Postings vs Pictures...

[Jenae LaTorque]

Seriously, I think the folks that started this forum have had some experiance with forums before and they know there are many more takers than givers in this old world. So......they set up the rules here so that there would be a balance between input and output.

You say you joined mostly in order to download pics. So you are a taker mostly then? It won't hurt you to give a few word of appreciation to the giver, as is only fair. Did your mommy not teach you to say thank you? Are you not somewhat disapointed when you go out of your way to do something for another and it is not even acknowledged? I know I appreciate compliments on my postings and especially on the threads I started. And I do agree with you that some of the posts are not of any interest whatsoever and obviously are just there to inflate the post count.

However, judging from the post you used to start this thread, I believe you have things to say which are worthwhile. Please check out the chat and discussion sections. I am sure you will find something there you will wish to respond to. You have only been here a very short time. "new guy"

Give the forum a fair trial or are you one of those whose only concern is what they want and they want it right now! ??????

[ladyboyadmirer]

Originally Posted by Jenae LaTorque

Seriously,

That is an intelligent, thoughtful answer Jenae. In fact, one of the best I've ever read. Thanks for putting in words, what the majority are probably thinking. Regards LBA

[violet lightning]

I agree with Jenae wholeheartedly.
By the way, new guy johndowe joined the same time as me, and he has 5 posts? Dosn't sound like he's very interested in anything except downloading pics.
You get out what you put in, so please contribute...
(and you can contribute without posting pics)

[tslust]

Originally Posted by violet lightning

You get out what you put in, so please contribute...

I couldn't have put it any better.

[johndowe]

Hi there!

First, Jenae i am Canadian,my mommie not only tought me to say thank you, but also to say please when asking for someting.

Second, you have to have before you can give, and i usually give freely, and it is nice to be thanked, but i don't give just to be thanked.

And you're right there are more takers than givers, but in the computer world you can copy things infinitely, so who cares?

Also, what ever you do in this world affects you deirectly, when you do good things you feel good, and when you do bad things you feel bad, and proportionally to the "size" of the action, so if someone does some bad things you tell them, but it's not your oranybody's job to stop them if it's very minor stuff.

Anyway, some threads have hundreds of pics and i'd like to D/L but why does it have to take 10 days to D/L 100 pics?

It's totally ridiculous to me, if the kimit was 50 or 100 to start it would make a but more sence, a bit, but then again why am i paying $50 a month for hi-speed internet instead of $20 for modem access, if i still have to wait to D/L?

Because of this limit i feel forced to post weather i want to or not, i joinned a gamer board and i ansewered many questions other gamers had, helped them with their problems, afterwards i went back not to see if i got thanked but to see if my post helped.

Have a good day.

Johndowe.

[Jenae LaTorque]

From the tone of your post there, I would like to recomend that you pick up a copy of John Ringer's book Looking Out For #1.

Don't let the title fool you. It is a great book and worth way more than the purchase price. A somewhat relevant example from the book for here would where he discusses the three types of individuals you will encounter in a business deal.

1. The person who says that he is out to help you in the deal, but all the time he is looking to screw you for everything he can get. This one is lying to you.

2. The person who says that he is out to help you in the deal, but will end up trying to screw you anyway. This one is lying to himself and thus he is lying to you.

3. The person who freely admits he out to do as well as possible in the deal. This is the rational person, and much more importantly, the honest person.

So which person do you do business with????

The answer is all three. Business is business. The important thing here is to recognize the type of individual you are dealing with and adjust your plans accordingly.

I hope you read this and said, "Well of course, that is so obviously true." That would show that you are a rational person and realize fully that there is really no such thing as a honestly free lunch.

The site management is no differant from anybody else; they are looking to get something from you in return for providing this forum. What do they get from you? Besides the obvious fact that the subject here is of interest to them personally and they enjoy the interaction with people; there is the fact that to maintain a site does cost a certain amount of money. To that end they have advertisers. And advertisers don't just put their money here because they like the guy, or the concept, or the wind is blowing north. They allocate their money based on numbers**. Numbers which are an indicator of possible returns to them. Numbers like site visits, where they went from here, how many posts they made, etc ....in general. how much quality time are the site visitors spending here. (Your post count isn't doing much for the numbers.)

The fact of the matter is that if all you want is pictures; there are an immense amount of SheMale sites out there and a jillion of them are "free" sites in the sense that you can download pictures and video clips without paying a fee. I know! I have over half a million pics from them.

Yes, I came to this site originally for the pics also. And when I first ran into the download limit, I too was disappointed. But, I did what I had to do. I uploaded some stuff and made some posts. I like to think I am a rational person (there are some here who might disagree, ) and I have learned to never expect a free lunch.

In the final analysis, it pretty much always comes down to: IS IT WORTH IT? It applies to the site owner just as much as it applies to you. Is it worth it to you to follow the guidelines set down. I can pretty much guarantee you that they will not change policy just because you, or a hundred like you, bitch about it. Not if they want to keep the site running, they won't.


** I am sure you are familiar with the search engine GOOGLE. While you have never paid Google a cent directly; you use of it does put money in their pocket. Google searches per day reached 293 million a few months ago. Now - - - think about what that means to advertisers. 293 million hits/day over 2 billion hits a week, and a hundred billion in a year. Now there we are talking about some pretty big numbers, and as a result -- BIG, BIG, BIG MONEY!! Numbers matter!!

[ila]

Originally Posted by bi0mech81

My only real gripe is the attachment system for posting pictures. 15 limit I can understand, but let me upload all 15 at once rather than doing them in groups of 3 to save myself time hunting through directories.

Explain please.

It is possible to upload 15 pictures in the same post. You can only upload 3 at a time, but you don't have to close the upload window after each 3. When your 3 pictures upload then select the next 3. You will still be in the same directory as where you uploaded your previous picture from.