So if this board has really slowed down

[dropped9]

where the fuck did everyone go? Another board?

[CunningStunt]

Changed industry most likely.

This is by far the most active still out of about 30 remaining adult boards. I had a list of 50 back in 2001, 20 of them have totally gone.

[botfurom]

Some are gone because they are out of business. And some of them had new business industry.

[stocktrader23]

I've said this 20 times but nobody cares / will listen.

This board was so massive because it was wide open. Now you can't even read a post in the important sections without registering. This would not be so bad if you could actually get approved in a reasonable amount of time but new members have to email and wait 3 days or blast everyone on ICQ and still wait 3 days. Most people just carry their ass. This is just to read the fucking board!

I know Robbie and many others are always yelling about non industry folks being here but they were the lifeblood of GFY. They saw everyone lying about their stats and posting like they were rich and wanted in this business.

When I used to sell shit here I sold about 20% to board members and 80% to non posters. They were either silent lurkers or found the board through search engines. Since the main sections are closed down this is no longer an option.

Those 'fresh meat' viewers bought content, domains, scripts, design and everything else that was offered for sale here. They also signed up to the affiliate program some sigwhore claimed made him 50k per month. They fed this industry more money and traffic for a long ass time.

Now I'm not saying that there aren't less affiliates than there were but if you want GFY to reclaim some of it's glory days then open this motherfucker up to people that want to get in the industry instead of letting them ignorantly throw up blogs with content they found online to push clicks to some adult PPC program for pennies.

Robbie will bitch, more money will be generated and life will go on.

By the way, how are you? Have you cooled off on your trolling these days?

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

ADG

[Agent 488]

idiot, this is the most popular board. all the other ones are one or two posts literally a day. no one is leaving here to go anywhere better.

other boards that used to be filled with biz have evaporated the last year or so and not because they have went to other boards, adult internet in it's current form is more or less dead.

for a variety of reasons that's how it is. it's like being on a player piano forum and wondering where everyone went once the jukebox appeared on the scene.

Originally Posted by stocktrader23

I've said this 20 times but nobody cares / will listen.

This board was so massive because it was wide open. Now you can't even read a post in the important sections without registering. This would not be so bad if you could actually get approved in a reasonable amount of time but new members have to email and wait 3 days or blast everyone on ICQ and still wait 3 days. Most people just carry their ass. This is just to read the fucking board!

I know Robbie and many others are always yelling about non industry folks being here but they were the lifeblood of GFY. They saw everyone lying about their stats and posting like they were rich and wanted in this business.

When I used to sell shit here I sold about 20% to board members and 80% to non posters. They were either silent lurkers or found the board through search engines. Since the main sections are closed down this is no longer an option.

Those 'fresh meat' viewers bought content, domains, scripts, design and everything else that was offered for sale here. They also signed up to the affiliate program some sigwhore claimed made him 50k per month. They fed this industry more money and traffic for a long ass time.

Now I'm not saying that there aren't less affiliates than there were but if you want GFY to reclaim some of it's glory days then open this motherfucker up to people that want to get in the industry instead of letting them ignorantly throw up blogs with content they found online to push clicks to some adult PPC program for pennies.

Robbie will bitch, more money will be generated and life will go on.

By the way, how are you? Have you cooled off on your trolling these days?

[stocktrader23]

Originally Posted by Agent 488

idiot, this is the most popular board. all the other ones are one or two posts literally a day. no one is leaving here to go anywhere better.

other boards that used to be filled with biz have evaporated the last year or so and not because they have went to other boards, adult internet in it's current form is more or less dead.

for a variety of reasons that's how it is. it's like being on a player piano forum and wondering where everyone went once the jukebox appeared on the scene.

Actually, you are the fucking idiot. I know for fact that a ton of business is shut out from here thanks to it being on lockdown. I sold more to non members / posters ALWAYS and it would be the same if everything wasn't behind a wall of bullshit.

I didn't say the board was dying you brain dead piece of shit. I stated facts which you can't argue with without showing your stupidity even more.

I know it's a PITA to read over here because my account was hijacked in 2005. I registered here to ask for it back and couldn't read shit. I wrote an email and never got approved. I had to harass someone on ICQ and make a post to get my old name back and it still took forever.

What part of NON MEMBERS CAN'T EVEN READ POSTS is so hard for you to get through your thick fucking skull?

Choke on a bag of dicks.

[Agent 488]

do you think tons of people are really dying to get into adult internet in the age of pornhub? come on man, it's over.

Originally Posted by stocktrader23

Actually, you are the fucking idiot. I know for fact that a ton of business is shut out from here thanks to it being on lockdown. I sold more to non members / posters ALWAYS and it would be the same if everything wasn't behind a wall of bullshit.

I didn't say the board was dying you brain dead piece of shit. I stated facts which you can't argue with without showing your stupidity even more.

I know it's a PITA to read over here because my account was hijacked in 2005. I registered here to ask for it back and couldn't read shit. I wrote an email and never got approved. I had to harass someone on ICQ and make a post to get my old name back and it still took forever.

What part of NON MEMBERS CAN'T EVEN READ POSTS is so hard for you to get through your thick fucking skull?

Choke on a bag of dicks.

[comeplay]

think of all the 100's of thousands of threads that google can't search anymore in this category alone.. shit you can't even mouseover topics in the fucking around section without being signed in

[anexsia]

It took about a week to get my account approved here...I finally e-mailed eric

[Jack Sparrow]

Fakenicks, liars, trolls, and no mods around is what happend.

Why post a serious biz thread when all it will do is attract fools that arent in the biz or are to stupid to make money and trash any thread?

[stocktrader23]

Originally Posted by comeplay

think of all the 100's of thousands of threads that google can't search anymore in this category alone.. shit you can't even mouseover topics in the fucking around section without being signed in

I wasn't joking when I said 80% of my customers here were not regular posts. Many of them found me from Google. The lockdown is silly and has caused a lot of much needed money to vanish.

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

I'm actually going to have to side with Stocktrader's argument on this one. It's actually a topic I was discussing with another member not long ago. Closing FA&PD to the general public has lost GFY a lot of search traffic, and made it that much harder for someone to get interested in signing up. New sign-ups are low, not because of people's lack of interest in being the next internet porn millionaire, but because they simply aren't finding GFY or can't be hassled to signup.

Agent raises a good point in saying that the industry is basically dead. It is. Long term members are dropping, and new members aren't joining (for the reasons Stocktrader has mentioned). It's sort of like a country having a negative birthrate. So long as the death rate is higher than the birth rate, population decreases. Deaths are bound to happen, so you need to keep the new blood coming. GFY pretty much put a stop order on new births when they closed the board...

[2intense]

i will go to bora bora

[loreen]

Originally Posted by anexsia

It took about a week to get my account approved here...I finally e-mailed eric

I have a friend who signed up about 2 weeks ago, not approved yet. So... yeah

[punkpred]

Originally Posted by Jack Sparrow

Fakenicks, liars, trolls, and no mods around is what happend.

Why post a serious biz thread when all it will do is attract fools that arent in the biz or are to stupid to make money and trash any thread?

Shut the fuck up you tosser!

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

I'm actually going to have to side with Stocktrader's argument on this one. It's actually a topic I was discussing with another member not long ago. Closing FA&PD to the general public has lost GFY a lot of search traffic, and made it that much harder for someone to get interested in signing up. New sign-ups are low, not because of people's lack of interest in being the next internet porn millionaire, but because they simply aren't finding GFY or can't be hassled to signup.

Agent raises a good point in saying that the industry is basically dead. It is. Long term members are dropping, and new members aren't joining (for the reasons Stocktrader has mentioned). It's sort of like a country having a negative birthrate. So long as the death rate is higher than the birth rate, population decreases. Deaths are bound to happen, so you need to keep the new blood coming. GFY pretty much put a stop order on new births when they closed the board...

Sunlight is the best disinfectant,? a well-known quote from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, refers to the benefits of openness and transparency.

I too believe that GFY would be better served by being more open.

I still agree with the rule that one must have an adult-related e-mail address/have verifiable ties to a bona fide adult business to post, but why let the public view all of the other portions of GFY, yet exclude them from the most vital and active area?

ADG

[Machete_]

Originally Posted by Jack Sparrow

Fakenicks, liars, trolls, and no mods around is what happend.

Why post a serious biz thread when all it will do is attract fools that arent in the biz or are to stupid to make money and trash any thread?

so why are you still here with multiple nicks?

[seeandsee]

epassporte drama off, we need new drama!

[Paul Markham]

The industry has slimmed down.

More people have less time to post.

Loads of thread are pure spam, not information or naked girl spam but just spam. Like $100 a sign up Thursdays.

New people fall by the wayside a lot quicker.

It's harder to register.

And the lack of moderation has led to a decline of the board.

All those reasons and more.

[tonyparra]

Ill cut the lights off when you all leave

[stocktrader23]

Originally Posted by tonyparra

buy my sig!

I guess if you can live on slave labor wages you can stick around longer than everyone else.

[amateurbfs]

All forums are dying, all online communities are dying.. Where are the people now? facebook.com

[signupdamnit]

Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Changed industry most likely.

Many affiliates have left and many more soon will. That's going to have a snowball effect on everything which depended on them in some way - domains, content, forums, programming, etc. This will in turn cause further downward pressure on prices for these things and in turn cause even more to leave the industry.

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally Posted by punkpred

Shut the fuck up you tosser!

tosser... that's a funny word.

[candyflip]

Originally Posted by Jack Sparrow

Fakenicks, liars, trolls, and no mods around is what happend.

Sounds like GFY when GFY was cool.

[u-Bob]

1. let the bots index the board but 'nocache' all pages.
2. open the board but limit the number of pages nonmembers can see (to let's say 3 pages).
3. improve the review procedure for new accounts. (gotta be a lot faster).
4. enforce contest rules. most contest are filed with people who break both the contest rules and the gfy rules regarding contests. they post more than 50 times in contest threads, they post back2back,...

[Cyber Fucker]

When compared to other boards it is not that slow.

[signupdamnit]

Originally Posted by u-Bob

2. open the board but limit the number of pages nonmembers can see (to let's say 3 pages).

I hate that shit. It makes me want to track down the forum owner and choke them.

[Jack Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Machete_

so why are you still here with multiple nicks?

I dont need multiple nicks you fake fool. But since we are at it, why dont you show some proof?

Wankers like you who have no biz here is what caused a lot of REAL biz people not posting anymore.

Cant blame them either. Gfy is fun to waste time at, nothing more.

[cherrylula]

less sales, less money, less people...

and it's slowed down because of Facebook and text messaging too, that is where my gfy time is now spent.

[u-Bob]

Originally Posted by signupdamnit

I hate that shit. It makes me want to track down the forum owner and choke them.

I hear yah, but it:
- would increase biz from people that find biz threads through Google.
- would increase signups.
- would prevent clueless surfers from getting too much info.

[Agent 488]

Originally Posted by Cyber Fucker

When compared to other boards it is not that slow.

other boards that used to be filled with business are just a couple posts a day. things have just changed.

[Jack Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Agent 488

other boards that used to be filled with business are just a couple posts a day. things have just changed.

Because they are being moderated and actually contain biz posts.

Gfy is for surfers, trolls, fakenicks and haters. Thats ok, just dont mix it up with real biz. Its kindergarten lunchbreak at best and the people who are in charge dont give a fuck either.

Im so glad my mainstream biz is doing better and better each day

[Redrob]

Definitely slowing down compared to a few years ago.

[chronig]

Originally Posted by dropped9

where the fuck did everyone go? Another board?

They went back to their original job

[chronig]

[Amputate Your Head]

Originally Posted by cherrylula

less sales, less money, less people...

and it's slowed down because of Facebook and text messaging too, that is where my gfy time is now spent.

yep.

most people that are actually interested in making money & progress have stopped "fucking themselves" already.

99% of my GFY time is now spent elsewhere. I only come here to waste time once in a while as a break from other things.

[anexsia]

I also have to agree with stocktrader on this one, why not open GFY to everyone? I found this forum by sheer luck and I have fallen in love with GFY...it can be a good place to learn about the industry and find good people to do business with once you sort through all the trolls and idiots here. I really don't see the harm in opening up the forum to everyone though, it can lead to a lot of opportunities for people that sell things here, for webmasters to promote their new websites/blogs, for sponsors to offer their programs to new adult webmasters, for people to gain knowledge about the industry, and well...the list could go on.

[fatfoo]

This is the biggest porn webmaster forum online.

[Agent 488]

i agree open it up to google and new submissions, but it's not like people are going to come flooding in. there are a million ways to make money online now. a million more than a couple years ago even.

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

Originally Posted by Agent 488

i agree open it up to google and new submissions, but it's not like people are going to come flooding in. there are a million ways to make money online now. a million more than a couple years ago even.

yet there are still just as many newbs now as ever who don't know anything about the state of the industry and imagine it's a goldmine. there's no less wannabe porn webmasters now than there were a year ago, or two years before that, or whenever before that.

if the forum was open to everyone, at least they'd have a chance to signup and fail for a couple months before they realize it's a total waste of their time.

[Agent 488]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

yet there are still just as many newbs now as ever who don't know anything about the state of the industry and imagine it's a goldmine. there's no less wannabe porn webmasters now than there were a year ago, or two years before that, or whenever before that.

if the forum was open to everyone, at least they'd have a chance to signup and fail for a couple months before they realize it's a total waste of their time.

yep no point keeping it a "business" board when the business bros are going under every week and fucking off with the cash.

might as well make this the warrior forum of porn. i can sell wordpress templates specially designed for adult blogs and ebooks on how to start a tube.

[SpicyM]

Originally Posted by CunningStunt

Changed industry most likely.

This is by far the most active still out of about 30 remaining adult boards. I had a list of 50 back in 2001, 20 of them have totally gone.

30?

I would say there are like 5 active adult boards ATM.

[CaptainHowdy]

Welcome to GFY, can I take your order?

[wild johnny]

New people post questions and sometimes those questions are good ideas. Dam free good ideas that maybe worth something who would of thunk it... DUH!!

Let em in..

Another point everyone has totally missed is the new rep system.

Sure it is a joke to all those who have traded and have a whole line of green under their name. Well the joke is on them....

{{{WHAT}}} no one has noticed is that many are not posting their opinions to topics because if that opinion is in contrast to one of the ole kings around here you get negative repped!!!! I know this first hand....

Before the new rep system came into being you could actually enter into a conversation/debate over a topic. But not anymore. So the new toy for the ole kings is also running people off or just making lurkers out of them.... Whether you want to believe it or not......

That's my court jester's opinion...

[stocktrader23]

Originally Posted by wild johnny

{{{WHAT}}} no one has noticed is that many are not posting their opinions to topics because if that opinion is in contrast to one of the ole kings around here you get negative repped!!!! I know this first hand....
\

Please see my reputation then see how much opinion I've posted around here lately.

[wild johnny]

Originally Posted by stocktrader23

Please see my reputation then see how much opinion I've posted around here lately.

What I said does not apply to those who can give out rep. If you ( stocktrader23 ) could not give out rep then you would most likely not have all that green going on there. You know that as well as I do..

I read your posts all the time, I know you are more observant than this...

[eroticsexxx]

Originally Posted by wild johnny

Before the new rep system came into being you could actually enter into a conversation/debate over a topic. But not anymore. So the new toy for the ole kings is also running people off or just making lurkers out of them.... Whether you want to believe it or not......

[Barefootsies]

Originally Posted by stocktrader23

When I used to sell shit here I sold about 20% to board members and 80% to non posters. They were either silent lurkers or found the board through search engines. Since the main sections are closed down this is no longer an option.

That is how it's always been in regards to qualified, big budget, buyers.