Companies and Their Representatives

Lee · 01-20-2005

Anyway

I do beleive that the recent (read as in within the last 2 years) bouts of 'drama' hitting the various community forums have been spurred from the Zoo.

Sig whoring apparently, made a select few peole over there a fair amount of $$ and, as with anything, success breeds immitation and others started sig whoring whilst, at the same time, the 'perceieved' value in having a sig viewed because of the select few who 'sold' their sigs became a business model.

Of course, having a business model is fine and dandy but, unless you have a method of creating 'sig views' the business model means precisely squatt hence, board drama was born.

Shortly after sigs were being offered for sale by many in the industry both publicly and privately and, whilst this was a good way for lesser known affiliate programs to get additional exposure, at the same time, this also boosted the phenomenon even further drawing in large amounts of 'fake nicks' and surfers each offering their sigs for sale.

Then, at the same time as all of this is happening, we saw a boom in 'outsourcing' companies each with their own brand of 'sig whores' which again, cluttered up what was already a huge cluster fuck of sig whoring to begin with.

In essence, the success or, perceived success of one board, fucked the rest of the industries communities up.

It now seems that the more you post about actual 'business' the less chance you have of getting help and making money but, threads with such classy titles as 'would you hit it' and '[insert username] is a homo' get hundreds if not thousands of views.

All of that doesnt even take into account the sponsors who are now actively marketing 'contests' if a thread hits '10,000 replies' all of which contribute to the cluster fuck which is presently know as adult industry community boards.

01-20-2005	#11
Lee Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 539	Anyway I do beleive that the recent (read as in within the last 2 years) bouts of 'drama' hitting the various community forums have been spurred from the Zoo. Sig whoring apparently, made a select few peole over there a fair amount of $$ and, as with anything, success breeds immitation and others started sig whoring whilst, at the same time, the 'perceieved' value in having a sig viewed because of the select few who 'sold' their sigs became a business model. Of course, having a business model is fine and dandy but, unless you have a method of creating 'sig views' the business model means precisely squatt hence, board drama was born. Shortly after sigs were being offered for sale by many in the industry both publicly and privately and, whilst this was a good way for lesser known affiliate programs to get additional exposure, at the same time, this also boosted the phenomenon even further drawing in large amounts of 'fake nicks' and surfers each offering their sigs for sale. Then, at the same time as all of this is happening, we saw a boom in 'outsourcing' companies each with their own brand of 'sig whores' which again, cluttered up what was already a huge cluster fuck of sig whoring to begin with. In essence, the success or, perceived success of one board, fucked the rest of the industries communities up. It now seems that the more you post about actual 'business' the less chance you have of getting help and making money but, threads with such classy titles as 'would you hit it' and '[insert username] is a homo' get hundreds if not thousands of views. All of that doesnt even take into account the sponsors who are now actively marketing 'contests' if a thread hits '10,000 replies' all of which contribute to the cluster fuck which is presently know as adult industry community boards.