To continue....
To blame the people who have been here the longest for the problems of this industry is ridiculous...
The people who are still around since 96 are the survivors of the industry. Many were here that are not here now. Many are no longer allowed to do business on the net. The people who you see around that have been around since 96 are the ones who either recognized various things happening and moved out of the firing line before there was trouble ro who recognized scams as they were forming or who were at the time still so newbie clueless as to not be close enough to get hurt yet. These people survived, some with their reputation intact, some with a little tarnish here and there, but they were pioneering two industries at one time. The internet and the "mainstream porn world". Prior to the net, porn was done in titty bars/adult book stores/peep shows etc. BBS's firstly and the internet secondly pioneered selling porn to the people that did not usually buy porn. Prior to the 80's, the only place to find "adult content" was in places that nice people didn't go. With the advent of the computer BBS/Phone Sex/Audiotext and then the internet, Nice people could get porn and nobody would know about it. A whole new comsuner base, never been touched before. And like any industry discovering an entirely new audience for their product, the original pioneers of the adult internet industry raped the audience for all it was worth. Just as any other industry would/does do. The leaders of this industry learned the most valuable lessoni learned so far in this industry and they have passed it on to us and on to the mainstream internet sector as well. What was the lesson ? The lesson was "how to get folks to pull out that credit card and enter the number into the little box on the screen". The original pioneers of the concept made millions and millions of dollars. And all those that were around them made millions too because they sent the original folks traffic and they were paid for the traffic. The folks that have been around the longest have also seen many many ways to accomplish that same task of getting that credit card number. They have seen people get rich, they have also seen people go to jail. But they survived, they were smart ebough, quick enough, strong enough, tough enough to survive. Why should they share the benefit of their survival with anyone else ? What is in it for them ? But most of them do share. Many of them hire folks and groom them and teach them and show them the ropes. Many of them try to make a difference in the business, publically and quietly. But to expect them to put their ass on the line for another company ? Garbage, shouldn't happen and they shouldn't be asked to.
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