The History of GFY

[Mayya]

My husband first registered in 2001 and had a long sleeve GFY T-Shirt sent to him by Lensman as being one of the first 50 to register on GFY.

He attended many GFY gatherings.

Recently with a few other "older" webmasters he was on a podcast reliving the history of online adult industry.

How many other places have gone by the wayside?

GONE:
PornResource
iBill
CozyFrog


DEAD:
Paul Markham: Photographer, probably one of the best ever (Heart Failure, cancer)
David Lace: Photographer, one of the largest ever collections (Heart attack)
JFPDude: Content guy, photographer (Drug Overdose)
Turboface: Traffic, scammer (Patrick Tither, suicide)
TurboAngel: Traffic, scammer (Last information was rehab, then silence)
LowKeyTx: Photographer, arrested for child p***, (James Greuel, Cancer)
GraphicsByTia: Graphics, Banners, Buttons (Suicide)

So many webmasters have died from this forum that actually helped shape the adult industry, it is now a skeleton of what it once was.

Looking at PRE 2005 webmasters, how many are actually left here on GFY?


Boneprone
Lensman
SexToyKing


anyone else left?

[Mayya]

Randy Shelly IME Publishing (Dead? No details)

[Mayya]

LadyMischief (Content Manager Orgasm.com, suicide)

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Mayya

My husband first registered in 2001 and had a long sleeve GFY T-Shirt sent to him by Lensman as being one of the first 50 to register on GFY.

He attended many GFY gatherings.

Recently with a few other "older" webmasters he was on a podcast reliving the history of online adult industry.

How many other places have gone by the wayside?

GONE:
PornResource
iBill
CozyFrog


DEAD:
Paul Markham: Photographer, probably one of the best ever (Heart Failure)
David Lace: Photographer, one of the largest ever collections (Heart attack)
JFPDude: Content guy, photographer (Drug Overdose)
Turboface: Traffic, scammer (Patrick Tither, suicide)
TurboAngel: Traffic, scammer (Last information was rehab, then silence)
LowKeyTx: Photographer, arrested for child p***, (James Greuel, Cancer)
GraphicsByTia: Graphics, Banners, Buttons (Suicide)

So many webmasters have died from this forum that actually helped shape the adult industry, it is now a skeleton of what it once was.

Looking at PRE 2005 webmasters, how many are actually left here on GFY?


Boneprone
Lensman
SexToyKing


anyone else left?

Didn't Paul Markham die from cancer?

[Mayya]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Didn't Paul Markham die from cancer?

Paul had cancer but his actual cause of death was from Heart Failure. I know it's anal to write that, but even his wife said it was heart failure.

One of the best photographers in the world for Adult Images, hands down, ever.

I updated it for you.

[Killswitch]

Killswitch: Programmer, affiliate (Dead, inside)

I wish I still had my GFY shirt, mine was long sleeve red one, so not the first 50 but a later stage. I think I originally joined in late 2001.

[jscott]

Quiet, Sitesurfer & JFK gone too, RIP

[fuzebox]

Originally Posted by jscott

Quiet

Persiankitty
Datinggold (Allan Henning)

[mechanicvirus]

Not a person but I miss the Freeones hall of shame

https://web.archive.org/web/20190304...m/hallofshame/

[2MuchMark]

Rip jfk.

[Publisher Bucks]

MaxCash (Bottos, MikeFold, etc...) - What was that shitty magazine they did for a yr or so after shuttering MaxCash?
WebOverdrive (Snoops/Dondrea & Karen)
TomsNewbieBooster (A cool guy, met him in London several years back when we met Aga at Spearmint Rhinos one night)
NetPond
AdutRevenueService (Marc & Becky Deforest, JohnV)

Plus a ton more of the 'names' from back in the day.

[sarettah]

VNWR

8chars

[stickyfingerz]

Don't forget Marc Womack we lost not too long ago.

I didn't know TurboFace and TurboAngel passed. I knew too many of these names in real life.

Dirty D, Jfk. The list is getting long.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by Mayya

Paul had cancer but his actual cause of death was from Heart Failure. I know it's anal to write that, but even his wife said it was heart failure.

One of the best photographers in the world for Adult Images, hands down, ever.

I updated it for you.

Ok wow I didn't realize it was heart failure.

Turboface: Traffic, scammer (Patrick Tither, suicide)

Are you sure about this one? A quick Google search takes me to a LinkedIn page that was updated 3 weeks ago.

[Maqua]

GraphicsByTia: Tia was with Buzzard, Dravyk from All Of Em, I heard PK passed away, Meat, man lots of good peeps

[sarettah]

Nickatilynx

[Spunky]

After 22 years @ GFY, I'm grateful I lasted this long and also shake my head and wonder wtf was I thinking

[jscott]

PureTotty (aka Steve), another one lost.

[King Mark]

I didn't know turbo angel died.

[INever]

2005, surfers were paying to see cameltoe on TR.

[King Mark]

Bro wtf

I didn't know LadyMischief self deleted too 🤔

Is this all real confirmed?

[emmasexytime]

can you please share the podcast please?

[Major Tom Thanks Duke]

Lots of good people dead. Too bad this industry eats its own.

[Speigelau]

Originally Posted by Mayya

My husband first registered in 2001 and had a long sleeve GFY T-Shirt sent to him by Lensman as being one of the first 50 to register on GFY.

He attended many GFY gatherings.

Recently with a few other "older" webmasters he was on a podcast reliving the history of online adult industry.

How many other places have gone by the wayside?

GONE:
PornResource
iBill
CozyFrog


DEAD:
Paul Markham: Photographer, probably one of the best ever (Heart Failure, cancer)
David Lace: Photographer, one of the largest ever collections (Heart attack)
JFPDude: Content guy, photographer (Drug Overdose)
Turboface: Traffic, scammer (Patrick Tither, suicide)
TurboAngel: Traffic, scammer (Last information was rehab, then silence)
LowKeyTx: Photographer, arrested for child p***, (James Greuel, Cancer)
GraphicsByTia: Graphics, Banners, Buttons (Suicide)

So many webmasters have died from this forum that actually helped shape the adult industry, it is now a skeleton of what it once was.

Looking at PRE 2005 webmasters, how many are actually left here on GFY?


Boneprone
Lensman
SexToyKing


anyone else left?

Can you please identify the podcast you're referring to, many of us would like to listen to it.

Didn't realize Turboface and Turboangel were scammers. I knew they split up and had some financial struggles.

Also Mayya, your English is vastly improved from all your previous posting, are you sure this isn't your boyfriend posting this?

[TheVoy]

why are there so many suicides?

[adamneve]

some of these names bring up good memories

[Publisher Bucks]

Originally Posted by TheVoy

why are there so many suicides?

Most of us are crazy in some way, shape or form and the adult industry isn't exactly 'easy' on a persons overall mental health and wellbeing, its probably one of the most stress inducing career choices a person can make, learning new marketing techniques regularly, adjusting products being promoted, dealing with shady sponsors, surfers, affiliates, billing companies that go bust or delay payments, programs closing sites down left and right, the list of things that are negative is endless... That said, there are a ton of positives to be had, id venture a guess it depends on the person and how well they can handle stress, personal life and balancing it with the adult industry.

I do wonder how the suicide rate when it comes to those working 'online' marries up to those offline , like-to-like figure wise.

[directfiesta]

TexasDreams ( moderator ) RIP

[Lace]

Lots of memorable names here.

Surprised I'm still around after 20+ years.

[CaptainHowdy]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

TexasDreams ( moderator ) RIP

. . .

[KrisKross]

RIP to PersianKitty. JFK too.

Whatever happened to Amputate Your Head and FletchXXX? I think Amp said he had cancer and then kinda disappeared? What about Fletch?

Remember once upon a time, people would sell their sig for $1000-1500 a month?

Remember you'd save milestone posts for big announcements? And now here I am making my 5000th post with this comment.

[awesome]

RIP Hungryman

[CaptainHowdy]

Guess that history and obituary are pretty much the same thing . . .

[Paul]

Webby

An absolute wealth of knowledge and was happy to share what he knew always on GFY

British guy, was living out in Costa Rica. I think he passed away around 2007/2008

[Paul]

Originally Posted by jscott

PureTotty (aka Steve), another one lost.

He died in 2020/2021, may have been from covid. He was only around 54 years old, he didn't look after himself though which is sad

[NYRangers]

Originally Posted by Mayya

LadyMischief (Content Manager Orgasm.com, suicide)

Educate me on this one as Orgasm.com has been ours since the mid 90's. Not that we have been doing anything with it in years but I would think I would know the people in our company.

So tell me about this person because I am curious.

[King Mark]

Originally Posted by NYRangers

Educate me on this one as Orgasm.com has been ours since the mid 90's. Not that we have been doing anything with it in years but I would think I would know the people in our company.

So tell me about this person because I am curious.

https://gfy.com/members/ladymischief/

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by awesome

RIP Hungryman

Damn Hungryman died?

RIP.

That dude was always good for some laughs...especially that JJJay debacle where he had that dude move all the way from England and told him he had a big house only to find out he was renting a room in the basement.

[OneHungLo]

Originally Posted by KrisKross

Remember once upon a time, people would sell their sig for $1000-1500 a month?

Weren't some people getting like 5-10k a month?

[DTK]

This place is a morgue, in more ways than one..

[abshard]

Originally Posted by NYRangers

Educate me on this one as Orgasm.com has been ours since the mid 90's. Not that we have been doing anything with it in years but I would think I would know the people in our company.

So tell me about this person because I am curious.

Her sig says..

Content Manager - orgasm.com
[email protected]

[KrisKross]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Weren't some people getting like 5-10k a month?

I wouldn't be surprised, I'm sure those who were really well known had behind-the-scenes deals that would've been in that range. Industry nobodies who were just post whores were making $1000+ and even guys with a few hundred posts could make an extra $300.

I remember Lensman and Adult.com were paying something like 25 cents a post instead of a flat rate. Companies like Adult.com, TCG and Quickbuck were spending 10s of thousands a month on sigs. It didn't last long but what a wild time it was!

[LouiseLloyd]

Any updates on Baddog?

[CurrentlySober]

Originally Posted by LouiseLloyd

Any updates on Baddog?

Still alive. Not banned I believe - Simply not choosing to poost.

[natkejs]

Originally Posted by OneHungLo

Weren't some people getting like 5-10k a month?

Some people were boosting up to 15k deals.

How much they were actually paid is a different question, but the larger the official sum the better both for the poster and the affiliate program. Makes the poster look like a baller and the affiliate program comes off as stacked and successful.

Win win!

[2MuchMark]

Does anyone here remember Mediaguy? He was a good guy who worked for me. Very likeable, very smart... he had a crazy-bad problem with alcohol as those who know him would confirm. He did not pass away, but he went broke and homeless back in 2014 and is still homeless today, 10 years later. It's incredibly sad. I want to hope that one day he will pull himself back up but after 10 years, I don't think he will.

[fuzebox]

Originally Posted by TheVoy

why are there so many suicides?

BigD (Donny the guy who sold tattoo space to affiliate programs on his arm) killed himself after fucking me and others out of a lot of money and absolutely destroying the condo I rented to him.

[jscott]

Originally Posted by fuzebox

BigD (Donny the guy who sold tattoo space to affiliate programs on his arm) killed himself after fucking me and others out of a lot of money and absolutely destroying the condo I rented to him.

I was thinking of him but couldn't remember his name, that guy I met in Miami and seemed off his rocker, then couple years later heard he killed himself. Sucks what he did to you and the others, but he never seemed like a trustworthy type of guy. You seem like you have good judgement Fuze, why'd you let your guard down???

[KrisKross]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Does anyone here remember Mediaguy? He was a good guy who worked for me. Very likeable, very smart... he had a crazy-bad problem with alcohol as those who know him would confirm. He did not pass away, but he went broke and homeless back in 2014 and is still homeless today, 10 years later. It's incredibly sad. I want to hope that one day he will pull himself back up but after 10 years, I don't think he will.

This is so wild to me. I remember Greg from a few parties and his participation here. Like you said, very likeable and lots of fun. Years went by and I completely forgot about him until I was watching the news one day and there was a piece about homeless people (I think specifically how they had trouble finding places that would accept pets) and one of the guys they spoke with was Greg. Sad to hear he's still on the streets

[Mr Pheer]

Originally Posted by LouiseLloyd

Any updates on Baddog?

Alive and well, and banned as fuck here. I've asked Tasty1 if he can be unbanned, but Tasty couldn't even be courteous enough to respond.