How to handle false accusations? (Page 2): Don't waste your time responding to this person.

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Don't waste your time responding to this person.

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Scruples wrote:

I think the original poster (PHOTOLADY2014) had ha... (show quote)

The radio active watermark thing is an example of the blatant bombast concept. It’s in-you-face fiction, meant to stymie further discussion. IOW if an accuser comes at me with nonsense then I will, unblinking and poker faced, return nonsense as if it were real.

How would you pursue further discussion with someone who claims to use invisible radioactive watermarks ? It’s a dead end. If you choose to argue the case against it you just look foolish for having taken the claim seriously.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Photolady2014 wrote:

Wow, just had an upsetting situation happen on Ins... (show quote)

I would not give THAT KIND OF PERSON, the time of day. You are too sensitive on this issue my friend. I would forget about him/her and move on. He /she is not worth your valuable time.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

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The radio active watermark thing is an example of the blatant bombast concept. It’s in-you-face fiction, meant to stymie further discussion. IOW if an accuser comes at me with nonsense then I will, unblinking and poker faced, return nonsense as if it were real.

How would you pursue further discussion with someone who claims to use invisible radioactive watermarks ? It’s a dead end. If you choose to argue the case against it you look foolish for having taken the claim seriously.

Wow! You pulled the wool over my eyes. I thought this was some new technology. I am surprised that you were so convincing that your BS fooled a BSA like myself.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

Beth, I, too, think that very many of your images are worthy of Nat. Geo. Just wondering; with digital images METADATA, why would such a thing ever come up? Perhaps it is how we set up our cameras but, when I look at the data attached to my images, there is clearly the name of the artist and copyright info as well as date, time, lens, camera, etc. No problem. Drop these into Jeffrey Friedl's page and see.
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-607697-1.html
The world is full of jackasses. Just tell them that digital images hold more than just pictures and that the data within yours "don't lie".

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billnikon wrote:

I would not give THAT KIND OF PERSON, the time of day. You are too sensitive on this issue my friend. I would forget about him/her and move on. He /she is not worth your valuable time.

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But if you’re at all up for it, it can be fun to sucker them into playing the fool.

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Scruples wrote:

Wow! You pulled the wool over my eyes. I thought this was some new technology. I am surprised that you were so convincing that your BS fooled a BSA like myself.

No attempt on my part. I think maybe I shoulda been clearer about it being just an *example* of a bombastic reply.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

CHG_CANON wrote:

Just block their account and forget about it.

Yes, but be sure to call them a SCHMUCK first. LOL

Rab-Eye Loc: Indiana

CHG_CANON wrote:

Just block their account and forget about it.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Rathyatra Loc: Southport, United Kingdom

Photolady2014 wrote:

Wow, just had an upsetting situation happen on Ins... (show quote)

Recommend them to a good therapist to help with their frustrations and anxieties.

zenagain Loc: Pueblo CO

Something similar happened to me, sorta similar anyway.
About 6 yrs ago i got an angry message from someone on facebook asking why i had not sent them the lens i sold them. I had no idea what they where talking about, so after a lot of investigation my wife and i found our facebook account AND our paypal accounts had been hacked and someone had sold a canon lens to about 15 different people. Our paypal account showed over $11,000.00 in transactions over just 3 days. We of course reported it to both facebook and paypal (all the money had been drawn out within minutes of each transaction.) They both found in our favor. We closed those accounts.
5 yrs later i was attacked on facebook claiming i had ripped them off a few yrs ago and they wanted there money back. After explaining it all to him he did not believe it, (not sure i would have either). Anyway he wound up being the guy that started it all yrs earlier. After much investigation by paypal facebook and the local Portland police, this guy was tracked down, we where informed just last month he had been found and arrested. From what we where told he had over a dozen other scams he stole over $75,000. And he was broke again so he was going back through facebook finding the people that he had hacked trying to strongarm them into paying him.
Crazy a** people out there.

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

UTMike wrote:

Beth, I have seen your work for a long time and I can understand why someone would think it came from Nat Geo, but can't you explain how they can get the EXIF data from your shots?

I would have to see how a person would get it from Instagram, same as here maybe. Good idea in the future.

cmc4214 Loc: S.W. Pennsylvania

Exactly why I don't participate in "social media"...except maybe here (This site is sorta social)

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

I have seen your bird photographs- they are superb... (show quote)

Thanks for your kind words. I just enjoy sharing photos I think are pretty and I enjoy seeing others photos that are pretty! I am getting tired of some of the social media, too much hate out there....

Photolady2014 Loc: Southwest Colorado

wdross wrote:

Things happen. I put a photo on the Olympus Galler... (show quote)

I now know how you feel sort of in reverse! Thanks for your story, I know there are many out there like yours!