I thought I would provide a written version of the recent show I did on Kink Scams. What we discussed in that show is still being talked about today so I thought I’d bring the various topics to you here on The Review as well because they’re important. This is for those of you who still enjoy the written word.
I began noticing some of these trends about a year ago. It started with verification accounts. I saw those on Instagram when I was on there. [I’m not on Insta btw because I find that Instagram is a cesspool of guys wanting free pics to jerk off too, trolls who pull their peanuts purposefully telling women they aren’t good enough, and a sea of narcissism but then I don’t understand the obsession with taking pictures of your food either. I’m so uncool.]
But I digress; these males started Instagram accounts under the guise of being a verification service. Women would send in pics of themselves holding cardboard signs in various stages of dress or un-dress depending on the whim of the account holder. Picture after picture of beautiful but clearly not bright or very naïve women, holding signs like lost dogs or the homeless, would slide down their timeline or story or whatever the fuck it’s called. It was the most blatant misogynistic exploitation of women that I had ever seen.
Here’s the deal. You don’t have to verify yourself to ANYONE. Got that! Anyone. This whole, is she real, is she not real is such bullshit it’s frightening. If a bitch is breathing, she’s real. So verify my ass. It’s just another way for these scrotum sucking losers in mommy’s basement to get women to jump through their perverted hoops for their own amusement and gratification. In case I wasn’t clear, it made me sick.
So fast forward to present day, this is going on again on Twitter. When I see a woman holding a sign I want to reach through the screen, strangle her then grab verify boy by his nuts and slam them in to a humbler.
Ladies, please, the only thing you verify yourself to is any clip or phone sites your sign up for, payment processors, banks, and the occasional website you might join. But I caution that one because you need to check the reputation of the site. Don’t just join everything you see. Do your homework.
The point is, never think you have to verify yourself to anyone other than the LEGITIMATE businesses I just discussed; certainly no Poindexter with a social media account and a gym sock. Think before you put yourself out there. And if you’re doing domination work, holding a sign saying “I’m Mistress Mean Dog and I’m real @assholewithanaccount Jan 29, 2018,” is in no way dominant. It makes you look like a poodle in a circus standing on its hind legs on a ball.
Please, I beg you, think DIGNITY and stop this shit.
By-the-way I approached one of the guys who was running one of those verification accounts and asked him if he would do an interview with me on the show. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone that paranoid. He asked a million questions such as: “Do I get to see the questions first?” “How do I know you’re not going to skewer me?” “Do I have to be on camera?” “Can I have my voice changed?” and then the account closed and he disappeared. Imagine that.
The next sociological scourge is retweet pigs on Twitter. This has quite honestly become a Twitter virus. Something that may have even started as well-meaning at some point has become a plague of tweets covered in the pox of retweet accounts along with some picture du jour, tits, ass, pussy, legs, whatever the particular retweet account is in the market for, and don’t worry they’ll let you know.
In these retweet swine profiles you’ll see the names of various women’s twitter accounts. Some have foolishly paid for that placement. [insert deep breath] Le sigh. Others pay for retweets but only based on the guidelines of that particular retweet pig account.
Now here’s the irony. Look at the words Retweet Pig, (this moniker being chosen by these basement dwelling porkers). It’s clear this started as a way for submissive males who had no other skill or service to offer a domme; translated…broke ass bitch – could be of some use to women. So, as I said, it started well-meaning. But then some male decided to walk in a piss all over it. They started demanding that they would only retweet based on certain conditions, no pics with boyfriends, only [insert body part here] pics, etc. Correct me if I’m wrong but when the word demand entered in to the game, it ceased to be altruistic. Sorry gentlemen but time’s up.
If a submissive male is truly coming from the goodness of his weak little heart then he would be following YOU and RETWEETING YOU with you not having to @ him AT ALL! Re-read that sentence as many times as you have to – to get it through your head. If there is a demand of ANY KIND involved it ceases to be an act of submission and becomes just another male getting his PORN FOR FREE. I’m not saying they’re stupid, I’m saying they’re sleazy.
But here’s the other part to this scam and this part goes both ways. Both the females on Twitter and the males do this. They buy their followers. So now you think this retweet fool has all these followers when in fact they have nothing but a sea of bots and other women. Is that the audience you want to reach? This is marketing 101, who are their followers? That’s the point of influencer marketing. If you have a product like a tanning gel, do you want to market that tanning gel to Kim Kardashians’s followers, or to Grumpy Cat’s followers? Or worse, to the fake Kim Kardashian account that is filled with nothing but followers that are bots? Because the last one is what you’re paying for. You can buy Twitter followers for just $10.
And every time you @ these idiots in your tweets you push their account for them. YOU’RE ADVERTISING FOR THEM!! Your tweet goes to nothing but a giant pool of dead accounts and your competition. And the more audacious of these retweet retards actually have the nerve to charge for these services. Really? My eyes have been rolling so far back in my head, watching this go on that I look like a character in Beatlejuice.
Ladies you are being screwed with these retweet accounts and when you litter your tweet with nothing but retweet morons it makes you look like you’re begging. I’ll say it again; THEY should be doing this for YOU…WITHOUT you asking. No other excuse. A good dog awaits a command. It doesn’t look at you and say, “I don’t know…you’ve been getting my love and affection pretty cheap, I think you should maybe pay per pet. You know, every stroke of my soft fur that calms you so much, I’m thinkin’ 1.99 a stroke. Now really that’s a bargain considering how many you’ve had absolutely free so far.” Once you got over the initial shock of your dog speaking in a Jersey accent, you’d be like, yeah I don’t think so.
Servitude is not conditional.
Ah but my ladies, you’re also screwing everyone too. Oh my.
Remember when I mentioned buying followers? Yes, yes, there are many of you ladies who have done just that. You know who you are, I know who you are, naughty girls.
Here’s how to read accounts on Twitter.
Look at the number of followers compared to the number of accounts they are following. If the numbers look like this; account has 50 thousand followers and they only follow 300 people and they are not in any way a notable person, which means they have been verified by Twitter (there’s that verification thing again but in this case it would be okay) and would mean they have a little blue check mark next to their account, then they have bought their followers.
Another thing to look at; how many retweets and likes do their tweets and retweets get? If we use our account profile from before of 50 thousand followers who know you or of you and want to follow you, you could reasonably expect an average of 500 retweets or likes or 1%. If those high ass accounts are getting 5, 15, even 50 retweets or likes, they bought their followers.
How long have they been on Twitter? If they’ve been on several years and have under ten thousand and are not a notable person or have done anything viral then that’s a reasonable amount of followers. Now there’s other things you have to factor in of course such as, do they post nudes? That will always get more followers, duh. Do they post real time pictures of scenes or sessions? That will again, get more followers. But if it’s just selfies at the nail salon that get 15 retweets. BUSTED BITCH!!
Now understand I get it, I get it, you’ve had your account for a while and you’re followers stagnated and it gets frustrating so you think, “If I have more followers my business will pick up or take off,” yeah, no. It doesn’t change anything because the followers you bought are not engaged in anything you have to say. You wasted your money because everyone knows that follower numbers are now a sham. On top of that, check yourself, you’ve been sucked in to the social media vortex of neuron sucking evil, where your rational mind and common sense have been vacuumed from your brain leaving you feeling worthless unless, “EVERYBODY LOVES ME!!!!” Go get a paper bag and breathe in to it. It’s okay. We all get that way before we go…organic.
My point is, don’t get caught up in the appearance of a lot of followers whether you’re looking for a Domme to serve or a bitch to serve you. Follower numbers mean nothing. So when you see the profile saying RTpup 75k, it’s all bogus. Stop @-ing them, this bullshit will stop and they’ll be forced to find another way to exploit women.
My final scam is a trend in findom, more specifically blackmail. Seems as though the ladies now take to sending you child pornography at which point it’s on your computer, you’re then made to pay whatever amount to have it removed. Usually it’s not and more is put on the computer ensuring this continuous cycle of extortion. Using child pornography for anything is vile and I shouldn’t have to tell you illegal. You are not dominating you’re, as I said, extorting money and you’re playing a very dangerous game.
Associated with this is the practice of using Teamviewer to lock you out of your computer or using it to again plant child porn on your computer. You can’t take it to an IT to get it fixed, you can’t call the cops, you’re screwed – hard. If you’re really lucky she just drains your bank account and sells your personal info online.
Use your heads you fleabrains. You never give someone access to your computer if you don’t know them. You never play Teamviewer games with someone you haven’t known for a long time and certainly not with someone you’ve just contacted.
Stop dancing on a knife edge you have no business being on.
The long and the short of it is, use your brains. Common sense will not fail you if you choose to use it. All of this shit can be avoided if you just think before you act. And for the love of god stop paying these junior chickens to do what they should be doing for free. Ladies, you are worth more than what these pigs are doing to you. This is female exploitation at its finest and it needs to stop and the fastest way to shut it all down is to not partake in it.
Stop kink scams. Stop using the services.
Pat
Dr Sue,
Bravo on a very passionate whistle-blowing post. I don’t think I have ever seen you so mad before. I had no idea this kind of stuff goes on, and some of the Twitter stuff – I’m not even sure what it means because I don’t use it, but I get the gist of it. People are being screwed by strangers on the internet, you say? Get out of town!
Well, I share your utter befuddlement over how people can be so stupid. I’ve been saying it for years. I can’t believe what people will post online or share with strangers. That Teamviewer crap really scares me. When I first started chatting online way back around 16 or 17 years ago, I was super paranoid to even give people my real name. Nobody got my last name. I chatted with one lady for a year before I even sent her a face pic.
Findom, in general, is an area ripe with exploitation. I’m sure it is fine for people that practice it with Dommes and subs who actually know each other but, I’m sorry, when I see an online findom I immediately think “scammer.” I’m sure there are ethical ones but it just seems like such a bad idea.
On the objectification tip, I’ve seen some truly deplorable stuff online – inadvertently – I don’t go searching for it. But with the ubiquitous presence of camera phones nothing goes undocumented. I’ve seen pages dedicated to “exposing” young women as “sluts” for the crime of having sex. They never expected the guy to post her pics on the internet with her name, address, and phone number. I feel really bad for these girls but god, don’t make a sex tape with a Tinder hook up! It’s just a trophy for him to show off.
On the same note – guys do this too – sending pics of themselves to Dommes to display on their page as paypigs or chastity sluts or whatever. The woman will then hold his pics hostage and if he fails to make his payments his personal details go up with the picture and she tweets it to get the word out. Search engines pick it up and now his name, address, dick size and place of employment are associated with these pics. I’m afraid we are only going to see a lot more of this kind of stuff.
People need to wise up. Good on you for sounding the alarm.