wellway
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Post by wellway on May 6, 2020 15:43:18 GMT
Just took a break from working on this cal and saw your post. I'm so sorry for you and all concerned that were subjected to that scene. The poor poor child.
I truly do not understand these people.
If you need to, can you access some support at work? I can't imagine seeing something so awful and trying to process it alone.
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likescarrots
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Post by likescarrots on May 6, 2020 15:46:22 GMT
I'm so sorry. That is truly horrifying. I had heard about people doing similar things on zoom but I thought it was more of a getting naked on camera type of thing. I didn't even think of something so sickening and traumatizing.
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luckyexwife
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Post by luckyexwife on May 6, 2020 15:53:26 GMT
Omg. That’s horrific. I would call my police station and report it. I don’t know if that would do any good at all. But I would be compelled to tell someone in authority what had appeared on my screen. Also, I would be very tempted to call the police station in that persons area and alert them to what I had seen during her live feed. I wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about it and feel would feel guilty if I didn’t do everything in my power to make that stop. What really worries me is that you heard “get it off the screen”. Why does that really worry you? I took that to mean other people on the call were saying to get it off the screen so they didn't have to see it? This is horrible. I hope the police are able to track it and help the children involved and punish the adults involved.
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Post by quietgirl on May 6, 2020 15:58:16 GMT
I'm so sorry that happened to you. What a terrible experience, and horrifying for the child. I don't even have words for the hate I feel towards those evil people who do that.
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Post by hockeyfan06 on May 6, 2020 16:01:56 GMT
I can't imagine how disgusting that was. I feel bad for all of you!
I have a zoom meeting tonight for the first time, now I don't want to be a part of it for fear of what happened to pjaye!
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Post by scrapmaven on May 6, 2020 16:02:18 GMT
pjaye , you're likely more than a bit traumatized. I think that pedophiles should be given life in prison and I also think it should be a capital crime. These animals are sick freaks who don't deserve to live amongst the rest of us. ((((HUGS)))). Please let us support you and/or talk to a friend that you trust in real life who can listen and make you feel heard.
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Post by jennyap on May 6, 2020 16:02:29 GMT
Fuck, that's just awful. That poor child. I'm so sorry you and the others all had to see that. I thought about joining in myself but the timing wasn't right for work, and now I am so glad I didn't.
I'm glad the police seem to be taking it seriously.
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Post by idahomom on May 6, 2020 16:09:02 GMT
A masturbator joined a couple of YMCA Zumba classes a couple of weeks ago. Our local news had a story that the YMCA was hosting free Zoom classes to anyone so the invitation was out. In the beginning of quarantine the class was able to turn video and audio on and chat with each other before and after class. No more. We have no video or audio other than the instructor and we need a password to get into the classes. A few can ruin it for everyone else. Hopefully in your case it was reported and there's a way to track the computer the crime came from.
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Post by jenjie on May 6, 2020 16:11:01 GMT
What really worries me is that you heard “get it off the screen”. Why does that really worry you? I took that to mean other people on the call were saying to get it off the screen so they didn't have to see it? This is horrible. I hope the police are able to track it and help the children involved and punish the adults involved. Agreed. It sounds like another valid participant telling the host to shut it down. Nothing to do with the perpetrator.
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Post by pjaye on May 6, 2020 16:17:59 GMT
Also, I would be very tempted to call the police station in that persons area and alert them to what I had seen during her live feed. I wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about it and feel would feel guilty if I didn’t do everything in my power to make that stop. What really worries me is that you heard “get it off the screen”. Firstly, if you read my other post, it has been reported and they have posted that the police are coming to get a copy of the recording. With regard to the comment - the 'host' of the meeting wasn't the designer, everyone was on mute apart from the host who was asking questions and the designer who was speaking - then when the screen sharing happened, Jane was telling the host to block screen sharing and begging her to 'get it off the screen'. I think the lady who was the host either didn't know how - or just froze. There's nothing suspicious about the comment...just two ladies reacting in horror and trying to stop that video from being broadcast to everyone. I don't hold them responsible, I'm sure they never for a second considered such a thing could/would happen - I know I certainly didn't and I'm very tech savvy. What the hell is wrong with people? Are you ok pjaye? Thanks Lainey, yes still shaken by it, but OK. You hear and read about abuse, but I never thought I'd have to ever see it. I think that's why I posted...it was midnight here and I just needed to vent and talk to someone about it. I don't think I could have gone to bed and not to at least have expressed my rage about it.
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sassyangel
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Post by sassyangel on May 6, 2020 16:23:03 GMT
Ugh. I am so sorry.
That would definitely upset me, what a repulsive thing to do to perfect strangers. I can’t even fathom the kind of such person that gets off on doing that to others. 😨
Sorry that happened to you, but appreciate the warning also. I’d never heard of that happening before.
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Post by SockMonkey on May 6, 2020 16:24:18 GMT
This is why my district is not using Zoom.
I'm sorry you had to see that.
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Post by pierkiss on May 6, 2020 16:25:06 GMT
Also, I would be very tempted to call the police station in that persons area and alert them to what I had seen during her live feed. I wouldn’t be able to stop thinking about it and feel would feel guilty if I didn’t do everything in my power to make that stop. What really worries me is that you heard “get it off the screen”. Firstly, if you read my other post, it has been reported and they have posted that the police are coming to get a copy of the recording. With regard to the comment - the 'host' of the meeting wasn't the designer, everyone was on mute apart from the host who was asking questions and the designer who was speaking - then when the screen sharing happened, Jane was telling the host to block screen sharing and begging her to 'get it off the screen'. I think the lady who was the host either didn't know how - or just froze. There's nothing suspicious about the comment...just two ladies reacting in horror and trying to stop that video from being broadcast to everyone. I don't hold them responsible, I'm sure they never for a second considered such a thing could/would happen - I know I certainly didn't and I'm very tech savvy. What the hell is wrong with people? Are you ok pjaye? Thanks Lainey, yes still shaken by it, but OK. You hear and read about abuse, but I never thought I'd have to ever see it. I think that's why I posted...it was midnight here and I just needed to vent and talk to someone about it. I don't think I could have gone to bed and not to at least have expressed my rage about it. Thanks for clarifying.
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Post by jenjie on May 6, 2020 16:28:57 GMT
So that must be the zoom-bombing we have been hearing about in the news. Makes me nervous to have kids participating in zoom classes. I sure wouldn't want them to be exposed to seeing something like that. The schools should be super tight on that. The invitation to join will only go to those who belong. There is a list of participants and the teachers know their students. If one of the students or family was stupid enough to try to pull something inappropriate it would not be anonymous and they would be in big trouble.
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Post by leftturnonly on May 6, 2020 16:29:47 GMT
The sheer evil people enter into staggers the mind.
Those FB crochet sites must be extremely dull for someone like this, so my bet is that they hacked the Zoom meeting.
Could they have been attempting to use Zoom for child porn and got the wrong address somehow?
Excuse me while I go throw up.
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Post by pjaye on May 6, 2020 16:34:58 GMT
I thought about joining in myself but the timing wasn't right for work, and now I am so glad I didn't. You are VERY lucky you missed it.
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Post by beepdave on May 6, 2020 16:39:35 GMT
So sorry you had to endure that!
Our school has banned the use of Zoom for any interaction. We use Google Hangouts and it has been working beautifully for us!
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Post by craftykitten on May 6, 2020 16:42:57 GMT
Omg pjaye that is AWFUL. I don't even know how you begin to process seeing something like that. I saw the announcement in the FB group that it had been stopped but I didn't realise what had happened. I thought they'd just had a gatecrasher.
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Post by pjaye on May 6, 2020 16:45:12 GMT
Could they have been attempting to use Zoom for child porn and got the wrong address somehow? It seems like they were already in the meeting, Jane had been talking for about 15 mins and I had it set so that her screenshot was the largest and everyone else was smaller along the top...then suddenly there was a message about screen sharing and then it started to play the porn. I think someone had joined the meeting to do it deliberately. Of course I got it full screen - I think other participants probably had the multiscreen shot so it would have been a lot smaller and harder to see exactly what it was. I had that view at first but I wasn't interested in seeing 50 people in their homes - so I switched it to just seeing Jane full screen. That was a mistake.
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Post by pjaye on May 6, 2020 16:50:22 GMT
Thanks for your support ladies - it's almost 3 am here, so I'm going to try to get some sleep.
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Post by sueg on May 6, 2020 16:52:42 GMT
Hey for those of us too uncoordinated to crochet, what is a cal? I see it used in all caps or in lower case. Thanks. Crochet-a-long - lots of people making the same pattern at the same time. You will also see KAL for Knit-a-long
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Post by wellway on May 6, 2020 16:55:36 GMT
Hey for those of us too uncoordinated to crochet, what is a cal? I see it used in all caps or in lower case. Thanks. It stands for crochet along. It means a project with instructions released every couple of weeks and people work towards the finished article. In this case it's called Fruit Garden by Jane Crowfoot, with the last part released on the 4th August. www.stylecraft-yarns.co.uk/fruit+garden/0_cafa122_cafa150_cafa233.htm
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Post by cadoodlebug on May 6, 2020 16:59:44 GMT
I'm so sorry that happened to you and your group. I've been hearing about these things happening for a while now ~ right in the middle of business meetings, groups like yours, etc. There are some very sick people in this world.
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Post by padresfan619 on May 6, 2020 17:02:03 GMT
This is the third instance I’ve heard of this happening on Zoom and it is enough to make me stop using it. We used it weekly for a family Zoom chat and I’m horrified at the thought of my grandparents or my young nieces seeing something so traumatizing. I don’t trust the program’s security even with a password that’s only shared across a family.
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Post by gramasue on May 6, 2020 17:11:34 GMT
There is a special place in hell for people who abuse children. They are more than disgusting and shouldn't even have the distinction of being called human beings.
I am so sorry this happened to you. I hope you can get the image out of your mind, and I hope the police can find who did this, and prosecute to the fullest.
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Post by jenjie on May 6, 2020 17:16:41 GMT
The schools should be super tight on that. The invitation to join will only go to those who belong. There is a list of participants and the teachers know their students. If one of the students or family was stupid enough to try to pull something inappropriate it would not be anonymous and they would be in big trouble. Yes, but since we homeschool, the classes are from museums and businesses. However, now that I have had a moment to take a deep breath and think more about it. I can see some safe guards they must have in place. The invitation to join and any password comes to you in an email. Then again we know people set up throwaway email accounts. I have noted that there is some distinct individual code involved, as if she misses a class, we get an email commenting that the class was missed. I can only hope that means they do have a way to trace these sorts of things. I hope so!
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Post by TXMary on May 6, 2020 17:31:36 GMT
That is horrible. I am so sorry you had to see that and my heart breaks for that poor child. I clicked on a link in Pinterest the other day and it popped up with a lady masturbating. She was an adult though so I just eye rolled and clicked out. I can't even imagine how upsetting it was for you to see that. Some people are just evil, sick bastards.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 17:35:32 GMT
Thanks Lainey, yes still shaken by it, but OK. You hear and read about abuse, but I never thought I'd have to ever see it. I think that's why I posted...it was midnight here and I just needed to vent and talk to someone about it. I don't think I could have gone to bed and not to at least have expressed my rage about it. I hope you get a good nights rest
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Post by pattyraindrops on May 6, 2020 17:39:02 GMT
The sheer evil people enter into staggers the mind. Those FB crochet sites must be extremely dull for someone like this, so my bet is that they hacked the Zoom meeting. Could they have been attempting to use Zoom for child porn and got the wrong address somehow? Excuse me while I go throw up. People troll places like this just for that reason. I'm in a Facebook group for a design game. If you have facebook friends playing the game you can "borrow" furniture from each other so people make friends in the group. Lately, several people have posted "friends" they have made though the game that have messaged them with sexual things to give warning not to friend them. I think a lot of primarily women's groups like this get creeps as "members".
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2020 17:42:06 GMT
I generally think the word “traumatized” is overused. I was truly shocked at what I read when I opened the thread and “trauma” is the exact right word. What a horrible, awful thing. I’m sorry you have to carry that with you now. I will pray that it is supernaturally removed from your memory so you don’t have to keep that burden. I’m so very sorry.
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