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Should cams be compulsory?

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Quote by Sexysmilingeyes
Ladyisaminx ..... do you not feel your being unfair to people you see on cam ? they show themselves to you but you dont back - for all they know your pics couldnt be years out of date like the person you met before ..... think if your insist on seeing someone on cam before a meet then is only fair you do the same

But I am too shy! redface
what if they are also ? or they insist on seeing you on cam before a meet ? ..... round and round in circles we go and no one meets
Quote by Sexysmilingeyes
what if they are also ? or they insist on seeing you on cam before a meet ? ..... round and round in circles we go and no one meets

sexy I was joking I do have a cam and am quiet often on cam showing my face in my room, I do like at somestage during building a connection with someone to have a chat on cam, and there has to be some form of phyisical connection, even if it is just a smile or a captured moment that take place, if people say they would meet purely on a written connection, I can't myself, I wouldn't call myself shallow as I don't go on looks.
When we first meet someone our natural instict is vision, how many people have we all passed by without even talking to?
I chat to anyone but feel more comfortable knowing who I am talking to, it could be a family member how am I to know or someone that knows me in the vanilla world
Next if you spend time talking is a gut reaction a sence of a connection.
I just sometimes feel strange when it is the other way around so it nice to see for both who each other is talking to.
As cyber isnt a normal platform of meeting and I suppose to some degree caution kicks in not knowing really who we are talking to.
I have and still talk to a few I have never seem on cam and feel it would be nice to see who I am talking to.
i think its terrible idea - mostly because i dont have one
Quote by wild rose and the stag
says she dont meet so what difference does it make anyway

I have met a few from this site, some with cams and a couple without, and ended up playing with the ones I had seen on cam, and never did with the couple I met from pictures only, I can only think now the ones with cams I felt a better connection with and felt I knew them better. I myself am very quiet face to face with someone for the first time. As the face to face was done on cam I was fine meeting then.
Quote by chris-e
I think that it is always difficult when people look to make any aspect of a developing society, which is what SwH is, covered by compulsary rules. Covering all possible circumstances is always highly unlikely so doomed to fail. It might be nice for new members to be mailed with the informal norms and expectations of other members in very broad terms... it might safe irritation and embarrassment for old hands and newbies alike.
I think that as people access to cheap IT kit is now so easy everyone will have little excuse to be able to go on cam at some point.
I agree its always nice to have seen the person you talk to but how many want to talk as many fakes stand out even for an innocent like me.
I think cams however brief enhance the experience and don't like seeing myself on cam or photo's but would be happy should anyone want to see the real me... on cam or otherwise...

Hello Chris! wave
I see your a first time poster welcome to the forums, You have broken your cherry no stopping you now lol
Quote by Theladyisaminx
says she dont meet so what difference does it make anyway

I have met a few from this site, some with cams and a couple without, and ended up playing with the ones I had seen on cam, and never did with the couple I met from pictures only, I can only think now the ones with cams I felt a better connection with and felt I knew them better. I myself am very quiet face to face with someone for the first time. As the face to face was done on cam I was fine meeting then.
i meant now,
this should be the choice of the member and not be told you have to? :shock:
I have a cam and reserve the right to cam with who I choose or not as the case may be :shock:
but compulsory nnnnnooooooo :shock:
I do not put myself on public cam anymore in the chats only to who I am talking to privately and in msn of course :shock:
allthough this is a public site and all and sundry can view I still want a modicum of privacy :shock:
so once again compulsory cams nnnnnnnnnoooooooooooo
steve x
Quote by Theladyisaminx
Minxy......own up, you just want to cam one to one with me don't you? rotflmao

Shhhh I don't have a cam! redface
Aren't you being rather hypocritical then?
Quote by Freckledbird
Minxy......own up, you just want to cam one to one with me don't you? rotflmao

Shhhh I don't have a cam! redface
Aren't you being rather hypocritical then?
Womans prerogative to make the rules to which we menfolk must follow.
"don't do as I do, do as I say"
Or
"I have what you want, if you don't play ball, there are many others I can talk to."
lol
Quote by flower411
There have been many discussions on here about people having photos.
I personally believe a cam is a good option, to cam face to face and talk I believe a far better way to get to know a person as I believe you can tell a lot about a face.
It is something you can do in a private room and still keep your identity away from public view if you felt the need.
I have felt before that it is a shame that isn’t compulsory when joining the site, so many say I don’t have a cam but have pictures on profile, but as I said in another thread I have been stung once when meeting a guy for a drink only to find he had not updated his pictures for a couple of years.
So my motto became no cam sorry no meet.
I just wondered what others thought.
Would it be that much harder for admin to check cams?

Bloody hell minx !!!!
I know you want me to switch me cam on to order, but making it compulsory for everybody just to make me do it :shock: :shock:
Well, that really is going too far !!! rolleyes
Just get on cam tonight in your suit tonight :twisted:
Quote by Freckledbird
Minxy......own up, you just want to cam one to one with me don't you? rotflmao

Shhhh I don't have a cam! redface
Aren't you being rather hypocritical then?
That was a joke as Lucy has seen me on cam! lol
I explained I was joking on page 1 or 2
Quote by Mal

Shhhh I don't have a cam! redface

rotflmao :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Are you serious??! :giggle:
Mind like a sieve, that woman!! You'd forget you had tits if they weren't in front of you! :rotflmao:
Mal
wink
:shock: It's my age, I can't help it honestly!
Dare I say it, but I would rather a site verification system than compulsory cams.
Totally and utterly against the idea.
Just want to say, minxy is on cam now, in server 4, her own room, so she does have one!!!!! biggrin
I was going to say no.. but now having seen minxy on cam I think it should be compulsory for her to be on cam 24/7 :grin: innocent
............and shes got her boobs out!!!! wink
SERVER 4! minxs room!
Quote by Theladyisaminx
yes true, I suppose the qusetion should more of been would you meet someone if you had not seen them on cam and just relied on pictures as to who they were.

Yes, I've pretty much always done it that way unless I've met them at a social and organised player later. Cams are ok but they're not essential (I don't use one) and the eagerness of some people to get you on cam when they haven't even had an expression of interest in meeting is offputting tbh, as is the attitude of some people who react as if anyone who says they don't use one must be lying!
Quite happy to continue as I have done, if it's a problem for others, there are plenty of other swingers to meet cool
Quote by Lucyandmike7
............and shes got her boobs out!!!! wink
SERVER 4! minxs room!

Merde! missed it sad
If cams were compulsory you'd lose half the members.
For the same reason I don't have facial pictures on here, my job is such I don't want to be known, a lot of people are the same, what if there are famous people here who are members?
Making facial pics/cams compulsory is taking away people's autonomy.
Quote by jaymar
If cams were compulsory you'd lose half the members.
For the same reason I don't have facial pictures on here, my job is such I don't want to be known, a lot of people are the same, what if there are famous people here who are members?
Making facial pics/cams compulsory is taking away people's autonomy.
jaymar xx I couldnt have said it better ecellent response biggrin
I endorse privacy and only now use mine to verify upon request who I am :shock:
If anyone hasnt met me at a munch or meet up and wishes to do so a cam is an excellent way of chatting , cant really see any problem in it but a 100% no to compulsory cams :shock: :shock:
freedom of choice is still paramount :P :P :P
steve x
Quote by Serendipity

yes true, I suppose the qusetion should more of been would you meet someone if you had not seen them on cam and just relied on pictures as to who they were.

Yes, I've pretty much always done it that way unless I've met them at a social and organised player later. Cams are ok but they're not essential (I don't use one) and the eagerness of some people to get you on cam when they haven't even had an expression of interest in meeting is offputting tbh, as is the attitude of some people who react as if anyone who says they don't use one must be lying!
Quite happy to continue as I have done, if it's a problem for others, there are plenty of other swingers to meet cool
:thumbup: Well said!
i personally would'nt meet anyone without seeing them on cam first, have met to many in the past who have sent out pics that are that old they look sod all like they do now, i don't think they should be compulsory tho, its upto the person if they want to use one, i would'nt meet someone without one tho
Quote by Theladyisaminx
I didnt mean compulsory to go on cam, but if you spoke to someone wouldn't it be nicer, that they had a cam, of instead of saying sorry I dont have one.

lol
So what's the point then?
I have a cam but I rarely switch it on. Does that make me any more or less genuine? wink
If that were my way of doing things, I think it would even more annoying if someone said "yeah, I have a cam but I'm not switching it on".
:mrgreen:
My point was if you got talking to someone that you felt a connection with and then they asked if you fancied a chat on cam, would it be nicer if both parties had a cam, or not?
nicer yes, handy yes, compulsory no way!
the thread first post is about cams being made compulsory.
why should anything be compulsory apart from like DG says, being over 18 and not breaking the AUP
your choice is that its compulsory for you to do cam before meeting, which is cool, whatever works for the individual.
i dont particularly like being on cam on a 1 to 1 situation unless its someone i know well as i feel extremely uncomfortable and embarrassed, especially depending on what has been said, and feeling like that is more likely to make me not wanna meet.
so No i dont think cams should be compulsory on the site, it should be left up to the individual to decide their own course of action, as have you.
Earthy x