My name is Titmowse and I'm an adult webmaster message board addict. I get to justify my addiction by claiming I read all the topics and replies because it keeps me abreast of current trends among porn professionals. After all, I'm a journalist in this crazy field. I get to "keep up" faster than ever before. I have the greatest research tool ever invented in the Internet. I can socialize with my peers through instant messaging programs, chat and boards in real time. No traveling, no long distance charges, no expensive power suit and no shoes. No one need ever suspect I really enjoy hanging out in a message board.
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"Whether you love them or hate them, I hope you appreciate adult webmaster message boards and resource sites." |
For every message board (or other form of cyber communication) there is particular character. Even in the adult Internet, there a fun places and there are not so fun places.
I remember a long time ago; I went into the chatroom of an adult webmaster message board. I began with cordial hellos and eventually asked for their opinions of my meager porn page. They all laughed at me and told me I would never succeed because my site was on a free host and I hadn't paid 100 friggin bucks for some bullshit META TAG-generating software. That was four years ago. I never returned to that particular chat. I visit the main resource site but I don't want to know those mean people. After that, I found a friendly place with people willing to talk to me and answer my occasional stupid question. No one judged my efforts because they all had free-hosted sites.
I had found a cyber water cooler where I was comfortable and considered an equal.
Why on earth am I wasting my time writing about silly old webmaster chat? I guess because I wonder about the future. Will we always be able to do what we could not do twenty years ago? Before, you chatted with the coworkers and peers mostly within the confines of your office building or shop. My boss lives in Canada and I live in West Texas, yet he gives me assignments and we discuss Cozy Frog and Cozy Academy every day. This unbridled mass-communication was unheard of just a short time ago. Will it always be there for us?
Message boards, chat and all the interactive ways adult webmasters bond cost a lot of money. One has to pay for the appropriate software, special servers to host it, the bandwidth and there are untold man-hours devoted to proper chat administration.
True, adult Internet types charge good money for ad space on these places. Smart adult web hosts, sponsors and the like buy these ad spots because they know where their audience is. That $1000.00 banner space sounds like a lot to the buyer, but message boards barely operate in the black, even when they've sold all their ad spots. Webmaster resource sites do not make a lot of profit after costs. A lot of these wonderful online tools will not be here in five years. They will have fallen to competition, costs and overwhelming time involvement.
Some resource sites will be safe because larger companies fund them. Others will survive due to high-quality information, resources and business sense. But I have to wonder.
How long will our favorite instant messaging program be free? After all, it's owned by one of the money-hungriest mega forces in existence. How long will adult webmaster message boards and chat be as accessible as they are today? Even if we get to discuss business and shoot the breeze for no cost, what if governmental regulations step in a put the kibosh on us porn-mongers? Usenet is being scrubbed clean of "questionable" discussion groups in the name of anti-terrorism. Who's to say we aren't next? Is there a secret plan to get us all so hooked on this instantaneous communing that we'll shell out bucks to do it later? This free exchange of thought and help seems too good to be true.
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Whether you love them or hate them, I hope you appreciate adult webmaster message boards and resource sites. These gratuitous gathering places may not be around forever. They might mutate into pay members-only access networks. Even though the ad space may seem expensive, it's still a bargain compared to television or print media and far more user-directed.
Nevertheless, ad space prices on resource sites will inevitably go up or memberships will be charged in order for them to continue. If you are a poster on a webmaster board, I hope you understand the importance of your presence and the effect of your behavior. If you help create a hostile environment at your favorite cyber haunt, you might be cutting your own throat. These respites of knowledge and fellowship depend on more than just your attendance. They depend on collective numbers of attendees and surfers. The more adult webmasters visit a resource site or chat area, the more ads they sell and the more likely they will be able to give you all this golden booty for the price of your Internet connection.
If in the future, you have to pay to ask other adult webmasters the questions you ask now, will you regret the way to helped turn a nice message board into a snotty clique?
We here at Cozy Frog treasure the chance to share knowledge and give assistance to newbies and veterans alike. We believe so much in the unspoken law of Internet free-exchange; we built a massive no-cost online school for adult webmasters. Cozy Academy is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn a skill without tuition, travel or textbooks. We pride ourselves on making you feel cozy and giving you top-notch information and wisdom. We will continue to expand and improve our service long after others have given up. Our Cozy Network is strong and that's because of you.
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