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  • dropped9
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    • Jan 2001
    • 26727

    #1

    GFY = Death of flat boards?

    Who here remembers them? Who here has actually posted on them?
  • X37375787

    #2
    Originally posted by Headless
    Who here remembers them? Who here has actually posted on them?
    Like Ynot and Oprano? Horrible.

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    • Chris
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      • May 2003
      • 27880

      #3
      ?????
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      • mrthumbs
        salad tossing sig guy
        • Apr 2002
        • 11702

        #4
        would love to see what would happen if they turned gfy into a flatboard..


        would be a challange catching up..

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        • Headless
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          • Jan 2001
          • 26727

          #5
          Originally posted by mrthumbs
          would love to see what would happen if they turned gfy into a flatboard..


          would be a challange catching up..
          Dude it would be impossible. There would be no way to catch up...

          Ahhh just a sign of the times...

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          • Zebra
            Banned from Kimmy's couch
            • Oct 2001
            • 5091

            #6
            ahh.. I remember posting on YNOT in '96.
            That board may have been flat but it was moving and shaking!
            Old School

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            • xenigo
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              • Jan 2001
              • 8067

              #7
              I always thought it was impossible to catch up on Netpond with their flat board... how the hell did people do that?? Seemed like a million intertwined personal conversations and I never knew what the hell anyone was actually talking about, or who anyone was talking to. Seemed in a lot of cases most people were talking to themselves...

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              • X37375787

                #8
                True GFYers remember when GFY was a flat board for a few hours.

                I sure do. Who's with me?

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                • Amputate Your Head
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                  • Aug 2001
                  • 39075

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Equinox
                  True GFYers remember when GFY was a flat board for a few hours.

                  I sure do. Who's with me?
                  I was gone that day...
                  SIG TOO BIG

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                  • X37375787

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Amputate Your Head

                    I was gone that day...

                    Right. Newbie.

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                    • gothweb
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                      • Jun 2002
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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Equinox
                      True GFYers remember when GFY was a flat board for a few hours.

                      I sure do. Who's with me?
                      That was insane.

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                      • Anthony_A
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                        • Feb 2003
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                        #12
                        Flatboards. What are those?
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                        • bhutocracy
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                          • Dec 2001
                          • 10218

                          #13
                          they were ridiculous.. thank christ everyone's switched over to threaded now.

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                          • GrimShawn
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                            • Oct 2002
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Zebra
                            ahh.. I remember posting on YNOT in '96.
                            That board may have been flat but it was moving and shaking!
                            One more beer and i'll be moving and shaking

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                            • Headless
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                              • Jan 2001
                              • 26727

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Anthony_A
                              Flatboards. What are those?

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                              • Hooper
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                                • Jul 2001
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                                #16
                                Flatboards were great because the most imporant topic was always what was being discussed.

                                Threaded boards have led to more posts.. but they have led to a lot more "show me your car" and "big tits [pic]" posts...

                                back in the day on flat boards that kind of wouldnt fly.. and nobody serious would have ever wasted their time posting about stupid shit like that... cause there was too much money to be made.

                                flat boards were the water cooler of the industry.

                                threaded boards have become the long drawn out happy hour.

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                                • Hooper
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                                  • Jul 2001
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                                  #17
                                  and threaded boards.... one other piece of FACT...

                                  nobody will ever become famous and rich from posting on threaded boards.

                                  Q: Why?
                                  A: Because you would have to post 24/7 in order to keep the eyeballs.. whereas on flat boards you only had to post every so often to stay visible.

                                  Don't take my word for it. i never made a fuckin dime off flat boards. :D

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                                  • Ice
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                                    • Nov 2002
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Zebra
                                    ahh.. I remember posting on YNOT in '96.
                                    That board may have been flat but it was moving and shaking!
                                    That was the shit. I didn't post but I read.............
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                                    • sextoyking
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                                      • Dec 2001
                                      • 6034

                                      #19
                                      The flat board days of Ynot and n e t p o n d were pretty damm cool.

                                      Not as many topics as now, but we sure did discuss alot of biz, and did alot of biz

                                      Oprano's flat was cool, and so is there threaded board.
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                                      • Strife
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                                        • Aug 2001
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                                        #20
                                        hate those types of boards
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                                        • Hooper
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                                          • Jul 2001
                                          • 2210

                                          #21
                                          yeah.. netpond was the bomb.

                                          strife.. i'd be willing to bet that the reason you hate those types of boards is because they are boring now

                                          imagine if every post was a scintilating, eye popping, witty and important post that affected your bottom line.
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                                          • X37375787

                                            #22
                                            ...and the traffic was 1% of what popular threaded boards have.

                                            nowadays you get easily lost among the hundreds of regular posters.

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                                            • sextoyking
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                                              • Dec 2001
                                              • 6034

                                              #23
                                              Hoop,

                                              The pond was a cool place forsure.

                                              great for laughs and pissing

                                              I gotta admit sometimes we would all just get into pisses for some great exposure for that day, week, etc.

                                              ah, the good old days
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                                              • Hooper
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by Equinox
                                                ...and the traffic was 1% of what popular threaded boards have.

                                                nowadays you get easily lost among the hundreds of regular posters.
                                                i dont know cause i dont run a board.. but i'd guess otherwise. traffic is only valuable if it generates revenue and board ads used to cost more and be worth a great deal more.. people used to actually pay attention to who was advertising and advertisers actually used to get lots of exposure out of ads.
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                                                • X37375787

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by Hooper


                                                  i dont know cause i dont run a board.. but i'd guess otherwise. traffic is only valuable if it generates revenue and board ads used to cost more and be worth a great deal more.. people used to actually pay attention to who was advertising and advertisers actually used to get lots of exposure out of ads.
                                                  Exposure and traffic are good enough that companies pay thousands of bucks monthly to get listed on top of threaded boards like GFY. You know that yourself.

                                                  I simply think that the threaded board model was the best thing that could happen to the adult community.

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                                                  • sextoyking
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                                                    • Dec 2001
                                                    • 6034

                                                    #26
                                                    Ad revenue used to be alot bigger then it is now I would imagine.

                                                    Ask Nick, Andy, Ynot Bob, Aga, etc, etc.

                                                    They made some serious coin in the old days...

                                                    I had always wanted to use adultbbs.com to open some kind of board, but never got around to it.

                                                    Takes alot of time to run big boards. Remember how many people used to work for n e t p o n d...
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                                                    • sextoyking
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                                                      • Dec 2001
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                                                      #27
                                                      Equinox,

                                                      no doubt that gfy and a couple of other boards make alot of coin from ad revenue.

                                                      When threads first came out big, I didn't like them too much, still liked the more personal flat boards.

                                                      But I did learn to love them in someways. If you want to skip a certain convo, you can skip and not join in.

                                                      alot of good used for threads
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                                                      • Hooper
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                                                        • Jul 2001
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                                                        #28
                                                        yeah. i agree too.

                                                        threaded boards have their place... they allow you to skip the b.s. conversations.

                                                        of course there didnt used to be b.s conversations.. so i guess i stick by my original thought that threaded boards have paved the way for millions of off topic useless posts :-/

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                                                        • X37375787

                                                          #29
                                                          Yes indeed. If there is 1 in 50 threads that contains really valuable information and an interesting topic, we have a good day on GFY. Then again there's more space to socialize.

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                                                          • sextoyking
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                                                            • Dec 2001
                                                            • 6034

                                                            #30
                                                            Well I always got to give a to tom's newbie board.

                                                            While I never really jumped into that board at all, many people in our biz were helped out by him and others.

                                                            I used to also like snoop's board too.

                                                            I just think it was more personal and more help out there in the old days on the boards if you needed it.

                                                            Not so much for people like me who started in the very beg. of this industry online, but for tons of others who came in later.
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                                                            • FUCKuPAYme
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                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by Hooper
                                                              Flatboards were great because the most imporant topic was always what was being discussed.

                                                              Threaded boards have led to more posts.. but they have led to a lot more "show me your car" and "big tits [pic]" posts...

                                                              back in the day on flat boards that kind of wouldnt fly.. and nobody serious would have ever wasted their time posting about stupid shit like that... cause there was too much money to be made.

                                                              flat boards were the water cooler of the industry.

                                                              threaded boards have become the long drawn out happy hour.

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                                                              So true...........
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                                                              • mrthumbs
                                                                salad tossing sig guy
                                                                • Apr 2002
                                                                • 11702

                                                                #32
                                                                Originally posted by Equinox
                                                                True GFYers remember when GFY was a flat board for a few hours.

                                                                I sure do. Who's with me?
                                                                true.. only topics.. no content..

                                                                posters started to adjust quite well after a few minutes..

                                                                look more like an irc channel.

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                                                                • Mike AI
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                                                                  • Jan 2001
                                                                  • 3624

                                                                  #33
                                                                  I remember the good old days as well....

                                                                  Hooper has pretty much summed it up, though he definately makes it sound much more romantic ( and of course he is a realitve newbie )

                                                                  Just 2 things to add, first - threaded boards were not around in the old days - at least not the fancy ones that everyone has now. So I think the flat board lasted until the threaded boards became top notch, with intergrated graphics, ease of use, control for the admins, etc....

                                                                  Second anf its cheaper to buy threadboard software now, then develop your custom flatboard software with all the bells and whistles.

                                                                  How many people remember what Oprano's name was before Oprano? ( No posts from the Oprano regulars.... this is for GFY people only)


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                                                                  • Headless
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                                                                    • Jan 2001
                                                                    • 26727

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by Mike AI
                                                                    How many people remember what Oprano's name was before Oprano? ( No posts from the Oprano regulars.... this is for GFY people only)

                                                                    Thats too easy... I remember pissing with forest about his trannies on your board b4 it was oprano... That was fun...

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                                                                    • dougeetx
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                                                                      #35
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                                                                      • 4Pics
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                                                                        • Dec 2001
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                                                                        #36
                                                                        Guess I remember the older boards being a lot different and not really worthwhile reads. There are always good threads posted here everyday along with a ton of crap but that makes it fun.

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                                                                        • nutzella
                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                          • Oct 2003
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                                                                          #37
                                                                          I liked the ynot board
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                                                                          • Amputate Your Head
                                                                            There can be only one
                                                                            • Aug 2001
                                                                            • 39075

                                                                            #38
                                                                            non-threaded boards suck.... I've always hated them. It's one big ass conversation and it's impossible to follow. With threads, you can pick and choose which subjects or people you wish to engage with deadly precision. As it should be.
                                                                            SIG TOO BIG

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                                                                            • Paul -C-
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                                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                                              • 1255

                                                                              #39
                                                                              Flat boards suck ass

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                                                                              • Sarah_Jayne
                                                                                Now with more Jayne
                                                                                • Dec 2002
                                                                                • 40077

                                                                                #40
                                                                                there was another popular threaded board before gfy...if I recall Lensman used to post there too ;)

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                                                                                • JDog
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                                                                                  • Feb 2003
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                                                                                  #41
                                                                                  Originally posted by mrthumbs
                                                                                  would love to see what would happen if they turned gfy into a flatboard..


                                                                                  would be a challange catching up..
                                                                                  probably would lose a lot of people, just beause a lot of people don't like em!

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                                                                                  • bringer
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                                                                                    • Jul 2003
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                                                                                    #42
                                                                                    Originally posted by nutzella
                                                                                    I liked the ynot board
                                                                                    fix your sig asshole
                                                                                    fucking popups are pissing me off
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                                                                                    • JDog
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                                                                                      #43
                                                                                      isn't devshed.com have flat board to if you want to view it that way? BTW did anybody else get a popup from the first page of the thread?

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                                                                                      • Amputate Your Head
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                                                                                        • Aug 2001
                                                                                        • 39075

                                                                                        #44
                                                                                        nutzella, do it again and your ass is mine.
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                                                                                        • JDog
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                                                                                          • Feb 2003
                                                                                          • 7453

                                                                                          #45
                                                                                          Originally posted by bringer


                                                                                          fix your sig asshole
                                                                                          fucking popups are pissing me off

                                                                                          You got it too.. I hate fucking popups, especially on a adult webmasters board

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                                                                                          • bringer
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                                                                                            • Jul 2003
                                                                                            • 13082

                                                                                            #46
                                                                                            Originally posted by JDog



                                                                                            You got it too.. I hate fucking popups, especially on a adult webmasters board

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                                                                                            yeah, bastard was embedding flash to create popups
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