I created the trolls. By not sucking up to the BS that was being churned out day after day on the boards.
2000 most of those shooting for online were simply crap compared to where I came from. A few exceptions like Alsscan existed and later Met-art. DDF illustrated perfectly the level of magazine and trained shooters.
We had people like Aaron, who is a lovely guy and now a good shooter, then he was not. Vid Vicious was good and went to work for better paying markets, the shooter at Perfect Gonzo was tempted by the money in DVD and left. They were never able to pay enough to replace him and the sites went down.
Porn is a repeat buy market, with a low quality product you lessen the chances of a repeat buy. If the impulse to buy is killed by previous experiences. Thinking it's impulse is stupid. We had an industry built on leap frogging each other on marketing the product. Which entailed giving it away.
Today we have a few sites realising the only way to separate themselves from the throng is to move to sector where the leap frog game is very hard. 12 years too late.
I always said there were better paying markets and that many of the guys shooting were not capable of getting into them. Yet some shooters were telling lies to cover the truth. They were like Romney preaching to the faithful and the mob cheered them on. How many of these shooters put up a whole set for all to see or a video?
Today the standards are far better than they were. 12 years too late. You guys got on the boat. The boat looking after affiliates.
Cue affiliates who couldn't make a living without high payouts and crutches of every type. And sponsors who couldn't buy or shoot decent content week after week.