Hey Sleazy! Another insomniac
No one has to join..its free..but we do ask people to register for a number of reasons:
1) The banks, when deciding weather or not they were going to provide us a merchant account had a huge problem with the sponsors having clickable links due to the images / subject matter etc. We reached a compromise with them..thus registration.
2) The attorneys initially wanted us to have a warning page...we felt that defeated one of the primary purposes of PIA....not to hide. again the compromise...registration.
3) PIA deals with a subject many people are hesitant to reveal they are a parent and they work in the adult industry. We have built in as many reasonable safeguards as we can to allow a lurker to see what PIA is about but not allow them "in" without us having a look at who they are. PIA was never meant to be a high volume moneymaker...shit..it costs us money LOL!
Brandi and I Just hope it helps. You know what happened to us...wouldn't wish that on anyone.