Medellin Reports

[Turgid]

You must have not been in Indonesia? Indonesia is 100 times safer than Colombia. Even safer than my country in Europe, definitely.

Tell that to the victims, and their families, of the many terrorist attacks that have taken place over the years. I have been to Indonesia but you must not have been otherwise you would be aware of the muslim insurgency that is taking place there and the many women who have been publicly whipped for committing adultery. Which European woman would want to live there?

[Black Page]

Yes but safety is high on my list for visiting a country. I only take risks if poontang is involved.

You must have not been in Indonesia? Indonesia is 100 times safer than Colombia. Even safer than my country in Europe, definitely.

[Turgid]

You are so wrong here!! If we leave aside the hookers and local girls matter, Singapore and HK offer a lot to a business man, but not that much to a pure tourist. Indonesia, besides its lovely girls (hookers, FLs, and girlfriends), has A LOT TO OFFER to the tourist (even to couples in honeymoon)!! I will not enumerate. Plenty of natural beauty, wilderness, diving, jungle, . And even culture and archeology. Did you hear about Borubudur?

Yes but safety is high on my list for visiting a country. I only take risks if poontang is involved.

[Black Page]

You can hide all your friends from everyone. Display your friends page. Just above the photos, to the right, there is a little symbol of a pen. Click on the pen and then on "Edit Privacy". Select "Only you" for friends and following. No one sees your friends or the people you are following.

My concern is that the privacy rules on FB are damn complex. For example, I can hide the friends, but if one of them posts something on my wall? Or comments? Or if my profile is related to others and FB proposes my friends as possible friends to others? I am afraid that the probability that I make a mistake, even a small mistake, is too high to risk.

ADDITIONAL REMARK
I followed your instructions in my personal FB. I discovered that, as I expected, "only me" can see my friends, and "only me" can see who I follow, but I also discovered that "EVERYONE" can see who follows me!
I think this was not included in the form when I set the privacy settings. Maybe they added it later, and of course the default setting is "public". One more proof that it is better to not rely on privacy settings of FB, and to not mix on our main profile the wife, the work boss, the church, and the girls from the bars of Raudal :p

[Fun Luvr]

I've spent some time researching FB info see if there was a way to hide friends from other friends and it appears no such feature is available.

You can hide all your friends from everyone. Display your friends page. Just above the photos, to the right, there is a little symbol of a pen. Click on the pen and then on "Edit Privacy". Select "Only you" for friends and following. No one sees your friends or the people you are following.

[Crazy Jim Wood]

Just photoshop ID if Facebook wants it. They use algorithms to find fake profiles. So if you made the account and friended 30 unrelated people in the same day they are going to think you're fake. So go slow a little don't friend too many people. Use a name that could be a real name. Don't use a nick name etc. So don't be Sammy Davis, be Samuel Davis. Etc. Facebook will try to link with your other emails and possibly your phone. On the computer, you can just use one browser (like MIE, which you probably don't use so much these days) for your fake FB. To avoid linking from everyone in your email, make an entirely new free email account in the browser, and then only use that email and that Facebook in that browser. If you use your real email, everyone you ever emailed will be invited to friend your fake Facebook profile. So make a new fake email for your fake Facebook. This might be inconvenient for some people, but it is not terribly difficult to do. You can also get a burn phone at Walmart for $20 to connect with your fake email and fake Facebook. The other posters here are right, if you use your real Facebook, all your friends will be invited to friend any of your new Friends. so all your Church buddies and your in-laws and your parole officer anyone you know will see all your new friends. Yeah you can try to conceal it, but a reasonably intelligent person is going to figure it out.

Much to my surprise a window appeared announcing that FB periodically conducts ID checks and demanded I submit ID. I've since gone back and the challenge still prevents me from accessing my page.

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[Black Page]

I've had a fake page for nine years that served me well for occasional anonymous usage before ID was required. I uploaded a face obscured profile pic and sent out about three or four messages to Medellin girls referenced with links in other posts. Much to my surprise a window appeared announcing that FB periodically conducts ID checks and demanded I submit ID.

I don't know what you are talking about. I have 3 FB accounts: one with my real name and photo, and two more with a fantasy name and a photo of some random guy I photographed years ago on top on El Penol at Guatape. Of course, I don't want to use a photo available on the www. It's too easy to find it using Google.
I was never requested to supply a copy of ID.

I almost don't use any of those 3 accounts. I am not interested to FB activities, except keep in touch with some people who does not use other means of communications (e. G. , girls from remote countries).

I've spent some time researching FB info see if there was a way to hide friends from other friends and it appears no such feature is available. It's likely other forum members also don't want to swamp their legitimate FB pages with 20 year old Chicas friends from Medellin.?

That's why I will never use FB as all others do! Can you imagine if any people you add on your phone contact list could see the phone numbers of all others you have??
Or in your email client? You add a contact, and he sees all your other contacts.
No way. My friends are private for me.
I really don't understand the FB concept: I add a friend, and he sees my other friends. Why should my friends know each other??

Well, there is a way to avoid that, but it's too complex. Too easy to make a mistake. Or they reconfigure the privacty settings and you are fucked up: your wife or colleagues see that you have 20 girls from Indonesia or Colombia among your friends. Difficult to justify that.

My solution: I don't use FB. I add my friends to my two main accounts (I don't tell my real name to anyone), but they are closed: all information visible only to MYSELF. Very egocentric, but effective to protect my privacy. I have 50 requests of friendship pending from various people I know, but I simply ignore them. If they want to get in touch with me, they can Google my name and get the email address.

[Charm City Dave]

This kinda activity has to be organized by Private Messages. I'd suggest upgrading to a membership.

We are getting a few new and old friends together to hit up various casas, strip clubs, after hours spots, and parties in rural Medellin all while drinking and staying safe. We speak Spanish so welcome beginners and non Spanish speakers.

[Buffed]

After RTFF I learned that FB was a favored resource for Medellin. I've had a fake page for nine years that served me well for occasional anonymous usage before ID was required. I uploaded a face obscured profile pic and sent out about three or four messages to Medellin girls referenced with links in other posts. Much to my surprise a window appeared announcing that FB periodically conducts ID checks and demanded I submit ID. I've since gone back and the challenge still prevents me from accessing my page.

It was only within the last year and a half that I created another authentic page with less than 100 of my friends and family members added. I'm reluctant to use my real page to start adding dozens of Colombian Babes for appearance sake. I've spent some time researching FB info see if there was a way to hide friends from other friends and it appears no such feature is available. It's likely other forum members also don't want to swamp their legitimate FB pages with 20 year old Chicas friends from Medellin.

Have any of you had this same ID challenge? How are you adding all these Medellin girls to your friends list? Are you opening separate accounts (if it's permitted?) and if so wouldn't searches and face tagging lead other acquaintances to both your pages?

[Black Page]

If there were no hookers I would not visit Medellin.

Medellin is a lovely place to settle, work and live, IMHO.

Without hookers ............. I would visit Singapore and Hong Kong but not Indonesia. I am certain I'm not alone.

You are so wrong here!!
If we leave aside the hookers and local girls matter, Singapore and HK offer a lot to a business man, but not that much to a pure tourist.
Indonesia, besides its lovely girls (hookers, FLs, and girlfriends), has A LOT TO OFFER to the tourist (even to couples in honeymoon)!! I will not enumerate. Plenty of natural beauty, wilderness, diving, jungle, . And even culture and archeology. Did you hear about Borubudur?

[KainNYC]

We are getting a few new and old friends together to hit up various casas, strip clubs, after hours spots, and parties in rural Medellin all while drinking and staying safe. We speak Spanish so welcome beginners and non Spanish speakers.

[Turgid]

...... Colombia has more to offer. I don't think they mind that foreigners are fucking hookers in their country. They feel hurt there's a portion of their tourist industry dedicated to it.......

If there were no hookers I would not visit Medellin. Without hookers I would not visit Sao Paulo but would definitely visit Rio. Without hookers I would visit Sosua but would not visit Santo Domingo. I would not visit Tijuana but would visit San Jose. I would not visit Panama but would visit Havana. I would visit Thailand but would not the Philippines. I would visit China but not Cambodia. I would visit Singapore and Hong Kong but not Indonesia. I am certain I'm not alone. Many cities and countries get a lot of revenue from hobbyists. That money goes to valuable use, providing social services, etc.

[Knowledge]

There are rainy seasons to consider.

Weather is the same all year, pleasant in Medellin, hot in Cartagena.

[Fun Luvr]

This was a good read: sound advice. I'm planning to visit Colombia for the first time this year and I'm going to take Spanish lessons for the next six months in preparation. I'm thinking September would be good a time to go weather wise? What do you think? Medellin and Cartagena are the destinations for my visit.

Weather is the same all year, pleasant in Medellin, hot in Cartagena.

[Buffed]

I guess a guy who never gets a woman in the US loses his fucking mind when a Colombiana winks at him.

Just the opposite, guys who get girls in the US knows what they cost and $170 USD will cover dinner and drinks.