why is bradshaw trying to be like lensman
 

he opened that message forum and now he is opening his own hosting company

doesnt he know there can only be one lensman :helpme

immitation is the best form of flattery i guess though :thumbsup

some people are wannabes-but-aint-never-gonnabes








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Uhmm... anything that Brad Shaw does is an imitation of someone else's stuff.

And I'm not saying that to be mean.. he'll tell you the same thing straight up.

If it works, why not do it too?

Forums and Hosting companies aren't exactly the latest business move - In fact, I'd consider both to be some of the most saturated markets online. Everyone has a forum, be it adult or some obscure topic. And hosting companies? All newbies have $9.95 reseller accounts, pawning off their one man, fly by night service, as some huge datacenter.

Success is often imitated ... I forget the rest. Anyway, GFY is big because we're here... I have a message board too; it won't make money until people go to it. Heck, I don't even go to it :)

Im sure he has enough contacts to get the hosting biz he needs!

damn, B...that's pretty harsh. :(

Err... I think Brads hosting company has been around for alot longer than Jupiter.
No idea whos is "better", but this isn't really about that.

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I think GFY is GFY for a bunch of reasons.

#1 because they have an awesome brand name for the occassion :)

#2 probably being because they were the first big threaded forum success on the scene & therefor they have the largest searchable post archive.

Somewhere you can factor in the promos, drama & the fact that so many new people manage to find this place daily.

I see a lot of forums these days offering $$ per post... but imo, that isn't what makes a good forum.

You gotta work it ;)




Anyway for those that really care about this stuff... someone did an interview with Lensman awhile back and they were talking aobut the success of GFY.

you forgot about browser address type-in`s ;)

errr...I think he's talking about Brad Shaw, not Brad Mitchell. :winkwink:

Doh. Shows how much I know.

I thought the "Sin Empire" was Brad Shaw.

Because Lensman makes a lot of money? Shuttup, chump.

What's wrong in opening a new hosting company, when he has all the resources to do it?

The first big pornwebmaster's forum was porncity.net where Lensman was posting on a daily basis.

He then "copied" porncity by opening GFY which became the success we all know today.

Everybody copy everybody in this biz....

i had a wired magazine a while back where this gentleman was discussing new revelations in business and he said the most successful innovators are often the most successful imitators

i am inclined to agree

We talking about Cristal hosting? I was under the impression that he's just helping out a friend.

I was having a bad night :Graucho :Graucho
Holiday has cut into my hoeing bidness

Bradshaw is a nice guy, fuck the haters.

If you are going to emulate someone.. you could do a hell of a lot worse then Lensman. :thumbsup

Thats not what Lensman did ... Thats what me and dave did with hahahahahahaha long time ago ... Lens dont have an hosting compagny does he ?

Global, who are you, and what business do you run?

Just curious, because you post shit about everyone here...

And try to play the big tough rich guy...

Yeah, thats what I thought. :1orglaugh

99% of businesses copy from others

Don't reinvent the wheel:2 cents: :2 cents:

I thought he did, at least he was posting about it awhile ago.

jupiter hosting

Jupiter ?

Thats interesting....I guess Condom/Netpond/Ynot are all copy cats of Porn City?

Not to be mean or anything...but who really gives a fuck anyway....I dont? :321GFY

But were they threaded forums before Porn City?

adult.com and wanabe.com

You got it!! :thumbsup

He stays cheap:)

I am not creative, help me out. I will paypal the winner $25. Contest ends tonight.

Best I came up with is "host with the best"
"when only the best will do"
"host with all the players"


:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Andre

maybe brad's prices will blow jupiter out the water

Cristal hosting looks sweet..i saw some pics of the datacenter

Others do already... but will the whole package beat Jupiter? Doubtful.

Didnt know that lol

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

LOL, most of you don't realize that there were other boards BEFORE GFY....


2001 was already up there... some of us have been doing this since 96...

I came around in 98 and already back then it was the era of netpond, then Adultwebmasterinfo.... and before that it was Ynot...

boards come and go, it's great that GFY is still rocking after 3+ years