Youtube Videos and your photos

[lmmore 0]

I don't know Tiffy. I looked and looked, and I couldn't find those X rated photos anywhere.

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[CraftyChristie 62]

Yeah... I have learned some hard lessons too. I had someone "friend" me on Flickr, and when I looked at theirs it looked like they were collecting photos of heavy women, both clothed and nude! I have NO nude photos just for the record LOL just typical photos of hanging out with my friends and family, but apparently the guy got off on that. That was super creepy. I've also been weight-loss blogging on and off for like 9 years now and I've had people recognize me in person which is creepy too.

It's so hard to balance because if I make everything in my "online life" private, it makes it so much harder for people to be a part of it, especially family members who aren't that internet savvy. Hard enough for them to get to the link... if they have to have their own account, sign in, have a password, etc to see private stuff it just doesn't help. Plus then if my photos were private I couldn't really blog them. For me, I had to just accept that if I want to live my life the way I want to live it, then I will have these things happen from time to time. So that's where I'm at for now I guess.

That being said I totally agree you should have been asked before your photos were used. I think people forget with weight loss before & afters that this is a real person with a real life and feelings. They just see a photo they like and they are only thinking about the fact that it shows a success. I hope you hear back from the person!

[CraftyChristie 62]

I just read the rest of the thread... the way she responded was really rude! I was designing digital products once and someone made a product using my stuff and gave it away for free without asking me. She didn't take credit as if it was her own, but still, that's against all the usage terms in that field. I politely told her that and she told me I should take it as a compliment that she liked my stuff enough to make something with it to give away. Reminds me very much of the comment this girl left you. Some people just don't get it! Exactly like you said, it isn't her place.

[wannalise 16]

But its not like you just had your pics out there on the internet, both this and OH are specific forums that should be used as methods of information gathering and support BY THE MEMBERS! I would be pissed to see things I have said here floating around because even though this is a public forum, there is an element that we are a group and we respect one another. So sorry! But don't forget, she wouldn't have bothered if you hadn't done such an amazing job!

[Tiffykins 673]

Well, she never replied to the Youtube service team, and she's being investigated, the videos are apparently being removed from her channel. I should get an update in a few days.

Several other members on OH that I recognized, and contacted also filed privacy complaints. So, this is a big problem for this person to be trolling weight loss surgery sites to snag pics.

I swear if the uploader would have just asked permission, and not copped a sh*tty attitude with me, I would have never had a problem with it. I'm still going through her videos and reporting more videos that she's got me in.