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by throehcifj 796 days ago
Intentions of attackers are irrelevant, important is what they do! Victims are not killing themselves over $300, but over revenge porn!

I would absolutely join rape support group, but there are none for men. Maybe the is the real problem. At least they should get break from school, or help with relocation!

And correct labeling would help with school bullies. Reposting some "scam" pictures has zero punishment, spreading revenge porn on other side...

Reposting dick pics of exes, or groups like "Are we dating the same guy?" are sadly way too common!
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wpietri 796 days ago
It's true that scammers use many different techniques, and I agree that NCP is in play here. But something can be more than one thing at once. This is a scam.
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throehcifj 796 days ago
> But something can be more than one thing at once.

Perhaps it is scam and revenge porn at the same time! And $300 scam is the smaller part! There are many precedents, but with girls!

This tone policing "men can never be a victim of a sexual crime" is getting old.

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wpietri 796 days ago
I'm not tone policing anything, bub. As Carrie Goldberg says, "NONCONSENSUAL PORNOGRAPHY IS SEXUAL ABUSE". [1] So I agree with that part.

But NCP is used in all sorts of ways. One of those ways, this particular way here, is as part of a scam. And I think it's important to keep that in mind because to be effective fighting crime, you have to understand it. Anti-scam education is also an important component of online safety training. So when you say, "Why is it called 'scam' and 'fraud'?" as if that were somehow incorrect, I'm going to explain why it's correct.

[1] https://www.cagoldberglaw.com/states-with-revenge-porn-laws/

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