Photo added to dodgey flickr group

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I'm totally grossed out. I have removed the photo in question from the group, but wondering now if I need to remove the photo completely off flickr, although the damage is now probably already done. I've had the following photo requested to be added to someone's album and added to a group. I always check out the group before I allow a photo to be added to it. I checked it out - it mainly focused on.. well, you be the judge:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/89542109@N05/galleries/72157633507039248/#photo_15217745010

I denied the request for the album, and removed it from the group.

I'm disgusted. What the hell is wrong with people???

The photo is from this thread: http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/breaking-all-the-rules.561646/#post-6502697

I'm seeing what I think I'm seeing right?
 
Seems very suspect. Are there no ways to report a group.
 
Carlh said:
shocking. they look underage too :( hope it all gets taken down. got me worrying now whether any pervs have any photos of lily from my wall :(
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What is really making me feel sick is that I never saw anything wrong with that photo of Maisie... and this guy appears to think of it in a manner which makes me want to vomit. I'll think twice now about anything I post.
 
Phil V said:
Is there any known way to 'unsee' something :(
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7 or 8 pints of Stella usually does the trick for me ;)

Seriously though, those pics are sickening.
 
Digisatman said:
Open one of the photos go to bottom of page and report Abuse
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most of them arent his though, they are 'normal' photos taken by other people [yes there are few iffy ones too] that he has collected into a gallery that gives them all a whole new meaning.
 
That's what i meant :s
 
Phil V said:
There's nothing sickening about he images, just about the idea some weirdo could construe them to be 'interesting'.
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That's exactly the problem... and that's what makes me feel ill.
 
Bobsyeruncle said:
Is it a good idea to post a link when lots of folks will then click on it?
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Why not, all the photos in that set are either adult women [and at the worse might be a bit NSFW, certainly not obscene or pornographic] or appear to be minors in perfectly normal acceptable photographs that the user somehow considers 'interesting' which the sickening bit, not the photos themselves. No different to Bethy posting her links.
 
Flickr has had dodgy groups from the start, not much different to any of the other photo sharing websites or forums.

Creepy as f**k, but reportable for what? - the issue is with the curation rather than the content.

The most effective action is to Flickrmail other Flickr users whose images are in the Galleries and getting them to block that user - I think you can remove your image from another members Favourites and Galleries. But you then have to block them to prevent them just adding them back.
 
In Flickr settings you can prohibit others from putting your pics in a gallery and from sharing them.

Edit - it's under Privacy and Permissions.
 
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minnnt said:
But elbows can be so hot!!!! @Cg_Girl will be along shortly in her doc'o's and dungarees. Phwooooooar!!!
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Oi ... Shush you :p

Just read the thread, links won't load as I have either a dodgy phone and useless Internet but I get the gist and that'd freak me out :(
 
I've reported them.

Copy the url of the group, click the name of the admin, then at the bottom of the page click "report abuse". When in that select "other concerns" which will allow you to message flickr. Paste in the URL of the group and a note.

By themselves *some* of the images ok / innocent enough, but when you look at it as a collection and the other groups / photos that the admin is into i'm sorry but alarm bells.
 
I'd imagine Flickr is full of it. Whenever a bunch of my photos [esp the kids] gets favourited I ALWAYS check the person out & their photos/other favs & then block. Even when people follow me I do the same & either let it be, follow back or block.
 
Sharky said:
I've reported them.

Copy the url of the group, click the name of the admin, then at the bottom of the page click "report abuse". When in that select "other concerns" which will allow you to message flickr. Paste in the URL of the group and a note.

By themselves *some* of the images ok / innocent enough, but when you look at it as a collection and the other groups / photos that the admin is into i'm sorry but alarm bells.
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Not the best way of going about things. Flickr will just suspend/ban the user at worst.

The best approach is to report this type of account to IWF or the Met and let them do some spade work into the background of the user.

Whilst the photos are harmless in their original intent, as pointed out above, it's the curation which is concerning. It shows the intent of the mind behind it and is potentially the tip of an iceberg.

Flickr can't and won't investigate that!
 
DemiLion said:
Not the best way of going about things. Flickr will just suspend/ban the user at worst.
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"this member is no longer active on flickr"
 
And people wonder why I was so suspicious of Flickr...I only joined yesterday, or the day before. I am still trying to work out why I joined. o_O :thinking:

I have seen some great pictures on there already though - and a lot that make you wonder why anyone wastes computer space for them. :bat:

I heard on the radio the other day about this chap who sets traps for this kind of person - I think he uses Facebook. It was on Jeremy Vine I think, I was driving at the time, so only half took it in. Be worth tracking the programme down and contacting the fellow, he has had something like 900% results than the Police. :clap:

(Yes, I have just discovered the little faces!)
 
Lensflare said:
And people wonder why I was so suspicious of Flickr...I only joined yesterday, or the day before. I am still trying to work out why I joined. o_O :thinking:

I have seen some great pictures on there already though - and a lot that make you wonder why anyone wastes computer space for them. :bat:

I heard on the radio the other day about this chap who sets traps for this kind of person - I think he uses Facebook. It was on Jeremy Vine I think, I was driving at the time, so only half took it in. Be worth tracking the programme down and contacting the fellow, he has had something like 900% results than the Police. :clap:

(Yes, I have just discovered the little faces!)
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The bloke on that program is an utter arse. Both of them (the bloke who's doing entrapment and Jezza Vine). People who think entrapment is a perfectly valid way of catching 'criminals' should be put to hard labour, because they're of no use in a job that requires a functioning brain.

And Jeremy Vine is the worst kind of tabloid journalist, any issue that demands any kind of reasoning is diminished to a strapline. I'd happily have him shot.

I've had a Flickr account years, but can't decide if there's any point in it at all.
 
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