- Report: #872135
Complaint Review: FetLife
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FetLife FetLife Lets Vigilante Groups Operate On It's Site Internet, Internet
*Consumer Comment: Shield of Deceit
*Consumer Comment: Fetlife and Sock Puppets Accounts
*General Comment: This Complaint is Spot On
*General Comment: I disagree with the Complaint Also
*Consumer Comment: Disagree with Complaint
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Before I go any further I would like to put the first two prohibited conduct of a member from FetLife's own Terms Of Use.
You agree that, while using BitLove Inc.s Products and Services, you will not:
Personally attack, make fun of, troll, flame, bully, stalk or otherwise harass another member.
Make criminal accusations against another member in a public forum.
These groups are doing exactly what FetLife has stated not to do. FetLife has a group of individuals called CareTakers that are suppose to handle complaints. If someone is a fake or violated FetLifes rule on Copyright then the member should be reported to the CareTakers and let them investigate it and take care of it. There is no need to have groups that employ Stasi like tactics operate within its website but FetLife's staff seems to look away and let these groups do it. Now if a member that was not part of one of the above mentioned groups did what they do they would either get an official FetLife warning or have their account banned. I am wondering what these groups will start pointing their accusatory fingers at next. Will it be a members profile pic? Will it be a member's age? Will it be what they write in their profile? Will it be where a member is from? Will it be the friends they have? Will it be their race or religion? Will it be their sexual preference? Get rid of these groups FetLife before they ruin the reputation of your website and your membership dwindles.
I would like to close with these little words of caution. Current members you need to be aware that you are being watched by these Big Brother groups. Individuals that plan on joining FetLife you also need to be made aware that you will be watched as well so join at your own risk. Now for me I have had it with FetLife looking the other way concerning these types of secret police groups. My account is now sitting in their delete queue.
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Shield of Deceit
AUTHOR: TAI - (Virgin Islands (US))
SUBMITTED: Monday, September 03, 2012
Where he has been interdicted, he simply goes to a fresh site where he can continue with his invective. This is distruptive to many and is a growing problem online where such shenanigans can be pursued with impunity. Sowing distrust with baseless rumors and accusations is no laughing matter. I have seen the flame wars he has started when someone politely warns him he is using copyrighted material and claiming it as his own.
#2 Consumer Comment
Fetlife and Sock Puppets Accounts
AUTHOR: TruthSeeker - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, September 03, 2012
The group that is doing the complaining is called Anti-Reaps. They have become quite the vigilantes themselves. They have posted all the members of the group Fake Profiles in a thread discussion and also on a Sock puppet accounts main profile. They also flame, harass and call anyone a fake that has a differing point of view. They really have no right to complain about Fetlife Terms of Service violations, when they themselves seem to have no regard for the rules. They are really nothing more than hypocrites that are angry at Fetlife for deleting the sock puppet account they were using. Instead of obeying the rules and changing the way they act, they create more sock puppet accounts to hide their real identity to continue to create havoc for Fetlife and other members.
If they do not like the Fetlife rules they should just delete their profile and move to Facebook, instead they are complaining and trying to change the rules. Fetlife is a good website, but with any large group you have some people that simply cannot get along and follow the rules. Bitter and unhappy in their real life they have no way to reconcile the feelings they have.
#3 General Comment
This Complaint is Spot On
AUTHOR: Ren - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, September 03, 2012
The original complaint is 100% accurate.
That there might be individuals who are making claims in their FetLife profile that might be false is NOT necessarily "Criminal" behavior as one of the rebuttals suggests. Also, there is a mechanism to REPORT any wrongdoing or violations of the "Terms of Use" to the caretakers, so the existence of these vigilante groups is unnecessary - making the other rebuttal about this complaint FALSE on its face. In other words, both rebuttals are made by dishonest liars.
#4 General Comment
I disagree with the Complaint Also
AUTHOR: Tired Of Fakes - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, August 26, 2012
I noticed he mentioned he was deleting his account. LIE!!! He's still there acting like a 2 year old stomping his feet because he's not getting his way. Apparently this guy had a fake profile and he got busted. There are lots of old gay men on the site that make up phoney profiles using stolen photos of beautiful women. They use these profiles to lure men into their traps. There are also multitudes of other reasons these people make up fake profiles, but bottom line is, it's getting harder for them to do so because image reverse search tools are in place which make it easier to find out if photos are stolen or not.
From what I've noticed, this guy is on a campaign about reverse image search tools being used. Everyone is so sick of him and wishes he would just leave the site. It seems he has about 5 friends that are backing him up in his quest. They all come across as very irrational, one especially. Just seeing how they act is proof enough that they aren't the types of friends anyone in their right minds would want to have.
I'm sure this guy is upset because he can no longer spend all his free time making up profiles to interact with people deceivingly. If you don't like the way things are, then leave the site !!
#5 Consumer Comment
Disagree with Complaint
AUTHOR: FetLife is Great - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, August 22, 2012

