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TheSquealer · 02-22-2014, 07:20 PM

That sounds like the TGP2 conversation to me. "we're killing the industry with 'free porn', so let's do it differently"

Free porn was ALWAYS used to sell porn. JohnIP(?) hired a guy who has a physics degree from Yale to post on tgp2.com and do fuzzy math all day long showing a better way and a better future and still, no one cared.

So, you agree to start "selling" it. Then what? What does that mean? What are the hard numbers? For every single person here that makes money, what does it mean to them besides hypothetical scenarios of a brighter future? How do you say "Bob, this is exactly how you will benefit this quarter and its going to be much better than your current business model".

People respond to simple numbers. Ideas are much more complex and subjective and mean something different to each and every person that hears it.

The mistake in this thinking, in my view is that you can't easily organize people to do something for their future benefit with the same easy of getting them to do something for their immediate benefit. You're brain is wired to place a higher value on immediate rewards than future rewards. No amount of reason and logic will change that impulse. The entire economy tanked because of that very same psychological principle. People were infinitely more likely to go for what they could get in the moment with an adjustable rate mortgage and the threat of rising rates in the future was still... the future. Uncertain and psychologically, very far away.

After all, smoking means a very high certainty that you'll die of cancer... but ... that's just sooooooo far away. Your brains rewards center in the short term, will almost always trump long term rational planning/reason, even when it means death.

Think about this... AdultKing posts long lists of sites he's killed processing for. That's fine. Great. Ok. Good for him. But... from a practical standpoint... so what? Did your sales spike? Did anyone's? Did you notice the difference? Did anyone? Are people talking about it? Nope. It's a very similar problem to overcome. You can't identify a tangible benefit. You can't say "this is what it means to you exactly". You can't say "support me for 3 months and you'll see a 82.4% increase in sales. This is a real problem. A guy is doing something people believe should be done but at the same time, no one feels any direct tangible benefit either... so how do you motivate them to care in light of that fact?

02-22-2014, 07:20 PM
TheSquealer Mayor of Thneedville Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,641	That sounds like the TGP2 conversation to me. "we're killing the industry with 'free porn', so let's do it differently" Free porn was ALWAYS used to sell porn. JohnIP(?) hired a guy who has a physics degree from Yale to post on tgp2.com and do fuzzy math all day long showing a better way and a better future and still, no one cared. So, you agree to start "selling" it. Then what? What does that mean? What are the hard numbers? For every single person here that makes money, what does it mean to them besides hypothetical scenarios of a brighter future? How do you say "Bob, this is exactly how you will benefit this quarter and its going to be much better than your current business model". People respond to simple numbers. Ideas are much more complex and subjective and mean something different to each and every person that hears it. The mistake in this thinking, in my view is that you can't easily organize people to do something for their future benefit with the same easy of getting them to do something for their immediate benefit. You're brain is wired to place a higher value on immediate rewards than future rewards. No amount of reason and logic will change that impulse. The entire economy tanked because of that very same psychological principle. People were infinitely more likely to go for what they could get in the moment with an adjustable rate mortgage and the threat of rising rates in the future was still... the future. Uncertain and psychologically, very far away. After all, smoking means a very high certainty that you'll die of cancer... but ... that's just sooooooo far away. Your brains rewards center in the short term, will almost always trump long term rational planning/reason, even when it means death. Think about this... AdultKing posts long lists of sites he's killed processing for. That's fine. Great. Ok. Good for him. But... from a practical standpoint... so what? Did your sales spike? Did anyone's? Did you notice the difference? Did anyone? Are people talking about it? Nope. It's a very similar problem to overcome. You can't identify a tangible benefit. You can't say "this is what it means to you exactly". You can't say "support me for 3 months and you'll see a 82.4% increase in sales. This is a real problem. A guy is doing something people believe should be done but at the same time, no one feels any direct tangible benefit either... so how do you motivate them to care in light of that fact? __________________ . Yes, fewer illegal immigrants working equates to more job opportunities for American citizens. Rochard Last edited by TheSquealer; 02-22-2014 at 07:23 PM..