I wanted to revisit something I neglected to discuss last night. You had said the following:
The other biggest issues I’ve seen recently is the influx of people ,sadly mostly women, faking being feedees to try and get money out of people online. On the other end I’ve had about five people reach out since I started posting again and remade my tumblr. That were scammers trying to offer money to support me but the catch is I had to pay a fee to show loyalty. I personally am not gonna accept money from someone I don’t know or haven’t interacted with for a while. I’m looking for friends and connections not handouts.
Yes, there are women who pretend to be feedees and scam mostly men. There are also actual female feedees that do the same. However, they are not all women. I wouldn't be shocked if they weren't mostly women.
A lot of the feedee scammers here are also catfish. Some are even part of a scammer network. They'll steal photos of models and other women to sell their legitimacy with varying degrees of success. It's a whole thing.
Another thing to remember is that, as the mainstream discovers feedism, people who aren't into it come looking for people to abuse. There's this idea that fat people are easy to use and abuse because they have cripplingly low self-esteem.
I've seen people of all genders do this, but it's mostly been men. The community calls them trolls, but I feel that does a disservice to the harm they do.
I've even had to deal with them. Since my username is "Munchies" a lot of people think that I am a plus-sized pothead feedee. So, from time to time, I'll get messages from new users that verbally abuse me for "letting myself go". When I press them for a reason, they always say "You fatties are gross. I'm just doing you a favor."
I've noticed they tend to go after women, but other genders (including men) aren't safe.
