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Hey folks!

Seeing DWB's thread got me thinking. A lot of us here remember the GFY of years past. For some reason, we seem to think it was better. Let's remind ourselves what made it better and who made it better and maybe we can bring back some of that "tits or GTFO" charm. :thumbsup

Things I Liked About GFY

- you could say anything, get in a conversation with anyone, and it would be fairly entertaining. It wouldn't ALWAYS devolve into trash talking, but the best threads did. Much popcorn was had because the struggles were between characters we knew and loved or loved to hate.

- you could find someone willing to help. There was easy access to people with industry experience or skills that you needed. Odds were good that they would even reply to requests for assistance or information. Beneath the bluster, most of us were good folks.

People I Appreciated

RedShoe's video skills were awesome and I really enjoyed his posts.

SleazyDream had a great idea going with his Ambush Interviews. It was a neat inside look in an AMA style thread that everyone participated in. Here's one: https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-p...view-elli.html

Quiet had great advice and didn't get involved in shitposting. I always respected him for that.

Now it's your turn. :pimp

Bump because... BUMP!

I want a "like" button so bad.

GAMEIFY ALL THE THINGS!

There are great minds that still lurk here. The industry has changed, so I'm sure most are busy with the new opportunities to jump on (before others do).
Although SleazyDream site was great he got trashed/trolled a lot, most of them its from jealousy, I'm sure..

you bumped it a minute after she posted it lol

what was the question again?

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tits or GTFO, Elli! :winkwink:

Ya, I just remember a different time when CCbill staff posted here and many other sponsors. It seems like these days sponsors are only here when spamming or defending themselves when a poster calls them out.

This board used to be so fast moving that threads started in the AM were on page 2 by noon if it wasn't getting responses.

But even today I still do make deals and get some work done via PMs or email from people that post here but it's just not as open as it once was.

Same here

I think things really changed here when someone would announce a new site and their site would be ripped and up on all tube sites & 5 clone sites within 24 hours.

That stopped sponsors from posting business here much.

Then affiliates became tube owners scraping sponsors sites.

As sponsors died out because no real 2257 companies at the time, affiliates that became tube owners started competing with each other.

That stopped tube owners / affiliates from posting business here much.

Now most the people complaining about GFY are lurkers that don't contribute threads and are pissed they can't glean info from those who don't want their ideas or content stolen :2 cents:

Ryu! Yeah, I took to lurking here because there was just so much shitposting going on. It didn't feel productive. I'm suspecting it happens in any industry as it matures. 15 years ago (WHA?!?) we were all in the same boat, figuring things out as we went. Now there are huge players with actual employees and health plans and boards of directors and there is more stratification.

Sleazy dished out as good as he got. IDIOT. :1orglaugh

Ahem. Valid comments aside, this thread is for ruminating about the positive aspects of GFY.

kthx.

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no honor among thieves

its definitely tricky making money in an unregulated market. i fight hackers 24/7

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I'm so sorry my bad.

In 2004 I found the prior art that crushed the Acia patent trolls case against webmaster. I posted the info here people were excited. Paul Markham rewarded me (the only one to do so) with $500 free content :thumbsup

People still band together to help each other here even to this day :thumbsup

Scott was troll. And a good one. he fucked with a lot of people here and many of us have emulated his style since to try and carry on the tradition. His provocations are what mostly compelled people to respond, not jealousy. He was a master GFY shit disturber.

Oh wow, that's awesome! I remember some sleepless nights due to Acacia. Ah, what an exciting time. :winkwink:

agreeing with you! Sleazy helped my partner with some coding or something to get our site images all part and parcel, it was 4 in the morning and my partner was not going to sleep until her got it done, strangely enough, it was sleazydream helped with a few others and my partner got some sleep...

we need to help people more, less stress on each other and appreciate what each of us do :thumbsup

I tend to embrace décadence so . . .

That's so cool!

Shemp was kind enough to give me a job, which got me in the door as an employee type person in the industry instead of a model. I wouldn't be where I am today if he hadn't reached out and given me a chance. There is a lot of kindness here, hiding beneath the crusty surface.

GFY was always full of non sense about everything but porn. It used to be a common complaint since I joined in 2003 that there was too much non business..

Even I had that complaint originally.. I mean fuck. who remembers all the contest whores...

The contests were fun! And once they were restricted to one a month or whatever, it was easy to ignore them. :)

Bump for the other lurkers I KNOW YOU'RE HERE I SEE YOU.

Just make a Paxum sucks thread and 1000 lurkers will post.

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I see nicks in those threads that I never heard of; but that means they are making
money to worry about Paxum.

It was too good an idea I just couldn't wait!

The truth is our industry has changed. The original crew that made GFY what it was is gone. Some people got run out of the business, others made their money and moved on, and others just decided to do something different. I too remember coming to GFY with an HTML issue and someone would reach out to me on ICQ and help me fix it.

This is why I stopped going to the shows. I go to the shows and I don't know anyone at the show any more.

The people who are still here have changed, grown older, and matured. Politics plays a bigger role in our lives. Our industry has always been political since long before all of us joined the industry. With the recent changes in American politics we are just much more vocal about it.

GFY got rid of all the good trolls. The only ones left are rubbish ones like me.

i tried to sign up for your program. it no workie man..

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Mr. Shemp is the bestest. I was a new gallery builder who was struggling and he took time to encourage me. I believe that he gave me a submitter account as well and that was back when those things were pay to play.

I doubt that I would have stayed in adult if it weren't for him. There was one other guy who helped me. Unfortunately, I can't remember his name. He gave me some extra work writing text for free sites that got me through while I was learning the ropes.

I miss juicy d and his gifs

I would argue, this is the EXACT reason you should go to the shows again. Fresh people, fresh ideas and concepts. Fresh people to do business with.

I don't mind meeting new people, new fresh ideas, etc.
That's part of being an entrepreneur Richard. :2 cents: :thumbsup

:2 cents: . . .

Nearly every day I could find some info that would help me to build things better or faster or simply another site to promote. I also could find something to laugh about daily.

that guy Shemp blocked you from being a model........For Shame:winkwink:

Oh, don't be such a despair bear, Roc.

If I may be so bold, I suspect you don't recognize people at shows anymore because you stopped going to shows. Just sayin'. :winkwink:

That is so awesome! It's the little things, isn't it? Just hiring someone for a bit job can get them in the door to so much opportunity.

... dur, what? Dude, my site is still up.

Never mind, i have my boards screwed up. lol. Too many boards back in the day, not enough boards now.

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That video should be in a horror movie! :2 cents: :upsidedow
j/k :1orglaugh

That was from Ski Party, the winter version of Beach Blanket Bingo. That is Dwayne Hickman (Dobie Gillis) and Frankie Avalon in the front seat on the right.

Classic camp from the 60's :thumbsup

From the summary on IMDB
So many of the beach movies followed that theme where performers would just show up at odd times and start performing ;p

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