Why do creepers exist? For all of the girls on here who have been hit up by any of the classic creepers, this is an answer to your question. Creepers are every where and they continue to creep because their methods of obtaining what they want work (that or they are clinically insane). Sane people do not continue to do things without gratification and reinforcement of some sort.
For one, there are some women on the internet (and offline) who do not mind the creeper's advancements towards them. They find it flattering. With the protection and the anonymity that the internet provides, it is much easier for creeper's to scan the masses for these kinds of women without repercussion. This for one is why "creeping" seems to be more prevalent on websites such as GaG or on chatting applications such as skype. If you are a woman, and you have a picture of yourself as your icon on skype, and you set your status to "skype me" in less than a few minutes you will receive invitations to several different types of chat rooms and one-on-one skype chats. Trust me, I did this on accident once and I learned never to do it again. But if you think the creeper's advancements are reinforced only by those women who find that sort of forward, clingy, single-minded flirtation attractive, you are gravely mistaken.
When that creep initially acts like a nice guy to lure in other nice girls, he knows what he is doing and he knows it is going to work. Once he has the "nice girl" talking to him she will feel bad if she tries to push him away, even after he's shown his true colours. So ladies, nice girls, the solution here would be to continue giving people the benefit of the doubt, but if something seems amiss, don't hesitate to place distance between yourself and your potential creeper. Nothing brings out their true colours like the distance. One of two things will happen. Either he will give up because his game is one of little effort for maximum gain, OR he will increase his efforts to a suspiciously high level, in which case, you block or defriend him (especially if the increase in efforts is accompanied by inappropriate gestures, comments, or suggestions... even if they are said in jest).
Furthermore, a creeper's tactics don't just work on the nice girls. They work on the naive girls as well. There isn't very much in the way of good advice for some one who is too innocent to read the warning signs of some one who wants to use them. The best option in this case would probably be to relate any interactions you have had with some one you are unfamiliar with to a friend who has your best interest at hand. Moreover, I doubt that chatting on the internet is a privilege that an innocent person should partake in if they are unable to infer when a situation is getting dangerous. It is in these correspondences that you find young women meeting men they have met on the internet, never to be seen again except in some horrible news headline. I don't think there is an age limit for when some one is responsible and experienced enough to use the internet sans parental controls. I myself have been using the internet since I was ten years old. I have been using AIM since I was eleven, started going into internet forums when I was thirteen, and joined myspace when I was 15, and have had few problems with creepers because I nip the creeping in the bud when I see it. I wasn't always good at recognizing it, but I at least knew the key rules to keeping yourself safe. DON'T GIVE OUT PRIVATE INFORMATION! This is for you innocent girls; private information includes your name, your address, your phone number, what school you go to, what state you live in, what your parents do for a living, what sport team you play on, where you will be vacationing this summer etc. etc. It is amazing how people can find you if they are determined.
To make the long of it short. The reason there are creepers and the reason they don't give up is because their advancements work. Be one of the ones that does not give reinforcement to their creepy tactics. Give the nice ones a chance to be your friend and shut the bad ones down.
Good luck, ladies!
For one, there are some women on the internet (and offline) who do not mind the creeper's advancements towards them. They find it flattering. With the protection and the anonymity that the internet provides, it is much easier for creeper's to scan the masses for these kinds of women without repercussion. This for one is why "creeping" seems to be more prevalent on websites such as GaG or on chatting applications such as skype. If you are a woman, and you have a picture of yourself as your icon on skype, and you set your status to "skype me" in less than a few minutes you will receive invitations to several different types of chat rooms and one-on-one skype chats. Trust me, I did this on accident once and I learned never to do it again. But if you think the creeper's advancements are reinforced only by those women who find that sort of forward, clingy, single-minded flirtation attractive, you are gravely mistaken.
When that creep initially acts like a nice guy to lure in other nice girls, he knows what he is doing and he knows it is going to work. Once he has the "nice girl" talking to him she will feel bad if she tries to push him away, even after he's shown his true colours. So ladies, nice girls, the solution here would be to continue giving people the benefit of the doubt, but if something seems amiss, don't hesitate to place distance between yourself and your potential creeper. Nothing brings out their true colours like the distance. One of two things will happen. Either he will give up because his game is one of little effort for maximum gain, OR he will increase his efforts to a suspiciously high level, in which case, you block or defriend him (especially if the increase in efforts is accompanied by inappropriate gestures, comments, or suggestions... even if they are said in jest).
Furthermore, a creeper's tactics don't just work on the nice girls. They work on the naive girls as well. There isn't very much in the way of good advice for some one who is too innocent to read the warning signs of some one who wants to use them. The best option in this case would probably be to relate any interactions you have had with some one you are unfamiliar with to a friend who has your best interest at hand. Moreover, I doubt that chatting on the internet is a privilege that an innocent person should partake in if they are unable to infer when a situation is getting dangerous. It is in these correspondences that you find young women meeting men they have met on the internet, never to be seen again except in some horrible news headline. I don't think there is an age limit for when some one is responsible and experienced enough to use the internet sans parental controls. I myself have been using the internet since I was ten years old. I have been using AIM since I was eleven, started going into internet forums when I was thirteen, and joined myspace when I was 15, and have had few problems with creepers because I nip the creeping in the bud when I see it. I wasn't always good at recognizing it, but I at least knew the key rules to keeping yourself safe. DON'T GIVE OUT PRIVATE INFORMATION! This is for you innocent girls; private information includes your name, your address, your phone number, what school you go to, what state you live in, what your parents do for a living, what sport team you play on, where you will be vacationing this summer etc. etc. It is amazing how people can find you if they are determined.
To make the long of it short. The reason there are creepers and the reason they don't give up is because their advancements work. Be one of the ones that does not give reinforcement to their creepy tactics. Give the nice ones a chance to be your friend and shut the bad ones down.
Good luck, ladies!
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