Is GFY just a joke now?
 

Seriously is this place just a joke? used to be a great place for webmasters to discuss the industry, make connections, do business.

Now? just the same trolls going off about the same things...does anyone still work? Have the real webmasters moved on?

Anyone moderate this thing? (honest question)

Serious business happens on facebook. Over here we're mostly drunk and or high people typing the stupidest shit we can think of.

I'll take that as a yes

I agree there is a serious lack of moderation in this place, this used to good back in the day, now it's neither funny nor interesting.

Hey you fixed your sig! GJ breh :1orglaugh

The industry has changed. I don't see anything different about this site other than that.

so the industry is now a joke?

also you joined in 2011 so...you likely don't know what GFY used to be like

Outsourced some foreigner to do it

With the affiliate model now almost dead...the purpose of GFY is sort of in question a bit.

Coming on here to make Affiliate Program announcements when there are only a handful of viable affiliates (as opposed to thousands in the past) doesn't make much sense.

Neither does B2B communication. If I need to talk to another owner, I'll just contact them directly.

So I guess the place is sort of a virtual locker room to kind of hang out and shoot the shit. At least that's how I see it.

flashfire, replied in your buy > sell post. I agree - I used to do so much business here but those days are long gone.

A shame that the forum has gone in the direction it has.

Well, the real issue is the loss of affiliates. I see it in my stats and it concerns me.

GFY used to be the place for affiliates and Program Owners to discuss real business and make connections. Now, most "Program Owners" have left or sold out, most of the adult biz is now focusing on cams and dating and affiliates, the lifeblood of the Adult Industry, are almost all gone.

Sure the "big guys" (whale affiliates with most of the traffic/resources) are still around but they no longer need GFY to dobusiness (however much is left to do).

But GFY is still a useful place to check out - you just have to ignore all the Donald Trump garbage. LOL

since you joined in 2011

The Porn Nerd just explained it perfectly. :)

The primary problem with GFY is the fact that fake nics and people not in the industry are allowed to annoy, berate or cast doubt on actual businesses and their owners. The CEO of an actual company isn't interested in posting a new product launch here so that a half-dozen trolls can curse at him... So the CEOs don't post, and the trolls do.

Most CEOs have moved on to private boards, phone calls, facebook and other forms of direct communication... while the same trolls who accelerated their departure are often the most vocal about the need to bring them back. Ironic but true.

whats left lol

maybe people don't do sales because they post BS on here all day instead of working

If I were an advertiser on here I would tell them to get their shit together and ban the obvious trolls who just go off on the same shit all day. Discussing current events is one thing but would you really want your companies name attached to some of this crap?

You can thank dumb fucks like assmonkey, wehateporn, and johnnydipshit..

Dropped the mic, thread closed.

Agreed. I have launched four new paysites since September and have not announced a single one on here. Why? So trolls can berate my Program and shit all over my work? No thanks.

Actually no. For me, I work all the time and come here ONLY when my computer is busy doing five other things. LOL No, I think if there were sales to be had people would still be chasing them. Now the sales come from other places than GFY affiliates.

if you use firefox you can use this to get rid of people like johnnyclips though you'll have to add his name in as its currently not there.

https://gfy.com/20624055-post76.html

if you use chrome
https://gfy.com/20622223-post1.html

I never understood why people attempt to discredit and write off someone because of a join date or post count. I guess it works in your current logic, but doesn't seem like a long term business strategy. I can understand if it was a person with a few posts that just joined yesterday.

Even though Ive been in the industry since 96, I haven't always posted, or spend all my day posting, hence the join date and low post count. This board has ALWAYS had a lot of that, and nothing has changed. That part has just got old.

And I never said the industry was a joke. That was a response any troll would be proud of.

So to sum it up... the industry has changed. So, clean the shit out of your ears, get back to work and stop being a troll. :thumbsup

I'm just a Newbie, trying to make sense of it all.
I haven't had ICQ in 15 years, do people still do business on there?

Was responding to a guy who joined in 2011 telling me that GFY has always been a joke...it hasn't. Obviously I would know more about what went on here in the early days than someone who joined more recently

I have done some MASSIVE deals on this very site, millions of dollars involved and that is not a joke to me.

every day

I couldn't agree more. Ten years ago, this was THE place to conduct business. Not so much anymore. Real business takes place elsewhere...

For a long time I was one of the biggest buyers on here...had you been around in those days you would know.

I still do massive deals, just not on this clown show

Someone who was here and knows what he is talking about:thumbsup

I blame moderators/admin for this situation. If you let this kind of people in, this is what happens.

Well ...

"Hello Naughty it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks"


* not that i contributed a lot to anybody's wealth here, ever.

uh oh! :1orglaugh

I've said this for some time now... GFY needs to change itself into a general board, with a smaller webmaster section.

This still works for me :thumbsup

doubtful the owners want stormfront 2 in their portfolio.

lol !!!

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So you say forum is pretty similar now as it was in 2011? What did it take you so long to create this thread then? :1orglaugh

GFY used to be great 10-12 years ago (this is a new nick) and was exciting looking out for new sites to promote, promo days and offers and new affilate programs opening.

It used to be the source of breaking news and the board moved so fast you could post a new thread and would be off the 1st page within 20mins if no-one replied to it.

The sigs were better too - and people actually used to buy them and the banner ads at the top were way better then - except those with fucking audio.

Hell, I even miss those fucking annoying contest threads where no-bodies would be posting constantly in threads pages and pages long hoping to win $25 for the 50th, 100th post or whatever!

I really miss Chio the Pirates 'chops' too :(

Time moves on I guess..

Its worse than ever...pretty proud I have one of the most viewed threads today though amid all the nonsense

seems I have trolled the trolls and didn't have to make asinine statements for clickbait

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

what exactly do you do? Own sites? Program? Hosting? Services?

how exactly are you connected with the industry?

This was a forum. Now it's a billboard.

yes you are a joke

The perfect solution would be requesting Sean Shapcott's idealistic alternatives to your concerns.

No one cares what you think.

Real webmasters are agreeing with me

People bashing me are trolls and newer join dates

no its going exactly as I thought it would

I've seen better and far worse days on GFY.

I say;
- Perma-ban the obvious hobbyists and trolls. They hurt the industry more than they benefit
- Apply rules like on BHW *only Premium members can post linke*
- Remove all GFY-staff driven events (Awards) and let the community handle it, if there is an need/interest/passion

Flashfire? more like FlashGAY

amirite guys?!?!


HIGH FIVE!

The only thing that will make changes is when advertisers start to pull out...anyway its not my site and its not my money...they can do what they want

If they like it this way so be it