members Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/30/2018 at 8:42 AM, AdamSmith said: Lets you go together into a restroom stall and test the goods before taking them home. I'm for going back to $50 blowjobs in cars. The old-fashioned way. The way God meant this to work. MsGuy and AdamSmith 1 1 Quote
AdamSmith Posted April 1, 2018 Posted April 1, 2018 43 minutes ago, tassojunior said: I'm for going back to $50 blowjobs in cars. The old-fashioned way. The way God meant this to work. 'Edge of Seventeen' movie. And they weren't even paying! Quote
