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Originally Posted by Jace
on one hand I love to teach people new things, but on the other hand I see the saturation that is in front of us and cringe
i don't know one tgp guy that hasn't said to me in the past 6 months that his ratios have gone down the toilet
when I first started blogging I could easily get 1:100-200 ratios, now I am lucky to get 1:1000, and that is a GOOD day
it pains me to help newbies, because I know 1 in 5 of them will be the next nastyboards.com owner and be stealing from me in 6 months to make a buck selling dating and cams sites
the business is changing in such a scary way, YES it makes me jaded
as for my blog forum, that is something I haven't really kept up with lately, but am trying to start again
wanna know my reasoning for posting in there, and other forums, again about blogging? because the more traffic I get to my blogging blog, the more I can sell ads to webmaster programs for on there....plain and simple...everything I have been doing lately has a monetary goal, and sometimes that involves doing things that helps newbies out, just the name of the game...in order for me to make money in some of the areas I want to make money in, I have to cater to newbies and idiots...again, just the name of the game
I don't hate newbies, but I sure as hell am weary of them as of recently
then there are guys like rcourt who prove me wrong and go against all the typical newbie stereotypes....so, that at least gives me hope....but the majority of the time I just am sick of it all
I prefer to live in my own world where I work with established figures in the adult industry
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As for the board...i'd say if it primarily sticks to it's motto "the business of porn", it'll be fine. is there room for newbs in that? absolutely. is there room for curious surfers? well, i think gonzo has some better folders for that, but as long as they aren't disruptive having the point of view of our "customers" is definitely also part of the "business".
i think scarecrow started down a bad path by almost coming across as a stalker with the carly obsession and "how do i meet the girls" type stuff. little bit of a creep vibe there. anything that is threatening to the ladies of our industry, i have an issue with.
teaching newbs....
i'll teach them what is known by most of the adult community already. i wont teach anyone anything that is a competitive advantage for me.