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Created by: vs_jamie

4/6/15 @ 3:03pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Hi everyone! Thanks to feedback we received from our 2014 Customer Survey, we felt the need to ensure that the American category should only be used by models who qualify for the category instead of a category that a model from any part of the world could choose to put themselves in regardless if accurate or not.

Starting last week, we removed the American category from models we identified as not being accurately categorized, and limited non-US models from being able to select American Girls or American Guys category.

Hopefully this update helps resolve some of the frustrations we heard expressed over the suitability of the models in the American category.

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4/6/15 @ 4:22pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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4/6/15 @ 6:08pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Is there a way to have it set to their location or let them set it to n/a if they don't want to share?

I think you will find that VS will never disclose the true location of a model. I suspect that the default location is n/a but a model (or a studio administrator) can set it to whatever they like, real or otherwise

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I think you will find that VS will never disclose the true location of a model. I suspect that the default location is n/a but a model (or a studio administrator) can set it to whatever they like, real or otherwise

Which is exactly why it could set for "location" or "n/a". If they cannot be in the American Guys category they shouldn't be able to say they are from Los Angeles either when they are in say the Czech Republic. Same problem different location on the site is all.

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Created by: vs_jamie

4/7/15 @ 8:37pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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I think you will find that VS will never disclose the true location of a model. I suspect that the default location is n/a but a model (or a studio administrator) can set it to whatever they like, real or otherwise

This is correct - it starts out blank and then models can choose to put whatever they want in it. We allow them for privacy reasons to have control over where they say they're from, which is why some are Fantasyland etc.

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4/8/15 @ 12:33am (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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which is exactly why it could set for "location" or "n/a". If they cannot be in the American Guys category they shouldn't be able to say they are from Los Angeles either when they are in say the Czech Republic. Same problem different location on the site is all.

But is it a problem? Do many non-American models list their location as an American state or city? If VS wants to continue to allow models to have control over where they say they're from it would be virtually impossible to filter out every USA state and city with all possible spelling variants

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4/8/15 @ 3:21am (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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YOU ARE SO RIGHT. ALL WILL BE AMERICAN CITIZENS . LOL. PROBABLY MY NEIGHBOR. :drinkup

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Created by: steve1222

4/8/15 @ 10:55am (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Many models that I have visited have told me that they do not give out their true location on the site because they are afraid that hackers will be able to locate them and potentially harm them.

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4/8/15 @ 1:37pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Just let them say USA or Europe or Colombia and not city or leave NA. If they say NYC and are in Europe whats different than being in American category? Nothing.

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Created by: leuko

4/10/15 @ 6:31am (EDT) | UTC - 4:00

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What actually is AMERICAN CATEGORY? Explain. I'm confused. :thumbsup

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4/29/15 @ 4:11pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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The model John Blastar is still showing up in the American Guys category even though he is not an American.

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Created by: threebob

5/5/15 @ 8:02pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Alejandro Suave is American?

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5/7/15 @ 7:18am (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Alejandro Suave is American?

Changed now. Thanks to whomever.

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Created by: dan_in_florida

5/7/15 @ 2:19pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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Alejandro Suave is American?

He might well be SOUTH American, so technically, that COULD still be kinda correct :winkwink

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7/2/15 @ 8:11pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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The model John Blastar is still showing up in the American Guys category even though he is not an American.

My understanding is that John Blastar is in Latvia, and his profile still shows "American Guys". Why hasn't his profile been adjusted? Even to the point that a recent tweet indicated he was still in the "American Guys" category?

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7/2/15 @ 10:36pm (EDT) | UTC - 4:00
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My understanding is that John Blastar is in Latvia, and his profile still shows "American Guys". Why hasn't his profile been adjusted? Even to the point that a recent tweet indicated he was still in the "American Guys" category?

He was switched out but got switched back in - we just made another change so that opting back in isn't possible. Thanks for the heads up.

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