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[rguer]

So, I was looking at Facebook this evening, and noticed that one of my friends had just friended someone with a vaguely familiar and uncommon name. So I clicked on the link. Ta-Da! The friend of a friend is an escort I've thought of hiring.

 

So now I know his name, his phone number, his general location, his birthday, his political views, his grandparents' anniversary, his husband's name... We also know at least two people in common.

 

I'm not sure whether this makes me more or less likely to hire him someday. On the one hand, he's much better looking in his Facebook pictures than on Rentboy. On the other hand, he still lists scat as an interest on Rentboy.

 

If I do hire him, I probably shouldn't mention any of this until we're in the same room. It might freak him out.

[maxwellissmart]

So, I was looking at Facebook this evening, and noticed that one of my friends had just friended someone with a vaguely familiar and uncommon name. So I clicked on the link. Ta-Da! The friend of a friend is an escort I've thought of hiring.

 

So now I know his name, his phone number, his general location, his birthday, his political views, his grandparents' anniversary, his husband's name... We also know at least two people in common.

 

I'm not sure whether this makes me more or less likely to hire him someday. On the one hand, he's much better looking in his Facebook pictures than on Rentboy. On the other hand, he still lists scat as an interest on Rentboy.

 

If I do hire him, I probably shouldn't mention any of this until we're in the same room. It might freak him out.

 

I do this to make sure clients actually exist all the time. And yes, it probably would.

[+ azdr0710]

if I ever start to join facebook, hit me upside the head and remind me again why I never joined facebook.....

 

If I do hire him, I probably shouldn't mention any of this until we're in the same room. It might freak him out.

 

when I started reading your sentence here, I thought you were going to appropriately say, "I probably shouldn't mention it.".....gee, why mention it?....unless you have nothing to hide and he'll get a kick out of it....tread carefully

[rguer]

I do this to make sure clients actually exist all the time.

 

What do you do if you don't find anything? For example, if you looked me up, I don't think you would find anything that shows my real-life identity.

 

And yes, it probably would.

 

It turns out that one of his Facebook photos is also one of his Rentboy photos. Also, when you plug his Rentboy phone number into Google, his name pops up. I hope it wouldn't come as a huge shock to him that someone might do that. So maybe, as azdr suggests, he'd get a kick out of it.

[maxwellissmart]

What do you do if you don't find anything? For example, if you looked me up, I don't think you would find anything that shows my real-life identity.

 

...he'd get a kick out of it.

 

Facebook can be a good way to confirm that someone is someone, as opposed to someone you might know or even worse, the cops.

 

Umm... he probably won't get "a kick" out of you knowing his personal information. Keep that to yourself—and like with the comment above about Facebook, I certainly don't run to their hotel room and say: "oh hey, I love your photo wall."

[rguer]

I do wonder why someone might make all this information public, and then be surprised when someone actually looks at it. Why not restrict it to friends if you don't want other people to look at it?

[jjkrkwood]

I'm on FACEBOOK, never look at the shit, and am constantly annoyed by the notices I get of people I dont know, who are friends of people I do know. Life was so much better and simpler when you Didnt know anyone....

[rguer]

I'm on FACEBOOK, never look at the shit, and am constantly annoyed by the notices I get of people I dont know, who are friends of people I do know. Life was so much better and simpler when you Didnt know anyone....

 

Then turn the notices off.

 

Facebook does a lot of things by default that you might not like, but almost all of them can be turned off.

[jjkrkwood]

Then turn the notices off.

 

Facebook does a lot of things by default that you might not like, but almost all of them can be turned off.

 

Didnt know I could, I dont go there enuf to play around with it. Thanks, I WILL

[jackboy48]

Somehow the way this thread started doesn't ring true to me. It's very easy to limit access to your personal information on Facebook, and in fact it is not required to post any personal information at all. I can't imagine an escort allowing much public access to his listing on FB. I do have friends, who have friends, who post very provocative "cover" photos, and it is kind of fun to check them out, but often when you do, there is a posting which explains that all personal info and pictures are hidden. I enjoy using Facebook to keep up with all sorts of things that are interesting to me, and I really enjoy sharing with friends and family who live all over the world. It's part of being in the 21st Century.

[rguer]

Somehow the way this thread started doesn't ring true to me. It's very easy to limit access to your personal information on Facebook, and in fact it is not required to post any personal information at all. I can't imagine an escort allowing much public access to his listing on FB.

 

Sorry to hear about your lack of imagination.

 

It's possible that his page is limited to friends of friends, and isn't open to the public.

 

He doesn't mention escorting on Facebook at all.