Us Dance.netters take pride in our tight community of dancers of all ages, shapes and sizes. We might not have alot in common, but some things we do. Most of us are flexible, have rythm and we can work out in revealing outfits. This is something alot of us are rigthously proud of. There is however, a catch.

This is the internet, that means that all pictures are open for all kinds of people, even non-members to see. The mod-squad has come across people with sexual fetishes we didn't even know existed. Stretching, flexibility, tights, pointeshoes, feet and even children. Sometimes combinations. This is not something we take lightly. We can however, not find them all. On some boards members have found their pictures stolen, just to reappear on fetish-sites.

Children are being lured, and even kidnapped out there. We do not want that to happend here on dance.net!

There are ways to protect yourselves from this.

1; Do not wear revealing outfits when you post your/your child's stretchingphoto. Some outfits that are perfectly normal for us dancers are seen as provokative to certain people

2; Watermark your photos. Writing dance.net across the picture will make it less attractive to steal. It will also make it easier for us to get it removed from other websites if someone steals it. Some members have choosen to blur out their faces to hide their identities too.

3; Do not give out personal information like full name or adress. Keep in mind that pictures taken infront of a house can reveal your housenumber etc.

4; Do not trust just anyone. The friend who'se picture you've seen that you tell your secrets to might be a 45year old man and not the 13 year old girl you thought.

5; NEVER post pictures on demand. Did someone PM you og reply to a post asking for pictures? Did they say it was for research or a magazine even? Mod-report it! We will look into it and see if they are serious or not. We've had alot of these cases, and NONE were belivable.

6; Mod-report anything fishy. Notice someone posting only on pictures who never offers advice and sounds unprofessional? Did you get a PM? Don't hesitate to "turn someone in". If they are ok, you have done no harm. We have tools to see if a member has been banned before, we can trace adresses and we can compare postings and reports we have gotten from others. Even if you are ok with it, think about how you can save someone else! Us getting reports of the same man sending the exact same PM to several girls (and probably many we never know of) asking for photos, giving complients, even inviting people places is very common. Don't let them fool you. An honest compliment can be just that, but there is no harm in letting us know.

We are here to help you stay safe, but you ar responsible for your own posts, and parents are responsible for supervizing their childrens internet activities. We can not be everywhere, so please help us out by keeping yourselves safe, and report anything suspicious. There is no harm in reporting someone who turns out innocent, your identity will not be revealed, and they will not get in trouble.

I am sorry that the world has come to this, but this is what we're up against, so better safe than sorry. Enjoy your postings with these precautions in mind. Feel free to add anything important i may have left out. And remember that your little treasure can be someone elses treat.