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They banned people for having a "Go Fuck Yourself" attitude to pretty it up for Playboy.
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Hey look! Tube
Boy is chiming in.
Actually, I do agree with your first observation here.
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They locked down registrations and made people contact an admin that never answered ICQ to post or even read the forums.
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You're right, that was really dumb.
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Half of the industry left because they swore "I will never do business with tube sites or anyone that does business with tube sites!" (See Steve Lightspeed)
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"Half the industry" at the time (more than that really) had no interest in doing business with fucking thieves.
Odd that someone would see that as a bad thing.
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Some old timers quit focusing on making money and instead decided to grrrrrr get even with those dirty porn leachers by suing them.
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Who's to say that most of them weren't doing both?
As for them recouping losses from freeloading leechers, that's not only right, it's smart.
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Some card bangers bought up a lot of good programs right at the peak then abused the fuck out of their customers and the webmasters that sent those customers.
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Agreed.
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The economy exploded a few different times sending many back to work.
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You mean out of work, don't you? As in like fewer customers with disposable income.
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Aside from a few programs are still doing the same things they were doing in 2004 even though the landscape is completely different. Adapt or die was never more fitting.
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And by "adapt or die" I take it that you mean to do business with or (even worse) to actually become illegal tube scum themselves.
Some of us here would rather suck off a canine than do such. Your mileage may vary.
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A surprising number of affiliates that have been here for years still have no understanding of how this industry works, even the basic stuff.
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Still? As in that they
never had an understanding of how this industry works?
You're kidding, right?
Or do you think that up until a couple of years ago they were all just plain lucky and now all of a sudden their luck has run out?
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Epassporte probably squashed a lot of third world webmasters and definitely squashed a lot of those that chose to hide their cash for one reason or another.
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I would say definitely on both counts.
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Certain people attack those that are successful here to the point that they make entire threads unreadable, killing further discussion. P.M. especially loves doing this, see his lectures to Shap.
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This place has always been swiming with trolls, nothing new there. The trolls stand out more nowadays because there are fewer genuine players left. Additionally, some people are called out for good reason.
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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
A couple of companies bought up a lot of programs taking a lot of 'important' figures out of the industry and off of the boards.
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True.
But happily we still have a few 'important' figures such as yourself and porno jew amongst us
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