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On 4/27/2021 at 8:41 AM, rawTOP said:

Mastercard is going further and getting stricter with adult content. The straight folks don't really care what happens to hookup/dating sites. Most of the

Do you consider PornHub to be a hookup/dating site? 

Because Mastercard's rules could decimate the Internet porn business, but dating sites would not be affected per se, because pornography is not fundamental to the business model. 

Thus I'm confused how a conversation about a threat to the porn business gets conflated as a threat to the profile/chat business.

On 4/29/2021 at 8:43 AM, rawTOP said:

he was thinking that since the apps (Grindr, Scruff, etc.) satisfy Apple's content guidelines, that they might not be considered "adult content or services". In which case they'd be exempt from Mastercards rules

I am not a lawyer, but based on what I read here, I think:

This is unlikely to affect iOS/Android native apps because the app stores forbid sexually explicit content anyway.

This could affect sites that rely on cc:bill and other factoring services.
This could affect large commercial sites like manhunt.
This could affect adult content producers like RFC.
This could affect adult content publishers like OnlyFans.

This is unlikely to affect websites or web apps that are either free to use, or rely on an advertising model (including Twitter), unless 47 USC § 230 is revoked on account of Google, Facebook, and Twitter's engagement in censorship, propaganda, and gaslighting.

2 minutes ago, Bymike said:

I drop them several years ago.  Sad to say, in time, it reaches most sites.

Most website operators don't realize you don't have to serve everyone on the planet, and as far as hacking, spamming, and scamming go, it's best not to. 

On 4/17/2021 at 2:00 PM, NWUSHorny said:

That's a major problem with all of the sites here.  Everyone is looking to date, no one wants to just hookup for a fuck.

In my day, we fucked as a way of screening potential boyfriends. 

Just now, IEjaculate said:

With VPNs and whatnot, “everybody” can be located wherever they wish right?  Maybe excepting North Korea and China.  So if A4A banned Russia, wouldn’t the Russians “move“ to, say, Finland or Malta?
 

Technically,  yes; but practically, no. 

Scammers tend to come from third-world countries where Internet cafes are the primary method of web access. The proprietors of such establishments don't care about or provide such frills as guaranteed anonymity, and if they did, the VPN they're connecting through can be excluded.

Any decent social website will give you the means to blocks pests at the account level, and it's good management practice to ban or limit accounts with a high number of blocks against them. 

There's no law requiring you to serve every country on earth. Why can't you block the ones notorious for scam artists?

Los Angeles. SMH. I could have found a fuck just as lousy or worse in my own back yard. He paid for the ticket tho, so why not.

Those times I can feel it, the guy's piss slit is jammed into the rectum and it feels like a hot wet cramp, followed by some kind of sympathetic nervous response where the salivary glands in the back of the mouth squirt. 

It's very erotic.

I use DuckDuckGo, which doesn't log queries and aggregates results from different search engines.

Bing seems very good at finding porn videos, though.

Just created a profile but couldn't login. Very frustrating. Not hot. I gave up and probably won't bother again. You can delete my profile if you want since it will just frustrate anyone who might hit on it.

Thanks for bringing the problem to our attention.

We think the problem is fixed now, and we invite anyone who never received a password to re-register.

Do you still want me to delete your account? The "lost password?" link should restore access to your account if the password you were sent doesn't work.

PROTIP: Do not use a Private / Incognito tab to visit our site. It's not necessary (we don't place trackers on your browser, nor do we allow third parties to do so), and it may cause the site to malfunction.

If you're worried about trackers, try the EFF's Privacy Badger extension: 

https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

has anybody else had trouble signing up?  They issue a password which is invalid.

I'll try again when the site has its kinks worked out.

I've seen you online several times in the last week, so I'm going to assume you worked things out.

NEWS FROM BAREBACK BEARS

PUBLIC CHAT NOW ONLINE

Logged-in members can now chat with each other in our IRC-style
chatroom. The chatroom is unmoderated and very basic, but will be
improved over time to support private member-defined channels if the
feature is popular.


SEARCH BY KEYWORDS

Search By Keywords is fixed, you can now search the text and tags of
member profiles for keywords of interest.


COMING SOON

The next feature in the pipeline is a modest Forum.


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MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER NOW SUPPORTED

Version 10 or higher, including Windows Phone 7. 

Bareback Bears is now compatible with all modern browsers on Android, ChromeOS, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows, and Windows Phone.

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NEWS from Bareback Bears

VIDEO LOUNGE NOW ONLINE

Members can now upload personal videos up to 100 MB. Please upload only videos that are in the public domain, or videos that you made yourself.

BEWARE: This is a complex feature that will take some time to perfect.
Please report any problems you discover to support@barebackbears.net


SEARCH BY KEYWORD

You can now search for member profiles containing one or more keywords. At present, the system performs a simple match against each member's description and tags, but the feature can be made more sophisticated if popularity warrants.


SEARCH BY LANGUAGE

Want to chat with someone in a language other than English? Now you can search members by which language(s) they speak.


COMING SOON

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Best way to find out (for any site):

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

We're not doing too bad after 6 weeks, but the more the merrier.

You can help by inviting the sort of guys you'd like to meet to join us.

NEWS from Bareback Bears

NEW LOGIN POLICY

We have switched to a standard email/password login system. This will eliminate the confusion caused by our former login system, while keeping its main benefits.

To activate standard login, logout of your current session (if online), visit the home page, and follow the 'lost password?' link. The system will generate a new temporary password and mail it to you.

COMING SOON

1. VIDEO LOUNGE

We put this feature on hold until the login problem was dealt with, now we're tightening the bolts and preparing to install this feature permanently.

2. NEW SEARCH MODES

Search By Text and Search By Language

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The registration system was borked for several hours (probably all day) yesterday, until about 11:30 p.m. Central time. That was my fault.

However, the login system is definitely not broken. It's just a new way of doing things.

We don't want to store user passwords on our system because people tend to invent very lame ones, and reuse them over and over again, and frequently forget them. We decided it was time to do away with passwords altogether.

1. The first time you visit, if the system has never seen you before, it will ask you to register.
    
2. You then receive an email containing a token good for one login on any device (like a public computer), or a link that will keep you logged in indefinitely on the device that you received that message.

Most people will choose to stay logged in on their PC, tablet, and phone, so they only have to deal with one email each for those devices.

Most people use their primary email account on their smartphone, so if they're away from home and would like to use someone else's computer, they can receive a token good for one login on their phone and not have to worry about leaving themselves logged in on a computer they don't control.

(Of course they could just use their phone or tablet instead of someone else's PC, but some people prefer the comfort of a monitor, mouse and keyboard wherever possible. I know I do.)

For the record, we don't try to figure out who is a "bear" or a "daddy", but if you're not those types or into those types of men, you will probably not receive a lot of attention from the guys who are.

All self-reported data is subject to fudging. The problem with ZIP codes isn't that they're too coarse, it's that people dislike revealing intimate information and will tend to report the ZIP code where they work, or grew up, or lived 5 years ago, rather than the one they're actually in. The smaller the search radius, the greater the reporting error.

IP-based geolocation is only reliable for PCs, because mobile devices must maintain the same IP for the duration of the browsing session, but GPS is a notorious and brutal battery drainer, so you can't use it more than once per session in good conscience (and it's only as accurate as the the other guy's most recently updated coordinates, even then).

These are tough engineering problems.

Okay. Confirmation email, link to login, whatever. I didn't receive it.

Try to login again, and if it doesn't work, reply to one of the test messages I sent you and I'll troubleshoot from there.

Tried to set mine up but it wants a face pic. I can't take on on this device but will try again later.

What device was it? A guy reported a similar problem earlier today (he couldn't upload a pic), my guess is that it's the browser, but I need to know which one.

Just created a profile, but more than an hour has passed, and I haven't received the confirmation email. and yes, I've checked my spam folder

You don't get a confirmation email, you get a link to login.

That gets sent to the address you registered with, and we deal with photo approval later (like when I'm awake).

I need to wait then until IE is supported. I have Chrome installed as well but a snail is faster.....

Chrome is a pig, but Firefox is slender and fast these days. Is that out of the question? Or maybe you have an iOS or Android phone or tablet?

IE support may be a long time coming, but when it does, only the most recent version(s) might be supported.

Introducing the new Bareback Bears, the secure chat site for uninhibited bears and daddies.

Opens Friday, March 13, 2015 at 0000 GMT
(Thursday at 5pm Pacific / 7pm Central / 8pm Eastern)

NOTE: Internet Explorer is not yet supported, but any recent version of Chrome, Firefox, Opera or Safari (desktop or mobile) should work fine. BEWARE OF BUGS: the system may go up and down frequently as less obvious flaws are flushed out.

Features at launch:
* SSL encryption
* Seamless desktop/mobile experience
* Quick registration
* Face pic recommended but no longer required
* Passwordless login
* Filter profiles by position, status or distance
* Up to 16 photos in gallery
* Full-screen photo viewer
* Instant Messages with history
* Search by username
* Search by location
* Event listings with RSVP

More features coming soon

email support@barebackbears.net for information or assistance or to report bugs.

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status update: it's looking good for a launch this weekend (maybe Friday the 13th)?