>>4931
Well, you shouldn't "trust" anyone with this kind of knowledge. Trust is dumb. When it comes to secrets you need to keep a lid on for a whole lifetime, and when even people you shared a BFF necklace with are going to change someday, you need to think in smarter terms, like incentives, reciprocity in secrets and even having shit on people.
It's sort of a tangent, but it's to say "trusting" a stranger is nothing more than sign of mental handicap.
For the average thrillseeker the question is really just what are the calculable odds someone offering animals on BF is a cop, and whether they'll take those odds or not, like any other risk. Of course they're never clear, but if there's never been a sting where you live, they're probably low, realistically. Police interest tends to be regional.
Then you have to wonder about incentives... OP's question becomes relevant, the idea of paid sex implied that is, because if cash tips became an unwritten rule, you might get more people offering, and better odds in your favor, at least initially, before cops get wise. Cash might provide more stable offers, so once you find a good sex dealer the risk evaporates, much like drugs, but still faster access than waiting to get to know someone over years. All hypothetical but there's definitely untapped potential.