Bishop
03-25-2006, 04:08 PM
Some minor changes this morning..
The board was labeled "Oprano Adult Webmaster Forums".
It is has changed to "Oprano Adult Industry Forum".
The change is subtle. We all wear different hats and its not just about being a webmaster. We know there is more to this business than the web component.
The other minor change that took place this morning was the removal of the newbie forum. All the post that had been in that forum have been merged into the main forum. The regulars didn't read it. Nobody was moderating it.
Real newbies found an dead forum when they visit the site. It had to go..
I do want to talk about newbies for a second.. I think when the term was coined it was really valid. Newbie had two meanings in the beginning.. New to the internet, and new to the adult industry.
Almost nobody is new to the internet anymore. It has been around long enough that virtually everyone has had enough exposure to it that they are not newbies. They maybe novices but not newbies.
New to the adult industry is less, shall we say offensive to all of us. Its ok to be new to the adult industry. All of us that have been doing this for awhile tend to refer to newbies in a negative way. Answering questions about html would annoy any of us. Those answers can all be found with little effort without asking in a forum. Understanding the adult industry is more challenging. We don't get nearly as annoyed answering questions that are specific to the industry.
I would like to see more people participate. Notice we have some new people that have been getting involved over the last few weeks. Many of them are new to the adult industry. They may have been working for years do the same type of work we all do minus the naked people. I think their participation is good, it adds to the mix.
This board is not a newbie board. Oprano is a board for people in the adult entertainment industry. The visitors of Oprano come from every corner of the industry. The topics do not have to be adult topics they can simply be the topics we all choose to discuss. Many of the most memorable conversations I have ever had in adult forums have been on topics that had nothing to do with porn. We can all speak our mind and not be assulted for the business we are in. Novice or Pro we are all adults.
The board was labeled "Oprano Adult Webmaster Forums".
It is has changed to "Oprano Adult Industry Forum".
The change is subtle. We all wear different hats and its not just about being a webmaster. We know there is more to this business than the web component.
The other minor change that took place this morning was the removal of the newbie forum. All the post that had been in that forum have been merged into the main forum. The regulars didn't read it. Nobody was moderating it.
Real newbies found an dead forum when they visit the site. It had to go..
I do want to talk about newbies for a second.. I think when the term was coined it was really valid. Newbie had two meanings in the beginning.. New to the internet, and new to the adult industry.
Almost nobody is new to the internet anymore. It has been around long enough that virtually everyone has had enough exposure to it that they are not newbies. They maybe novices but not newbies.
New to the adult industry is less, shall we say offensive to all of us. Its ok to be new to the adult industry. All of us that have been doing this for awhile tend to refer to newbies in a negative way. Answering questions about html would annoy any of us. Those answers can all be found with little effort without asking in a forum. Understanding the adult industry is more challenging. We don't get nearly as annoyed answering questions that are specific to the industry.
I would like to see more people participate. Notice we have some new people that have been getting involved over the last few weeks. Many of them are new to the adult industry. They may have been working for years do the same type of work we all do minus the naked people. I think their participation is good, it adds to the mix.
This board is not a newbie board. Oprano is a board for people in the adult entertainment industry. The visitors of Oprano come from every corner of the industry. The topics do not have to be adult topics they can simply be the topics we all choose to discuss. Many of the most memorable conversations I have ever had in adult forums have been on topics that had nothing to do with porn. We can all speak our mind and not be assulted for the business we are in. Novice or Pro we are all adults.