Quote from: TDoS on Jan 30, 2025, 06:55 AMQuote from: RE on Jan 29, 2025, 08:21 PMQuote from: TDoS on Jan 29, 2025, 07:20 PMHow do we know which websites to trust?
That's EZ. Trust no one.
Well that certainly is the absolutist answer that puts a stake through the entire point K-Dog was trying to make.He was saying more people should do it like he does....with the presumption being he is different. But you've just ruled out trusting him as well, for exactly the reasons I stated.
If you only know a person through the web, you can't trust them. It's like with online dating. You can meet a person online and begin to get to know them, but if you're wise you wouldn't agree to marry the person just based on that. You would have to take the next step and meet in person and spend time together before you take that step. I'd have to spend at least a couple of months of being with the person before I took that step.
For a good friendship, somewhat less. Kdog and I have spent quite a bit of time together in visits plus our camping expedition during the solar eclipse, so I have good trust with him as a close friend, but not enough to marry him. lol..
Even with the video nowadays, the web is very two dimensional. If most of your interaction is text based, it's even less. A lot of information is conveyed non-verbally when you are with a pescon in body language, facial expressions and voice modulation. Even smell comes into play with pheromones. There's no substitute for IRL interactions to develop a full relationship of trust.
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