Well my name is Chad Steele, and I work in HIV prevention. An interesting portion of my job is spent online trying to get men who have sex with men to come in and get tested. For now I spend most of my time on craigslist. That said, if you spend much time on craigslist trying to talk to men who have sex with men you are going to see some dicks.
     My basic modus operandi is to post in the casual encounters section with a catchy title that our high risk demographic will click on. Something catchy like "DL Vers ready now". In non-craigslist lingo that says "a man who is not openly gay and is sexually willing to be either a top or a bottom is looking for sex in the immediate future" The unknowing man then clicks on my add and instead of being a picture of a dick there is a picture of one of my HIV prevention memes and a message that you can get tested for free at our agency. After posting an add I go through the everyone else who posted in that day's casual encounter and I open every post where a man or transsexual is looking for a man or transsexual (m4m, t4m). Now that I have all of them open I cut and paste the craigslist email address into an email composer. Then I have to take a good look at their add. Sometimes they ask that you put a word or phrase in the subject line of your email. It's usually very clever. Something along the lines of "cock" or "raining outside". I then put his requested subject in the subject line. I then cut and paste a short paragraph about coming in to get tested and our agency's information. Based on what at risk behavior I then personalize the first sentence of the letter to address what they are looking for and tell them they are at risk for HIV. Then I attach another HIV prevention meme to the email and send it. I then take a second to document my work on an excel spreadsheet where I write in the columns when, what site, post/reply, the title, where, at risk behavior, etc. And I am done! Well, done with that one post. Now I go to the next post and the next until I have messaged everyone who posted so far that day. I can get this done pretty quickly, so sometimes I post Topeka's craigslist. That's my day. Trolling people on craigslist with the hope of getting them to come in and get tested for HIV.
     While drinking at a fundraiser party I had an interesting conversation with three female acquaintances. They told me that men who hit on them immediately send them dick picks. Right off the bat, dick pic. I was a little shocked. I am straight guy, and I was under the erroneous impression that it was only guys looking for guys or creeps like Anthony Weiner who sent dick pics. They informed me that I was incorrect and now heterosexual men are sending unsolicited pics of their dicks to women with the hope that the picture will sway her opinion of him to seal the deal. I am by no stretch of the imagination a suave ladies man, but I know you don't send a woman a picture of your dick. Even if she ask. The ladies I was speaking with then shared a recent dick pic they had with me. A dick with a flashlight for perspective. One of them then said that every man she meets she looks in their phone and their is a photo of their dick and a photo of poop. So guys are documenting their bowel movements and their dicks. I was a little shocked at her proclamation of dick and poop pics. So shocked that later I had to check my phone. Did I unknowingly have pics of my dick or poop on there? Thankfully no.
     I explained to one of them what I did, trolling craigslist, and that I see a lot of dicks. She said something along the lines of "that is interesting. you should write that down like in a blog. i would read that." That was a good idea, so here it goes.