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Originally Posted by JR

FREE GONZO!!

the only one here of new "management" that has anything remotely interesting to say is Gonzo and it seems someone has put a muzzle on him.

here is a small clue for Joe and others... "business" has absolutely NOTHING to do with community. forums are communities. this place grew from nothing without any business being discussed here and attracted others because of WHO was here and who was posting... yet everyone continues to believe that it has to be about business to be popular. advertising to newbies is wasted money.

interesting people have to have interesting things to say to attract other interesting people with interesting things to say which in turn grows a community.

I'm going to have to disagree.

First of all I don't think "someone has put a muzzle on him" as far as Gonzo being not as outspoken as he might be... last I checked Gonzo was his own person, free to do or not do as he pleased. Maybe the situation has changed, but I highly doubt it.

Your last bit in there about how it "has to be about business to be popular" is ...amusing. I may not have been around as long as you, but GFY is pretty popular, and its about drama more than business from what I've seen. PC is about *glances in that window* According to the thread I'm in currently, its about how long its last been since one of their members last masturbated, and a bunch of other random and mostly uninformational threads (no offense to anybody over there, I do enjoy that board sometimes but I have to be in the right mood). MP has a rather unique flavor of celebrity nip slips (I've never seen a board quite so determined on posting the most recent updated celeb nip slips, as that one... its a fun board) Adult Insider has a really awesome little "BIZ" thread icon, *hint hint* and has a definite minority of "biz" threads on the board's front page at the moment. That'd be where I frequent the most often, probably. In none of these places, did I feel a sense of "community" from talking about business, and they're all pretty popular, so the only board that I can think of off the top of my head that has been popular by being only about business for the majority part, is GG&J.

As far as advertising to newbies being wasted money, not necessarily. I suppose it depends on what you're advertising. If its sponsor advertising, newbies are FAR more likely to see a banner for a sponsor & click on it & sign up & make the board money, than "old school" board members who have long since been signed up with said sponsors. (just an example) ...I'll admit too, that this is another thing that I particularly like about this board... there's a variety of types of banners, content, hosting, models meet producers, (according to the banner that's blinking at me right now) ...its not just ALL sponsors.

The last sentence is one that I can & do agree with. I'd put a LOT of emphasis on the INTERESTING bit however. I don't want to see this board turn ...uninteresting, like a lot of them are (For me at least, but then again I'm apparently a snob lol).

The style of humor & mentality that seems to be prevalent on this board in particular, is what draws me personally to it. I've learned more from this board than probably all of the others combined. For me, its a combination of being able to chat with people I feel I can connect with on a variety of levels, and learn things from my superiors about life & business both.

Ultimately, its the LACK of "irrelevant yet 'interesting'" threads and the presence of relevant AND interesting threads, which makes this particular board #1 in my books.