rants

safety (PLS READ) (83%)

so i saw this post on tumblr and it's extremely important and useful, so if u would pls take ur time to just read below (i'm copying the post onto here but it's not the exactly same thing) credit to the person on tumblr who wrote this!! ily all and be safe - jade x

If you are considering meeting up with someone online, use this trick to identify if they really are who they claim to be:

1. Ask them to Skype (or just somehow video chat in any way)

2. If they refuse or can't for some reason, ask for a current selfie

3. If they also refuse or can't, do not meet up with them

4. If they provide one, ask them to send another one with them holding 3 fingers up

5. If they refuse, read step 3

6. If they provide a selfie where they show 3 fingers, they are probably for real

(If you're still unconvinced, try again with them drawing something specific on their hand)

I SAY THIS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY

please spread this message as more and more young people are lured out into situations where they get kidnapped because they weren't 100% sure the person they were talking to was real

Also, meet in very public places

Please be sure to ask them other questions too, like "hold up a purple crayon", "hold up a red crayon", "hold up you toothbrush", etc., predators looks for posts like these to plan their fake profiles. Please be safe.