chubbyhoney wrote:The Only Weigh is Essex wrote:
With the internet being what it is and this also being a sexual fetish / feeding / gaining site there will always be a sexual angle to many messages. If any member here finds that completely abhorrent I'd question why they were here in the first place. There are plenty of more 'vanilla' BBW dating sites out there for example. This site is hardly mumsnet or the womens institute!
If someone has 'I am a sexy piggy who loves eating and wants to hear from all you men who'd love to fatten me up into your fat, swollen little piglet', then it is safe to say that this user probably wants sexual messages and would love for you to ask them what they weigh and demand photos of them. However, a profile saying 'Hi, I'm a 30 year old from Scotland who enjoys being a big girl and is looking to explore the site and get to know you guys better' clearly isn't asking for messages demanding to know what she ate for dinner.
Many people don't want purely sexual relationships with other FF users and don't want to be objectified or spoken to like they are a piece of meat. This doesn't make them vanilla, prudish or naive about the site. I don't think it is unreasonable for any member to expect to be treated with a basic level of respect and it is not fair to say that it's their problem, and they should leave the site, and perhaps the internet, if they don't want to receive unsolicited sexual messages.
Sorry not back peddling but I think I've come across in the wrong way! Totally agree on the two different types of profiles described above. One clearly won't object to messages with a sexual tone, but I'm just saying that the other profile can't be on a site like this and not expect to receive any messages of a sexual nature. Yes this is a fat positive community, but it's also a fetish site. You can't be on a fetish site and not expect sexual content / messages.
I made a suggestion a couple of years back to Hiccupx that he change the name of the site because it has more and more members who aren't into the fetish side of things. He was absolutely 100% against that idea, and said the site is and will always be primarily a fetish site, but one that now incorporates a fat positive element too.
Of course people here just for the fat positive element shouldn't have to put up with overtly sexual messages, but that's what the red flags and in future the block features are for. What I'm saying is that you can't be on a site like this and not expect receiving a few messages of a sexual nature.
I'll use a real life example of what I mean. It's a bit like going to a nightclub and not expecting to find / see any drunk people. It's just not going to happen. If you don't want to see any drunk people then go to a coffee shop.