When Online meets real life

[Danugh]

Say "Bill" is a member of a gay site where he has his picture on display for a ll to see.

Is it ok for "Tim" to walk up to Bill on a bus and say " hey arent you that guy from that gay site?"

Or should Tim wait until he goes home and then send Bill a private message on the gay site and say" hey bill i saw you on a bus today i am the guy that was wearing the green shirt.

 

[spooger]

Say "Bill" is a member of a gay site where he has his picture on display for a ll to see.

Is it ok for "Tim" to walk up to Bill on a bus and say " hey arent you that guy from that gay site?"

Or should Tim wait until he goes home and then send Bill a private message on the gay site and say" hey bill i saw you on a bus today i am the guy that was wearing the green shirt.

sexuality or otherwise.....the way your provocateur exposed his victim is deplorable.....

of course!!!!....i'd rather receive the phone call....or even a discrete private "hey, aren't you the guy...bla...bla..."

of course....if he saw me on a gay website.....HE was there because......????

 

[ahotjock71]

I have been in several situations at bars, parties, etc. where someone would say, "I saw you on gay.com," or "Aren't you on Manhunt?"

If they didn't want to meet people they wouldn't have their pictures out there like that.

Just walk up, strike up a conversation, and just mention it in passing that you saw them online.

 

[slobone]

I have been in several situations at bars, parties, etc. where someone would say, "I saw you on gay.com," or "Aren't you on Manhunt?"

I'm not sure I'd recognize you unless your ASS was showing...

 

[Elwood]

Say "Bill" is a member of a gay site where he has his picture on display for a ll to see.

Is it ok for "Tim" to walk up to Bill on a bus and say " hey arent you that guy from that gay site?"

Or should Tim wait until he goes home and then send Bill a private message on the gay site and say" hey bill i saw you on a bus today i am the guy that was wearing the green shirt.

Funny , I have often wondered about this myself??

 

[lunarus]

If someone saw my picture here on JUB and then saw me out in public then I wouldn't care if they came up to me and said "Hey aren't you Lunarus?"

To which I would reply "Why yes now GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!" LOL no I wouldn't say that, but I would say yes, after all I was the one that put up my picture and have no real expectation on privacy on the Internet.

That is what happens when you advertise yourself on any website.

 

[Lube]

Well, there is the slight issue of, oh, I dunno, tact?

If you're at a gay party, then sure, blurt it out.

If you're on a bus, a more discrete "Hey, are you that guy on JUB?" is more appropriate because no one knows what JUB is--unless they know, you know?

 

[TaigaStar]

I don't have face pics on here because it would be so extremely awkward for me to be recognized by someone while I was at work or something. Call it paranoia, but it really is a small world and I'd rather not have totally awkward moments in public places. Actually, a friend of mine is on this board as well. I pieced it together when he told me what his post in the new user forum was. I read it, word for word in his IM. At that point I just said: "You know that board you're posting on? Well, I'm on it too." There was a minute where he thought I was either kidding or confused until I told him what my username was and sent him a PM. Of course, he's one of my best friends, so it wasn't like I went up to him on the street and said "Hey, aren't you such-and-such from JUB?"

 

[justsimon]

Just so everyone knows: It is not okay for people to come up to me at work and ask, "Aren't you the guy from that gay porn forum?" But, like Lube suggested, a more discreet inquiry is fine.

 

[treanir]

Should you see me somewhere in real life, you can come up and talk to me, but it's at your own risk.

I probably would send them a PM instead of talking to them in public.

 

[hunky]

I think it is not so easy to recognise someone you just saw a picture on the Net right away.

 

[Christopherb36]

^Tact? What an amusingly quaint concept.

Tact? When did we have to start using that??? Actually, I have heard people come up to the person and say, "Aren't you...using the handle of the person." Tact is important, timing is important and style. Think of it as meeting any person at a bar, except you may know something more about this person or seen something more of this person...Use the tact. I think it would be inappropriate to go up to the person and say, I need to see your dick to know if you are the guy I jerked off to on cam last night...Trust me...it can become an awkward situation!

 

[blueboi05]

WEll if "Bill" has his image up then you have to assume he doesn't mind being identified. However "Tim" should practice some discretion and not yell out "Hey aren't you that guy on that gay website?" in a crowded bus.