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Originally Posted by will76
the guy is right though. recurring membership sales do exist to try to get as much money out of the members as possible and hope that people forget. companies (not just porn) thrive on getting people in to paying for something or even giving it to them for free, as long as there is recurring charges. Hell direct tv just got me with that shit, gave me 3 months free for Showtime I didn't want it but he said it was free so like an idiot (like most people) i said ok. So of course idiot me forgets to cancel and see i've been paying a couple months for it. It happens all the time.
With regards to porn sites (pics and videos) he is right even more. A customer sign ups for 1 month and gets access to everything you produced since day one, thousands and thousands of videos. So that is a good deal for the price. So the next month, you expect him to pay same price $30+ for those hand full of new updates you will make that month. What is the value in that? Everything he liked he could have downloaded it already as well so he does need to pay to keep seeing it. Not to mention he is also right about all of this porn being out there for free and easy to find so you have to more than ever give them value they can't get someone else for free if you expect them to join much less rebill each month.
to the question... Did the OP over react ???
I think you handled it a little over the top. You look like you took offense and was very defensive to someone who is willing to pay and is giving you a lot of honest feedback. Even if it wasn't what you wanted to hear. Not to mention he is right about everything he is saying. I didn't see where he was asking for everything for free stuff. Granted I would be pissed too if I caught him sharing my shit for free though.
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Yeah Will, that was the jist of it man, feeling violated at that. And PornBB is a busy friggin board... I don't disagree, I do agree with what the surfer is saying, but I won't pull my recurring options because of that. I do update and people can still feel a connection with a concept. The recurring is there for them. I think most of my peers would agree with this.
However, if some of the top dogs would clean up and take the lead and be MORE PROACTIVE with passes and shit, would sites like pornbb really have any fuel to exist?!?
Other than the .rar sharing that they do?
I don't know, our industry is so fucked up! How long, we as an industry will continue to pay for our sins of the past and fucking over faceless surfers that have ALL revolted en masse? I don't know. People talk about ideas here but until we can cohesively implement them, I don't know. I can only police my content and continue to know my traffic and know my surfer. And chastise them when they do stupid blatant shit like posting passwords...
But it is sad that the little guy now is more proactive than the multimillion dollar porn houses. Just fucking sad imho. We should be looking up to them, not frantically putting out fires that they do not give a shit about anymore...