FIRST EVER PROBLEM WITH MEETUP

 On the Bardon Hill walk I got a message from a young female beforehand requesting to join the walk but couldn’t register online. Thinking the website was playing up I told her to just turn up, no problem.
At the top of the hill she mentioned something in conversation about not wanting to be photographed or being on social media. I took a short video clip at the top and panned around, she walked off but was laughing about it at the time.



The day following I posted 3 sets of pictures online, 1 to the meetup page, 1 to the WAMM Facebook page and the other to my own Facebook page. Within a couple of hours she was frantically messaging me via a friend with the above message. 
I obviously removed it but was completely taken back by the tone of her message. Out of curiosity I took a closer look at her meetup profile. She hadn't registered for any event in over a year, obviously taking extreme steps to avoid an online footprint. 
The other strange thing was her membership in 70 meetup groups, the most I'd ever seen was around 30.


A couple of days later an old man on the walk posted his pictures. If you zoom in you can clearly see her face which I have blurred out.
This demonstrated the impossibility of trying to stay offline at crowded social events where many are taking pictures. I could see obvious issues with having someone like her at my events. Kicking off at people for accidental inclusion of her in photos. As genuine as she may be, I had no interest in trying to police this or any subsequent issues.


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