Maybe I should do that... Oh wait I already did!

https://gfy.com/gfy-rules-and-regulations-/

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Marina watches too much of my porn!

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I like to consider myself in the adult industry, too, but my concern was that I don't have links in my sig, and I'll be honest in that I don't really discuss business on here. Once I finally get things rolling the way I want, that will most likely change, as I know there's a lot of you guys I'd love to work with from a business perspective. But looking at my posts and profile alone, I could be branded a surfer.

Ok now we need a pic of you in a french maid's outfit... Oui OUI!!! :winkwink:

I'll second that one.

It will be put up or shut up time. Users will be able to call out individual posters who either state they are not part of the industry or prove they are such. The mods will then follow up with that user with a private email to discuss with them their involvement in the industry. If it is determined that the user is part of the industry they will be cleared and allowed to stay.

Abuse of reporting users to the Mods will result in the reporting user being banned, this is not to be a situation where you say, "I don't like so and so, so I am going to report him as a surfer and get him banned."

It isn't a perfect system, but it is the best option we have.

So did I just "put up" without being called out? :thumbsup

You are fine

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I'm glad to see this. Be good to get back to the business of doing business.

Thanks Eric! there has been alot of random people around :(

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Doin' the Happy Dance...

http://www.tvdance.com/baseketball/8a.gif

Very happy about this, hope this will attract some new business peeps to the boards

a lot of work but it would work..........

I am glad you brought this up. So let me clarify one thing.

Just because someone doesn't share the same opinion that you have on things such as Tubes, Piracy, Free Content, etc. This does not make them a Surfer, Pirate, etc.

If you plan to report someone as a surfer, you better have your shit in order as to why you are claiming them to be so.

I am going to outsource it to you... That should scare enough people!

just charge $9.95 a month to access gfy - who cannot afford that shouldnt be here anyways

LMAO that would be awesome!!

Yet I totally agree - what has hurt the industry in boards is the onslaught of surfers who post and harass others - bullying. We're here to have fun and to do business - which has become more difficult when you're getting surfers alike who only want to create problems and bully because they feel they can do it here.

Good luck Eric and feel free to hit me up if I can help in any way

Perhaps make it cost $250 to accuse someone of being a surfer. If proven to be a adult webmaster prior to the accusation $100 goes to the wrongly accused and $150 stays with GFY as a fee. The accuser loses the $250. If the person is found to be a surfer after all, then all monies are returned to the accuser and the accused is banned. Just a humble suggestion. :2 cents:

Free to join, $9.95 to post. :2 cents:

Gets my vote. Oh wait, that might not work in my favour...

Good call Eric.

That would be an interesting marketing study.

For those that post here - how many actually pay for porn vs. just come here to complain and grab free pics/movies off the threads and get links to free tube sites

thank god. way too many surfers here. Agent88 and Machete_ while they sit on this site 24/7 and bump threads they ruin it by trolling people and having nothing to contribute ever, except harassment.


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lay the ban hammer down.



Would be nice if "donation" or "charity" threads were approved before being posted too.

Shit. I'm going to have to ask my boss at the pizza shop for a raise. :winkwink:

would never work. you couldn't get 100 people to pay that every month, and then when only 100 people are posting those people would stop paying it. He would lose all banner ad and skinning revenue.

If it was a 1 time charge, the trolls would still pay it. While they don't make any money they can still afford to spend $10. So it wouldn't solve much.

how about if you are an asshole 24/7 and don't contribute anything and no one can vouch for who you are (no one) meaning you do business with no one, no designers, programmers, traffic people, affiliate programs, etc... no one can say "hey i know him or did business with him" and you can't prove to eric you in the industry then you get booted. You can't check everyone but who cares about the people who contribute or don't cause problems, its the asshole trolls in every thread that stay anonymous and talk shit to everyone who cause the most trouble and likely not in the industry.

Well knowing Eric as I have for many years - I am sure we can start by simply ignoring new email address's that aren't associated with the adult industry such as hotmail / gmail etc.

Secondly to have a closer look at sig's and those who post without them. Simply put if you don't have one now - there is a strong (not 100%) chance you're not in the industry. Here you can be temporarily held from posting until such time you can prove you're actually working in the industry.

There are a great many ways to verify which I know Eric and his team are creative and thorough to make sure anyone who gets removed will be in fact a surfer.

you wouldn't pay to post in a thread called "why does my dog lick his balls all the time" but when the thread is about something you want to sell i'm sure you will pay. i'd still make it monthly $9.95 to access the board in total. and when a troll is so desperate to pay 10 bucks to troll so let him...

As of right now I don't do business with anyone here, so I'd have no designers, programmers, affiliates, traffic people, etc. to vouch for me. Though I have bought content from Stefan in the past. :thumbsup

Yes!!!! Awesome!!! Crack down on the fake nicks used for trolling too.:thumbsup

i'd pay $9.95 one time, but so will trolls, it wouldn't change much. This is 24/7 entertainment for a lot of trolls. $9.95 one time fee is a lot of bang for their buck for the entertainment they get here fucking with people. Monthly fee would weed out the trolls, but you would lose too many real people too. Some people here don't make much money but do have a lot of good stuff to contribute and they not going to shell out $100+ a year just to contribute here, they will go to another board that is free and doesn't have a problem with trolls and surfers.

And in all honesty its the people who post here and contribute and help others are the last ones that ever should have to pay anything. It's those people that make the site have value, keeps the people coming back and keeps the advertising dollars flowing.

fucking LOL'd

so if you're not a sigwhore, you're not in the biz?

do you realize there are people who can earn money without anyone's help ad they simply dont need to whore anything in the sig?


on the contrary, i'd say if you have a sig chances are you're a nobody

You know what I constantly find amazing about this place?

This board is for the Adult "industry" (and use that word loosely because what it that really is, for the most part, is a select few of very smart individuals and a large group of social misfits riding on their coat tails and high fiving each other over cheap hookers at "conventions".). The Adult industry as we know it only exists in the United States becausse it is protected free speech. So here's the kicker then, a group of people that rely on being able to express themselves even if others are offended, want to run off the people that say things they don't like.

For instance, what has Gideon Gallery actually done to HARM Robbie's business other than to raise our dear little rockstar's blood pressure? Poor Robbie doesn't like what he has to say though, so better get rid of him all together!

Some of you are such amazing hypocrits it's sad. What's sadder still is you don't even see it. What's perhaps the saddest of all is that even after I took 2 minutes out of my precious life to point it out to you, you're still not going to get it.

If only people would use a bit of common sense they would have lasted as long as many of us here on GFY :) Well some would probably prefer if we hadn't.

then you do have someone to vouch for you.

here is a honest question then, if you are currently doing no business in this industry why are you here?

What pisses me off the most, and the ignore function is nice but you still get to see posts when others quote them, is the anonymous fake nick assholes. They might be in the industry but they make new accounts and act like assholes and don't stand behind what they say. They are coward little punk ass bitches. Fake nicks should be exposed for who they really are on the spot. I am sure Eric can catch most of them and exposing them here would be a good way to help keep it in check.

Understood but there probably needs to be a balance. I mean in theory couldn't 1,000 surfers join GFY right now and turn it into the next PornBB where rapidshare links to pirated content are posted? It's an industry forum not a surfer forum.

Yeah me too.