Ok, what did I miss? What is the issue with PSG?

[softball]

What I find interesting is the lack of interaction between management and stakeholders in this issue. Especially all the off shore activity involved. If this was anyone else, the whole business would be up their ass with hot pokers. This is either the end of an era....not just for the pond, but a business model, a whole way of making a living on the net and an ethic that is perhaps as unsustainable as prohibition and the depression. Or, its a blip on the radar and these trusted and seemingly savvy individuals are playing high stakes poker with an end game in their sights and all the affiliates will get paid what they are owed with a bonus and all will be well, because that is what it will take to save reputations and a business. Both are extreme outcomes and it might play out somewhere in between feast and famine, but personally I can't see that. I think its a curiosity with casualties at best. But in any case its a heads up that its a new game we are all playing and its time to get it right for porn, the next generation. That is why I think it is worth the discussion.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

What I find interesting is the lack of interaction between management and stakeholders in this issue. Especially all the off shore activity involved. If this was anyone else, the whole business would be up their ass with hot pokers. This is either the end of an era....not just for the pond, but a business model, a whole way of making a living on the net and an ethic that is perhaps as unsustainable as prohibition and the depression. Or, its a blip on the radar and these trusted and seemingly savvy individuals are playing high stakes poker with an end game in their sights and all the affiliates will get paid what they are owed with a bonus and all will be well, because that is what it will take to save reputations and a business. Both are extreme outcomes and it might play out somewhere in between feast and famine, but personally I can't see that. I think its a curiosity with casualties at best. But in any case its a heads up that its a new game we are all playing and its time to get it right for porn, the next generation. That is why I think it is worth the discussion.

Im not much for a pay to post biz model on a board to begin with.
But Im not clear how or if that intertwines with the affiliate program.

[Toby]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Im not much for a pay to post biz model on a board to begin with.
But Im not clear how or if that intertwines with the affiliate program.

I think it only intertwines in terms of not having the cash to payout on either.

[Hell Puppy]

I dont think it's getting much play because that's not a big program outside of the netpond community.

And community being community, I think they want to see and think the best of their "leaders". I haven't been over there literally in years, so I'm not qualified to comment beyond that. I dont know the make up, so I'm reluctant to use words like "naive".

Here's the reality though, and this applies not just to our business, but as we've seen pretty much ALL industries. When you have a downturn like this NO ONE is safe, NO ONE is exempt or bulletproof. And in some cases, bad things are going to happen to good people.

In other cases, even people with solid reputations are going to be forced to do things for survival they would've never thought of a few years ago. At this point, there's absolutely NO program on the adult web that it would actually shock me to see in trouble. I look for more to fall, be sold or just quietly fade away.