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Originally Posted by Darkfinn
I just see so many blank profiles and two-line intro threads... even many well-known members don't have much filled out... it gets kinda depressing. People are so willing to talk and share their views and beliefs in the threads... but then you click on their username to try and get a bit more background information only to find out their sex, generalized location, and sexual preference. It's like reading the second book in a series and not knowing where any of the characters came from.
I don't wanna know your street address, real name, or how many times you masturbate every day... but a bit of back-story would be nice... to explain things better and lend some more credibility to your postings.
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I'd rather judge someone here based on the views and beliefs they share, not what's in their profile. That's usually a better determinant to figure out what a person is really like. This isn't in the same boat as discrimination, but it's definitely in the same harbour. This place has shown me that people shouldn't be judged based on their demographic, as some of the youngest members here are amongst the most mature, and that some of the oldest members have been the most immature. "Profile information" eventually surfaces once people get into the swing of things and reveal the information in their posts, or in the chat.
It goes without saying too that people shouldn't have to give information about themselves for "credibility". I'd ask anyone to reconsider their views if they feel age, location, gender, sexuality, interests and/or preferences are a major determining factor in how they perceive someone here. I've got my profile set to friends-only, and for a long time before that it was set to VIPs only. Most people only have my age and location from my post-bit. Not that I'm intending to sound egotistical here, but I've [hopefully] gained the respect amongst a few people here and most of them really don't know much about me aside from my views and beliefs that I give in my posts. It would appear that I didn't have to reveal my basic information to harvest that respect, so understandably, you can see why I don't think other people need to reveal that information about themselves as well.