How not to come across as creepy.

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Like hale says creepiness is a “vibe”. It also doesn't relate very well to personal safety in practice as often the people that will harm you have a very good grasp of how not to give off signs, e.g "charismatic".

There are some contradiction is human behaviour. People can make lists, but only some on the written list will relate to the vibe at the time, and it can be contradictory (i.e a buff but dirty body, sweat, etc). It is a dynamic thing. Communication difficulties (especially non verbal) can create creepiness vibe, also nervousness can be contagious. But if you over think this you will not get out of that cycle it is self fulfilling.

These post are helpful in a way, however i would take everything with a pinch of salt. Chances are you are going to give of different vibes at different times. So I wouldn’t lose sleep of past experiences.

Another important thing to note is there can be an extremely fine line between different “vibes”. You may be giving off a warm vibe, but for a fraction of a second put a chill down someone spine, however you cannot view this in isolation. Even a positive experience might be one where it leaves the person feeling a little vulnerable.

Creating an impression is mind boggling, however if you are in the right frame of mind, and feel you can use humour and smile, this is the easier form of communication that generally gives a positive effect. Even if it is not 100% favourable

b9 you are getting the wrong end of the stick.

I was going to say if someone is creep out most of the time it is they should deal with it, but I understand the OP is more about those men who want to approach women and not come across as creepy, rather than orders.

What I have noticed is people with few insecurities and confident are creeped out by very little. They would even jokingly flirt with people who might otherwise creep someone else out.

Creepiness is very much a vibe not an absolute. There isn't a set of rules that applies to all women.

Me and a female friend have been creeped out by the same person for similar reasons.

b9 you wrongly assumed the world revolves around you and the OP (original post) was a personal affront to you. It was meant only as friendly advice to those who purposely wanted to approach women and not come off as a creep. Anyone with basic common sense can see you got the wrong idea.

My word salad is due to cognitive problems, worsened under fatigue. If you wish to take it up with me, you are welcome to.

As you are not someone who applies to this, and many posts, in the "love and dating" section you’d do well not to post on them.

Enjoy your sleep.

Here, this works for me. If you think someone gets Creep vibe off you, start acting like you're too good for them. Ignore them, blow them off whenever you cross paths, it cures them of it.

Well from my observation, the post was intended to help people who come across as creepy who do these things maybe without realising. If a guy doesn't he'd just go "meh, this thread doesn't apply to me". But instead of doing that you kick up a stink like it was about you directly.

Well, I can at least say I respect you for being able to admit fault and misunderstanding, b9. Few people have the integrity. ^^

But yeah though, I usually have a worse problem with the more subtle aspects. I tend to go a bit malfunctory in the thick of some thicker social situations. I've managed to not completely creep anyone out for a while now, but I do have trouble not looking like a fool. .__.;

The rules when it's just you and the one other person are a lot more lax, and you can bend them to all hell if you can get a bit of a feel for the person, but if you do things like that around others, you start to set off all these paranoias from people about what the other person(s) will think about what you just said and how they should react to it to not be put in the same block with you. All these judgments that people can pretend not to have or simply ignore when they're alone just come up to the surface. =/ It's awfully frustrating.

I just wish I could get to know everyone I meet totally one-on-one, but then I wouldn't know enough about them to know how to start a conversation! >.<;... It's so confusing sometimes.

just a thought and certainly an generalization...

but with respect to relationships... it seems guys are more creepy in procuring a relationship whereas women are more creepy in trying to maintain a relationship.

meaning... guys tend to come off creepy crazy without even trying when approaching women while women might have to fight off the creepy crazy tendencies to make sure the men are genuine.

both approaches can certainly lead to creepy situations that inappropriately invade the other person's space

but perhaps this is why we hear about so many guys having issues approaching women as much as we hear about women getting jealous ect and rifling through stuff ect.

i just wonder at the dynamics of creepiness for both sexes.