nerdmachine

I learned today that SuicideGirls member BlackOnBlack is a fraud. I learned this through Hexxus and Casca. I then read NickStone's blog for the full scoop. I suggest you read it for your own benefit:

http://suicidegirls.com/members/NickStone/blog/

When you learn about something like this, it makes you uneasy. I've known my friend Pete my entire life. I saw him just a couple weeks ago. I know its actually him I'm friends with on Facebook. But what about the "comics professional" from Chicago? There's honestly no real way to be certain, is there?

The bigger question is, what's their motivation? That's where it gets really scary. Their purposes are likely sinister in nature. Kidnap, extortion, rape, murder. It's highly doubtful someone pretending to be someone else on the internet wants to meet to have coffee and discuss the works of Chaucer.

Cyber predators have existed a long time. Chris Hanson has made a career out of torturing them in public. Unfortunately, in a world where a 40 year old man can believably pretend to be a 16 year old girl, it's a very real and ongoing threat. If you're on any social network, you have to be careful, because that nice sweet girl, or cute funny guy wanting to chat all the time could just as easily be a middle aged sociopath.

Caution is exceedingly necessary on a site such as this one. The girls here are tough, there's no doubt about that, and ain't none of them stoopit. But they put so much of themselves up here, it can be dangerous. They leave themselves vulnerable. So I implore all my friends, SGs, Hopefuls or otherwise to just be careful who they talk to here.

Thus ends my PSA. Thank you for your time.