lorarc

But why are you taking pictures? I can name at least 4 reasons:

• Memories
• Hobby
• Career
• Art

And so:

• Memories - doesn't really matter how good the photos are. They could be better but it's more important you took a photo of your trip to a different country and you can recall the good memories looking at them
• Hobby - Having fun is all that matters, you can take the worst pictures but it's important that you're having fun. If you're not having fun then think of different hobby. I'm in this category myself and I sometimes don't even check my photos when I get back home. And I have multiple rolls of film waiting to be developed because I didn't feel like it yet
• Career - This can be tough. If you can make living by shooting photos you're good enough. If you want to be a professional photographer but think you don't have the skill to it you may rethink your career
• Art - Most artists take years to develop their skills and there are plenty of artists who never got "discovered". And there are plenty of artists who are famous but are not happy with their art. Art is difficult when you have some vision but the results don't match it but the only thing you have left is to spend more time practicing your skills

Okay, so basically there are three people who ask questions:

1. They find asking questions easier than just googling. It's not faster but they just type one question in message to you and you do all the answering part for them instead of them doing all the research

2. People who are looking for engagment. They just are looking for human connection, usually you seem them asking general questions online but maybe some will bother you

3. People who can't decide. They ask "Is it good for real estate" because they want someone to tell them yes or no. Maybe they've done their reasearch, maybe they didn't. In the end they are not sure and will accept answer of any person. It might also be that they made their decision but are looking for confirmation because they don't trust they made a good choice.

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And I can't really say if things have gotten more difficult over the years as I don't have decades of experience but I think there were times when there was less choice so things were easier.

There are perverts out there and you should make sure you are comfortable with everything you agree to, including feeling safe and not being unwilling participant in someone's kinks.

But I'd just ask you not to assume all men are perverts. It just takes a small group of people to ruin the experience for everyone.

And it's not just men, I've dabbled in kink scene and met quite a few women with exhibitionism kink or worse. But they had no problem with finding people who were okay with that and often it was reframed as something else.