Unfortunately, I am seeing some of the trolls finding their way over there as of late, but I do like that there is an expectation of being in the business in order to be a member there. With the exception of some of the ongoing banter from a couple of the UK guys (it's like they are compelled to troll one another), it is certainly a lot more slanted towards the professional and/or business aspect than GFY is. As a result, I find myself spending more time over there than here.

GFY serves a purpose though... it reveals the level of professionalism, or lack thereof, of its participants.

It's basically the same cast of characters following Markham around to troll him.

Agreed.

Yes. Those guys all need a 'time out' as their personal grievances with on another are annoying.

:2 cents:

Maybe another way to approach things would be to get some kind of plugin for the board which would "help" business related threads stay near the top longer... Moderators could tag interesting biz threads and they would stay on the first page a little longer. Just a thought.

Oh no, people who work in PORN are complaining about seeing a DICK. :upsidedow

I don't think there are really THAT many more useless threads then usual, there are just no biz threads any more so relatively speaking its just a bunch of useless threads.

Pretty much just gotta split the fucking around and program/biz section up into 2 different areas, never made much sense to me why they were together

To be honest I avoid the drama stuff because I'm just not interested. I don't know what PBBC is, I understand some kind of club like BP4L, that's as much as I know.

I saw a couple of the repeating dick pics, and read some posts of other people complaining about it, just seemed like a dick move, no pun intended. If you're trolling the trolls, whatever, it's GFY, I don't care either way.

I just think back in the days that stuff wasn't tolerated as much, and these days GFY is seemingly unmoderated.

But honestly it ebbs and flows. Things get out of control here, eventually the mods step in, do some minor dumbass pruning, and then things calm down again... only to flare up later.

This place has herpes.

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Who is denigrating the victims of bombs?

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Want it to change? When its time to renew an ad, tell them clean the board up or no more ads. That will get their attention.

TheFootMan5
So Fucking Banned

Now what's he going to do after his early shift at work? :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

So basically what you are saying is you were talking out of turn. Good to know. What are you complaining about exactly then? Funny you see 2 posts of me posting dicks is some troll threads and ask how it is tolerated, but say nothing about footmans 50 bullshit threads about conspiracies and other bullshit. How do those get past you?

I am a regular dude who does do adult business. I troll a bit and talk shit. I posted dicks in those threads for a few days and they went to the 2nd page. I don't post dicks in the threads and they are all over the place again. If they bothered you I guess its because you are interested in troll conspiracy threads.

:2 cents::2 cents::2 cents::1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Socks

TheFootMan5
So Fucking Banned

No more dick pics!!!! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

This thread is pure comedy lmao

ninavain
So Fucking Banned

What is the big deal with Supz?

He actually contributes here when he sees a thread that is worthy of contribution..

He trolls a thread when he sees a thread that is worthy of trolling...

How is he different than 90% of members?

Also, why do people get so upset over seeing dicks on an adult industry forum? Self-hating?

Pick a new proxy to use, register a new nick and rinse, repeat :1orglaugh

The problem isn't only the trolling itself, a forum's reaction to it is much more important.

As long as a troll is getting the attention it craves, he/she WILL come back. Banning isn't a deterrent, in fact the troll will take it as a "win".

"I pissed them off so much THEY BANNED ME LULZ EPIC WINZ 4 ME YOLO BITCH" *re-registers while stroking hard-on/dripping wet pussy*

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While moderation has been lacking around here, one thing that the admins/mods can't control is someone that was previously banned re-registering and starting all over again.

However, it never takes long for those people to expose who they really are and it'd be nice if there were quicker action in getting rid of their second, third, thirteenth nick.

Most of the people being complained about in this thread are back after having their first nicked permabanned.

Yes that can be controlled, because you can keep banning them soon as they show the same trends again.

Thanks dude. I know you liked the big dicks :)

Thread of the day, right here.



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From anyone else I'd probably be mildly offended.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh. :thumbsup:thumbsup


Well footman is gone, so no more dick pics.

You definitely should be banned for posting that. :2 cents:

You definitely should grow some fucking balls. :2 cents:

And his McDonalds bit, which is imho brilliant

The lack of business threads is bothersome. I come here to find out "the state of the Industry" which is, in a word, shitty. So I come here to try and connect with others in this business, people with common issues, concerns and problems. Hopefully I can find some solutions to some vexing issues (traffic, billers, ad buys, traffic trades, blog building and the like) but instead find useless BS bullshit (yes I said it twice) on bitcoins, this conspiracy or that, just total waste of time.

I'm thinking of advertising my newest sites on GFY but may reconsider. What's the point of trying to signup trolls as affiliates?

How hard is it to take a pic of yourself holding a revenue cheque (like a fansign)? With GFY on a screen in the backdrop. Doesn't necessarily have to show your face...

One word: Photoshop.

As I posted elsewhere the solution to trolling is simple: ban whomever responds seriously to an obvious troll and permanently and IP-ban anyone that makes a thread complaining about a known troll.

And don't ban trolls.

Trolls crave attention and reaction, it's the whole purpose of the exercise. If you ban them then you've once again played their game. You've confirmed that their trolling is working and it will simply be a matter of time before they return.

When you take the troll's bait YOU become part of the problem.

When you make a thread bitching about the troll what do you think the troll is doing? Jerking off at your frustration and rage. The madder you get, the more incentive the troll has to keep on doing what is obviously working.

If instead you ban the posters that are, by replying seriously to the troll, encouraging this disruptive behaviour, then you take away the troll's power base.

Why do you think trolls keep coming back here? Because you're such very easy bait. I guarantee that the troll(s) that got up in your shit with the conspiracy theory stuff is/are reading all of these threads, laughing his/her ass off, as would I if I still was trolling such easy mopes.

And he/she/they WILL be back, probably using some other bullshit to troll you with, but the result will be the same.

And ask yourself one question: why do you give two flying fucks what somebody on some forum says? "AHMAGERD SUMBODY IZ WRONG ON TEH INTERNETZ I'LL SCHOOL'EM" :1orglaugh

So that's what I propose to deal with trolls: ban ANYONE that takes their bait seriously. Mocking them, calling out their game is fair sport.

Get angry and reply: bye bye.

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you are trolling right?

Something tells me, as a kid you tried to put the square pegs in the round holes..

We could temporarily place something on one of our sites so that a mod could see hey yeah we do own that site and its a legit site. This would work for affiliate members. Other verification like a phone call to new pro members. Or we could even pay to join, one time fee, which might weed out some of the trolls.

Or set up an OT Category for all the bitcoin and conspiracy and crime and other threads which would be separate from a Biz Category. Any trolls who muck up the Biz Category insta-ban.

Nope :thumbsup

Thinking outside the box is how progress is made :upsidedow

What today seems like a crazy idea tomorrow might become accepted wisdom. Galileo was forced to recant and put under house-arrest for the rest of his life for his shit-flinging crazy idea that the Earth revolved around the sun, yet History ultimately proved him right.

Make it a sticky for a couple of months stating that replying seriously to a troll results in a month ban, making a thread bitching perma-ip ban. Add it to the rules and regulations.

People get banned, bitch they didn't know? Well you should have read the rules champ. Who reads the rules anyways? People who don't like to get banned, that's who :1orglaugh

Man the fuck up and quit putting ALL the blame on the troll. You take the troll's bait seriously, you've become part of the problem.

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trolls, nutters, fake nicks...who the fuck cares? don't respond and go on to the next thread. people are only annoying if you let them affect you.

The problem is they still show up in others threads to derail them..

Christ.... how can you guys not get tired of this place after years and years and years of the same BS threads.

Man I pop in now and again and GTFO. Maybe i'll drop a reply or two (like this one), but i'm nowhere like I was when I postwhored years ago and got actual sponsorship for my sig.

I will agree with the OP however, it's actually some what of a challenge to find a coherent adult industry related thread that hasn't been shit on. Kind of sad really... but whatever. When GFY is shut down because it's no longer relevant because of all the troll threads that have nothing to do with the adult industry, then you can all blame yourselves for letting it happen.