Thank You DMW, that makes me feel a whole lot better. I received an IM from one of the nay sayers today, it is below in it's entirety with my reply to him. I have removed the name of the sender for his protection.
Hi Pappy,
Glad you stuck with it big fella, we need people like you to provide some common sense and experience to the group. I was really sorry to see so many nasty comments that questioned your integrity. It can't have been the first time you've had vicious comments related to your size - I have a friend who's a little bigger than you and his adolescence was so traumatic that he can't bring himself to dicsuss it even now he's in his 30's.
You might have noticed that I was one of the people to draw attention to the fact that the same pic had been used by 2 members within a few days. I also hoped that you picked up that I wasn't criticising you but was suggesting ways of protecting your image. I always seem to end up suggesting the same thing - just hold a piece of paper in the shot with your LPSG nickname on it. Technology being what it is, it's not infallible but it does deter the opportunist.
The thing that the photo-thieves forget is that this site is probably the biggest congregation of hung guys and their fans in the world, and it's packed with cock experts!! There are probably less than 100 guys of your size that have ever posted their pics on the net...and most of those guys and their pics are very well known to those that take an interest.
I really hate it when guys steal pics and pretend they are them, especially here as it's been a place based on trust where people have always been taken at face value - although that has been changing recently. When the theives and the fraudsters move in even the most open-minded people become cautious.
I'm one of the handful of members who's lived through all the re-incarnations of the site for about 6 or 7 years and I've seen the shift away from support group to being far more frivolous now that it's more widely known. It's also got it's fair share of idiots.
Like I said, I'm glad you stuck with it and I hope you come out fighting. Maybe a new pic, complete with ID in shot, would silence the doubters and show the group that it's that other guy who has something to explain
I hope you log in to the chatroom sometime too
cheers
Here's my reply to this person:
I'm too old to fight and futhermore there's nothing to fight about! I know the truth about what I have between my legs and that's all that matters. The pictures I had posted were taken by my ex-wife years ago and I'm not going to have new ones made just to appease a handful of skeptics.