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woj · 07-23-2005, 01:48 PM

50...,.......

foolio · 07-23-2005, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

50...,.......

we should start taking bets on this....

bigdog · 07-23-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ganjasaurus

I was making a lot then...

but im making a lot now too so........

damn hun gallery whore

slapass · 07-23-2005, 02:28 PM

Shit. I started a year too late. Do I have to give back all of this money???

Downtime · 07-23-2005, 02:46 PM

i totally agree. the "wild west town" analogy is honestly dead on. there's still plenty of money to be made though!

Shoplifter · 07-23-2005, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by quiet

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

Silly money is right. I can remember doing almost nothing and having stacks of Ibill check stubs on my desk. I could have dropped dead in 2001 and my business still would have grown.

I do regret not being more radically audacious with everything. I could have done 5x what I did, but at the time I just couldn't wrap my head around it.

It's not all finished yet tho...

StuartD · 07-23-2005, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by WarChild

Stuart, don't you think that's an unhealthy attitude? You're right that you dont NEED to be rich, but if you think you might like to, why hold yourself back with preconcieved notions of what you can and can't accomplish?

Don't say "I'll never be able to afford ..." instead try asking "What can I do so I can afford to buy ... ?"

Read Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Nah, just being realistic. I don't need a lot of money to be someone else's equal, nor do I need a lot of money to be happy.

Yes, it would be nice and I wouldn't mind if I did have a lot of money, but I know that not everyone is meant to be rich. It's not because they just don't try hard enough, or that they just don't know how.... they're just not meant to be.

It's easy to see that in lottery winners. Every day people win themselves millions and end up worse off than when they started.

MiLo · 07-23-2005, 03:31 PM

Quiet,

Can i still reach you to the email adresse i have from you? Let me know as i would like to discuss a little bit of business if you dont mind.

Thanks and hope is all well,

WarChild · 07-23-2005, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by NichePay - StuartD

Nah, just being realistic. I don't need a lot of money to be someone else's equal, nor do I need a lot of money to be happy.

Yes, it would be nice and I wouldn't mind if I did have a lot of money, but I know that not everyone is meant to be rich. It's not because they just don't try hard enough, or that they just don't know how.... they're just not meant to be.

It's easy to see that in lottery winners. Every day people win themselves millions and end up worse off than when they started.

Sure, again money doesn't equate to worth. I'm just suggesting that you limit yourself by not exuding confidence.

I've never believed I could be anything but sucessful. I don't say things like "I wish I could afford a beautiful beach home.". Instead, I say things like "I can't wait until i buy a beautiful beach home.". It might seem like only a minor difference in attitude but I assure you it makes a big difference in the long run.

FTVGirls · 07-23-2005, 03:35 PM

Ah, sucked for me because I started FTV in early 2003 haha. I always wonder how I would have stood out if I opened up the same time as Karups, ATK, Alsscan... etc...

Meloman · 07-23-2005, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by WarChild

Sure, again money doesn't equate to worth. I'm just suggesting that you limit yourself by not exuding confidence.

I've never believed I could be anything but sucessful. I don't say things like "I wish I could afford a beautiful beach home.". Instead, I say things like "I can't wait until i buy a beautiful beach home.". It might seem like only a minor difference in attitude but I assure you it makes a big difference in the long run.

I agree with WarChild. While wealth sometimes has to do with just being lucky (right place, right time etc.), most of the time it's your mind set though.

Since I was a little kid I always said I wanted to be rich and buy whatever I want. That mentallity is what made me try so hard in the beggining and succeed at this. You have to truly want it to be able to put the effort in.

I fail at 90% of the projects I try. It's the 10% that work that make money. I got in Adult when I was 23...it was my THIRD company I started. The other 2 failed but this took off. Failure never stops me...I'm much too full of myself to ever give up.

Stuart. It sounds to me like you're basically saying "I wasn't meant to be rich, so why bother trying"? Of course there is more to life than money. So maybe you just have other priorites that are more important to you, which is completely understandable. But if you genuinely want to be rich, and it's actually a true life goal...then you'll never achieve it if you give up before even trying with that attitude.

Just my 2 cents

slapass · 07-23-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Meloman

I agree with WarChild. While wealth sometimes has to do with just being lucky (right place, right time etc.), most of the time it's your mind set though.

Since I was a little kid I always said I wanted to be rich and buy whatever I want. That mentallity is what made me try so hard in the beggining and succeed at this. You have to truly want it to be able to put the effort in.

I fail at 90% of the projects I try. It's the 10% that work that make money. I got in Adult when I was 23...it was my THIRD company I started. The other 2 failed but this took off. Failure never stops me...I'm much too full of myself to ever give up.

Stuart. It sounds to me like you're basically saying "I wasn't meant to be rich, so why bother trying"? Of course there is more to life than money. So maybe you just have other priorites that are more important to you, which is completely understandable. But if you genuinely want to be rich, and it's actually a true life goal...then you'll never achieve it if you give up before even trying with that attitude.

Just my 2 cents

Good stuff. Warchild too.

Doctor Dre · 07-23-2005, 04:20 PM

There is still tons of money to be made ... some of us who aren't millionaires just didn't work hard enough or focused on the wrong things ... money isn't as easy to make as it used to be... but it's still easier then most other industries

Minte · 07-23-2005, 04:23 PM

Those were the days..put up a few gallerys of pics and a few banners and then try and figure out how to get more bandwidth to handle the traffic.

azguy · 07-23-2005, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Meloman

Failure never stops me...I'm much too full of myself to ever give up.

andrej_NDC · 07-23-2005, 05:42 PM

Gottis · 07-23-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by andrej_NDC

haha rock on dude

Major (Tom) · 07-24-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Ross

You are my inspiration buddy for reasons you will find out in due course!

And if I can help you in your ventures in any way good buddy you let me know. You're already on the right track. It would please me greatly to see you make 10 times what i do. I'm always here man.. Just hit me up as always. Who knows, big red and I might even pay you a visit one day. Just keep the pull out sofa's ready

Cheers good buddy
Duke

Mutt · 07-24-2005, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by FTVGirls

Ah, sucked for me because I started FTV in early 2003 haha. I always wonder how I would have stood out if I opened up the same time as Karups, ATK, Alsscan... etc...

i've heard your numbers from people who i more or less trust - you're not far away from either Karups or ATK - ahead of Alsscan for sure. Most sites that got started in the pioneer days have a fraction of the members they had during their heyday - still lots of money to be made, but nowhere near what it once was.

quiet · 07-24-2005, 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xlogger

Who cares about the past. We will be talking about 2005 in 2010 and saying it was good times.

By 2010 all the oldies buisness will be taken over.

who cares? i do. people love to to talk about what they might do. i (as well as many others), have.

David - PG · 07-24-2005, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by LegendaryLars

but a lot of things have to come together just prfect for it to happen so it has alot to do with LUCK !

You could say it's luck, I would say luck comes to those who work hard.

Bake · 07-24-2005, 02:00 AM

I should have understood branding better put more into building one large site.
But yeah I started in 97 and It was easyer , free hosting a simple gallery or 3 and 2 hun listings a week where enough to live off back then.

Major (Tom) · 07-24-2005, 02:06 AM

Nothing in life is easy... Thats why we work our asses off..
right now im editing video for 2 new sites...Why am I editing video? Because I dont feel a couple of flips could do it as well as i can. Yea im controlling, demanding, and hard to work for.. but we've grown quite a bit and are bigger than some "well known" programs already.. So i just keep plugging away.. no time for fun, just work.. and I'm cool with that.
Duke

bhutocracy · 07-24-2005, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bake

I should have understood branding better put more into building one large site.
But yeah I started in 97 and It was easyer , free hosting a simple gallery or 3 and 2 hun listings a week where enough to live off back then.

OH mate... '97... I helped a mate of Mr-Yellow's manually move tonnes of porn around on IRC servers a couple of times more or less as a lark.. I kick myself to this very day i didn't see the opportunities at the time and that I was on a very different mainstream path and only really started coming around to the idea of pushing porn in '99-'00 and even then it took me far too long to get started after a couple of failed ventures. It's what made me so very conscious of having to work with the right people.

SleazyDream · 07-24-2005, 02:24 AM

i did GREAT 2000-2003 - and still am doing great.

thank god i never used ibill

Rui · 07-24-2005, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

And if I can help you in your ventures in any way good buddy you let me know. You're already on the right track. It would please me greatly to see you make 10 times what i do. I'm always here man.. Just hit me up as always. Who knows, big red and I might even pay you a visit one day. Just keep the pull out sofa's ready

Cheers good buddy
Duke

Dammm man, I really love your atittude, unlike dozens of people that got big you are still humble and willing to help other people out.

Major respect m8

bigdog · 07-24-2005, 04:57 AM

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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

Nothing in life is easy... Thats why we work our asses off..
right now im editing video for 2 new sites...Why am I editing video? Because I dont feel a couple of flips could do it as well as i can. Yea im controlling, demanding, and hard to work for.. but we've grown quite a bit and are bigger than some "well known" programs already.. So i just keep plugging away.. no time for fun, just work.. and I'm cool with that.
Duke

nice duke dollars seems to be growing

Xenophage · 07-24-2005, 10:26 AM

Nice thread

Just reading rich dad poor dad

it fits this thread nicely

Ami I · 07-24-2005, 10:42 AM

started in 2000 as a complete newbie, now i make more than ever
breakpoint is when I realized that there is money and much easier one in other products as well such as online gambling, pharmacy, dating, leads etc....

polish_aristocrat · 03-11-2007, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by LegendaryLars

Nice thread

indeed....

Basic_man · 03-11-2007, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

I got in at early/mid 2002 full time. It seems like it was eaiser to make a buck back then. Deluxe Pass was my first sponsor that took off. It wasnt long before i was doing 20k a month sending about 2k hits a day to my archive. I knew it wouldnt last forever so I didnt go silly with that money and just took what i needed, saved ALOT of it and reinvested the rest back into Duke Dollars. Then for reasons I can only specualte, Deluxe Pass litterally stopped. We're talking 1500 members down to 300 in a 3 month period. Glad i saved my money and reinvested it

Duke

And you did it very right

Lykos · 03-11-2007, 11:17 AM

2 yrs old thread?

dig420 · 03-11-2007, 12:14 PM

Back then every yahoo listing was a 7k hits/day, and listings were ez to get. Good times.

Drake · 03-11-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dig420

Back then every yahoo listing was a 7k hits/day, and listings were ez to get. Good times.

And getting listed in Yahoo was free.

germ · 03-11-2007, 12:36 PM

<old grandpa voice> back in my day frankfurters were a nickel </old grandpa voice>

focus on the future, not the past.

Peaches · 03-11-2007, 02:33 PM

I love old threads

I'll be the first to admit I made a lot more money in adult in 97-03 than I am now. But I didn't spend all of it which allowed me to invest in things which are making me money outside adult now. Plus I'm back in school (10 more days until my final exam - yipee! Then I get to wait until the summer for the state exam and hope like hell I pass it so I don't have to wait another year to take it again......) so I'm hoping that will parlay into another revenue stream.

Hell, I think quiet's pretty much retired now, hasn't he?

Mike Semen · 03-11-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

I was dumb.
I concentrated in the wrong things.

Same here, and always did it part time.

bdld · 03-11-2007, 04:30 PM

i drifted aimlessly and wasted my time on quick money-making schemes in '00-03, so the way i see it, i'm 4 years behind where i should be.

crockett · 03-11-2007, 04:56 PM

Man I kick my self in the ass all the time. I orginally looked into AVS's back in 99-2000 read up as much as I could, but I thought it was all a scam. I didn't trust anything on the net, so I stuck to my other stuff offline.

I didn't decide to give adult a try until late 2003 and then it was just part time. But I remember surfing on the AOL banner farm and looking looking for porn on the web. lol man it was sooo easy to hack into websites back then.

Actually it must have been before 99-200 because I was surfing on a 386 with windows 3.1 and a 28.k modem.

sweetcuties · 03-11-2007, 05:05 PM

I didn't get in till 2000 and it was an amazing time... I didn't get in because of the $$, I got in cause I loved getting first time girls nude! Shit, I joined Busty-Amateurs and said I can do that and DID... I'll NEVER forget those days

will76 · 03-11-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by quiet

if you didn't make a shitload, and yet were involved at that time... wtf?

i've made my most money in 2005 but have done pretty much the same from 2002 - present. I started in 99

goldmine · 03-11-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by quiet

if you didn't make a shitload, and yet were involved at that time... wtf?

Okay okay... just want to make it clear that this thread is NOT AT ALL related to me.

Continue...

will76 · 03-11-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by LegendaryLars

Nice thread

Just reading rich dad poor dad

it fits this thread nicely

I missed the section in Rich dad poor dad on zango.

Nicky · 03-11-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by quiet

i love you wg.

but seriously, it was silly money at that point. are there people here still, who did not take advantage, but were around? i suppose 2002/2003 were my very best years (if only i'd fully scaled up a couple of years earlier).

I'm one of those

started in '99 but didnt take advantage of it at all, was so much other stuff going on in my life at that point so I only had a couple of hours a week to put into adult. Regret it with all my life right now though

lazycash · 03-11-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by will76

I missed the section in Rich dad poor dad on zango.

Chapter 8 "How to get ahead of your competition by undercutting those who trust you the most"

MissMina · 03-11-2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Chapter 8 "How to get ahead of your competition by undercutting those who trust you the most"

OUCH.....

StarkReality · 03-11-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by TeenGodFather

I was dumb.
I concentrated in the wrong things.
Been around since 1996, and have had nothing but wrong choices until just around 2002 or so.

You are not alone, hehe. I stopped for a little over 2 years and made my money with full-time stock trading and when the stock markets went down the drain I came back...wasted almost 3 valuable years. Not that I don't make money, but I could sit on a huge pile if I wouldn't have stopped back in the golden years.

layinglow · 03-11-2007, 06:56 PM

so did you ride the concorde between 97-03, or before that?

will76 · 03-11-2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by lazycash

Chapter 8 "How to get ahead of your competition by undercutting those who trust you the most"

LOL i didn't have a chapter 8, damn zango must have been at the book store and hijcked my chapter 8

roger700 · 03-11-2007, 07:36 PM

Things in the past

07-23-2005, 01:48 PM	#51
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Downtime Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: America. Posts: 7,320	i totally agree. the "wild west town" analogy is honestly dead on. there's still plenty of money to be made though! __________________ #27024067

07-23-2005, 03:31 PM	#58
MiLo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: city of the living dead Posts: 2,970	Quiet, Can i still reach you to the email adresse i have from you? Let me know as i would like to discuss a little bit of business if you dont mind. Thanks and hope is all well, __________________ ICQ: 9203112

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Minte Babemeister Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Madison Posts: 7,081	Those were the days..put up a few gallerys of pics and a few banners and then try and figure out how to get more bandwidth to handle the traffic. __________________ You might not be as anonymous as you think you are.

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Bake Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Outback of bumfuck Aussie Posts: 5,263	I should have understood branding better put more into building one large site. But yeah I started in 97 and It was easyer , free hosting a simple gallery or 3 and 2 hun listings a week where enough to live off back then. __________________ Buy great domains from drunken burned out old webmaster CHEAP bullseyeporn.com art-met.com and more. Learn how to make a easy extra $500 per week

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slapass Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 14,622	Shit. I started a year too late. Do I have to give back all of this money???

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FTVGirls So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 1,052	Ah, sucked for me because I started FTV in early 2003 haha. I always wonder how I would have stood out if I opened up the same time as Karups, ATK, Alsscan... etc...

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Major (Tom) Boomer Woffen Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Null Posts: 30,534	Nothing in life is easy... Thats why we work our asses off.. right now im editing video for 2 new sites...Why am I editing video? Because I dont feel a couple of flips could do it as well as i can. Yea im controlling, demanding, and hard to work for.. but we've grown quite a bit and are bigger than some "well known" programs already.. So i just keep plugging away.. no time for fun, just work.. and I'm cool with that. Duke __________________ My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom

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SleazyDream I'm here for SPORT Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phone # (401) 285-0696 Posts: 41,470	i did GREAT 2000-2003 - and still am doing great. thank god i never used ibill __________________ This dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog! Now read without the word dog.

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Xenophage Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 12,122	Nice thread Just reading rich dad poor dad it fits this thread nicely

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Ami I Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 72	started in 2000 as a complete newbie, now i make more than ever breakpoint is when I realized that there is money and much easier one in other products as well such as online gambling, pharmacy, dating, leads etc.... __________________ icq 124062427

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dig420 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 9,240	Back then every yahoo listing was a 7k hits/day, and listings were ez to get. Good times.

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germ ( o Y o ) Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,108	<old grandpa voice> back in my day frankfurters were a nickel </old grandpa voice> focus on the future, not the past.

03-11-2007, 02:33 PM	#86
Peaches Old broad Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Away Posts: 13,933	I love old threads I'll be the first to admit I made a lot more money in adult in 97-03 than I am now. But I didn't spend all of it which allowed me to invest in things which are making me money outside adult now. Plus I'm back in school (10 more days until my final exam - yipee! Then I get to wait until the summer for the state exam and hope like hell I pass it so I don't have to wait another year to take it again......) so I'm hoping that will parlay into another revenue stream. Hell, I think quiet's pretty much retired now, hasn't he?

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bdld $100,000 Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 11,452	i drifted aimlessly and wasted my time on quick money-making schemes in '00-03, so the way i see it, i'm 4 years behind where i should be.

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crockett in a van by the river Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 76,806	Man I kick my self in the ass all the time. I orginally looked into AVS's back in 99-2000 read up as much as I could, but I thought it was all a scam. I didn't trust anything on the net, so I stuck to my other stuff offline. I didn't decide to give adult a try until late 2003 and then it was just part time. But I remember surfing on the AOL banner farm and looking looking for porn on the web. lol man it was sooo easy to hack into websites back then. Actually it must have been before 99-200 because I was surfing on a 386 with windows 3.1 and a 28.k modem. __________________ In November, you can vote for America's next president or its first dictator. Last edited by crockett; 03-11-2007 at 04:58 PM..

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sweetcuties Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere Posts: 5,859	I didn't get in till 2000 and it was an amazing time... I didn't get in because of the $$, I got in cause I loved getting first time girls nude! Shit, I joined Busty-Amateurs and said I can do that and DID... I'll NEVER forget those days __________________

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layinglow Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 127	so did you ride the concorde between 97-03, or before that?

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