llulu's photostream  

"Her photography is amazing, the final product... not so much..."

As an artist and photographer I enjoy sharing my creations with others and engaging in great conversations and meeting new people; however, after experiencing serious harassment on flickr and etsy, for sticking up for myself and my creations, against a seller who copied my doll ideas so that I could not sell them, and who will not step up and defend herself personally, but instead, anonymously calls me names, hurls torments and accusations by "talking at me" through the titles of every one of my images, (by the way, the only "Rotten Banana" I see is you and your photo digs at me and my work are childish at best). I have become a victim of daily stalking and harassment over the past two years from her and her friends on flickr- bullies who also were set to ruin my shop with suspicious requests and deliberate negative feedback (and for some strange reason a few of sweets images just magically disappeared off my photostream? I'll leave them that way- "image unavailable"). How pathetic and spineless is it to pretend you are someone else and not deal with your issues honestly....shame on you. Once I realized who was repeatedly clicking on all my candy, cake, anthropomorphic, and doll images, even my pet rabbit pictures (unknown source, facebook, tumblr, etc), I actually tried to fight back- but not anymore...

...Sabotage and group bullying has become a serious issue with me. I usually, like anyone else, block all suspicious behaviour on my photostream; but, when certain people who have identified themselves as so called "friends" are among the ones doing the attacking (or is it one person pretending to be many?, who knows, anonymity is so appealing to cyber bullies on social networks), why bother defending yourself against pretend people? Isn't real friendship based on trust? Lying to, ignoring, giving out mixed messages, and networking to boycott someone on such a massive leveI is also just plain mean. While it was shattered at first, I've gained strength from this experience and learned it is futile to retaliate to such inapprorpriate, unfair behaviour since the truth is all that matters in the end. I just keep on creating and doing good work.

Karma is a bitch ...always believe in yourself. Thank you to my family and friends.

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