First, some words to those talking smack OTHER THAN RICK. Rick's got a right to be pissed and I'll address that in a second.
Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Some people out there just love jumping on an anti-CJ thread any chance they get. If ANYONE has a beef with us it's not like we're hiding. This wimpy "oh yeah and they suck b/c of this too" stuff is just plain cowardly.
[email protected]. 404-808-3187. ICQ - 64425641. I've you've got a problem, don't be a pussy. Call me.
Now, to the problem at hand. ALL of you are missing one huge point: THIS SITE ISN'T LIVE YET!!! There is only one single link burried in a drop-down on the SickSiteNetwork.com navigation piece ONLY on CJ and it's ONLY been up since 7/3. It's just enough to send a trickle of traffic to it to test. If it was live and launched and had my seal of approval don't you think I might have posted something about it? Maybe put ads up for it on all my sites? Hmmm?
Next. on the Rick Latona trashing. Get your facts straight. I handle everything to do with consumptionjunction.com, steakandcheese.com, freakhole.com, revengeworld.com, cjtraffic.com, pornsavvy.com and a few more sites coming down the pipe. Rick is NOT responsible for these sites so he's NOT responsible for this screw-up. I am.
Finaly to the question at hand, I'm not blaming squat on a rogue employee. An employee was told to use "placeholders" till we FINISHED THE SITE which hasn't happened yet. Should that employee have gotten his placeholders from Rick M's site? Hell no. Would that have been caught before we launched? Hell yes.
As for why he went over to Rick M's site it's probably because we took a long hard look at the site when we developed ours. Why not? He's got the best review site out there and we want to build one better. We also looked at Rabbits, AdultReviews, and SirRodney.
Did we copy them? NO. Is our site different? Yes? Did any of you jack-off's accusing us of copying people bother to surf the site, sign-up, use it to know what you're talking about? No.
I'm very proud of this site and how it's different. We have busted our ass to make it a place surfers will come to for reasons OTHER than just to find a review of a porn site. It's a major drawback to every review site out there and that's where we're different. We've got user-interactivity built thru the entire site. You can add any piece of content to your favorites list. You can comment on any peice of content. You can rate any piece of content. We've got a real-deal forum in which the actual writers of the reviews will interact with the visitors. We've got more video content than anyone - min of 3 clips per review. We've built in the ability for the surfers to come and just surf thru the video clips and the galleries like they do on CJ. Of course if they see a clip they're interested in they can click to read the full review or visit the site.
Long and short, don't judge a site I've busted my ass on till I say it's ready to judge. I've already emailed w/ Rick M, made my apologies, made peace. If that's not good enough for anyone else I don't really give a flip.