Ok, my common sense is kicking me as I write this, telling me to accept the changeless and save face. It's telling me it is important to keep with the status quo, to keep yourself untouchable, to "go with the flow". However, something else inside is screaming to make a statement, and frankly, i think someone has to say something at some point, and if it is I who has to be a martyr for it, then so be it.
Being new to this industry, I have read tutorial after article after opinion about this business, and all of them have said time and time again that posting to boards is a valuable avenue to pursue knowledge and acquire valuable contacts that would benefit you to no end. Seeing this, i had high hopes for GFY, which was probably a mistake.
All i've really seen is frightened webmasters eager to squash any competition and egotistical smut peddlers who think the world of themselves because, most likely, they have found ONE thing in their pitiful little lives to be successful in.
I will not name names, but through a month of lurking and two weeks of posting, i have assembled a shit list long enough to impress the Silicon Valley unemployed.
The point of all this is to inform EVERYONE that you were new at some point, you had a question at some point, you did'nt know jack shit at some point, in fact, you are STILL new, at all times. For you to sit on your porn-throne and judge and point and snicker and plot is not some deadly tool to scare the new people away. Yes, for some, it may tend to point them away from the industry, to run cowering in fear of the competition. I can assure you, however, that the newbies that do have what it takes to make it WILL remember you, and you can be certain that at some point in the future that will be very disadvantageous for your business. Perhaps it's me I'm referring to, perhaps not, maybe it's some other newbie that several 'experienced' webmasters have spat on, only time will tell.
I do need to stress that this post is based on my overall experience with this board, not just my previous posts. Yes, i am sticking up for everyone, and not just the newbies.
Anyway, to everyone who does'nt feel attacked and offended by this post, keep your head up and persist, this will get you rewards in any business, even porn.
I know what i'm doing here, and if i get banned or shunned for it, then so be it, but i have made my point.
"Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble"
--La Rochefoucauld, MAXIMS
Thank you for listening.
