I understand getting annoyed by duplicates. But how are OF posts any worse than reposted commercial porn?
My view is that a lot of people like OF content. It's not for me. I mean, you know what I'm into. But where else will OC content come from?
I just don't view submissions as zero sum. OF postings don't crowd out amateurs, they add to the pot.
Not listening to the people who create content is definitely how we got in this mess.
Thank you so much for writing your lived experience perspective. I really hope to bump into you again. If you get a reply, I'd love to hear about that too.
I'm sorry you were driven away. My sense is the gonewild mod team has really improved moderation and removes the really horrible stuff now. But for a time it was basically unmoderated. And IMO that damaged our reputation with creators who might have stayed with more active moderation.
Thank you for your perspective.
OK. So, I happen to know that many OF accounts are managed by a media company promoting creators' work. That's true.
Thank you for your perspective. It's different from mine, but valid just the same. If you don't mind, I'll share this comment with other mods and admins. They might find it interesting.
Also, I'm seriously trying to set up BDSM as a top portal to stitch together the other kink communities here. I bring that up because of what you said about discussion and community interaction. Which I agree with 100%. See here:
My view is that it's not the OF creators who drove away amateur creators, it was the abuse directed at them by men who wanted only women with model like figures. I saw so many horrific body shaming comments along those lines. Here's an example of that, which really affected how I changed moderation policy and got strict about assholes shitting on contributors:
https://lemmynsfw.com/post/6909667
I really think that's the core of what drove away amateur OC contributors. Who would expose themselves, physically and emotionally, for free, only to be shit on by the audience? So they left. And that suppressed audience, because who'd come here without content? At least OF creators post stuff. And we have much too little of that right now. JMO
But if you were contributing, you'd have a first hand impression. I'd love your opinion on that.
Don't know about GoonetteHub!
Not tuned into the Discord NSFW scene. Maybe I should be. Could you clue me in?
I think this failed because I'm just not well enough tuned in to what women wanted out of it. I do think there are women here. Though they're quiet about it.
So, this was a failed experiment. I was hoping to do a porn for women community. But it kinda didn't work.
Gooner Girls, the term, really refers to women who like to masturbate to porn. Gooning is the watching. And you'll find lots of vids out there of women masturbating while watching. It's a kindof amateur porn subgenre.
I was involved in the Boston scene up until 12 years ago. But, for reasons, I wound up moving to a small city in Australia for seven years that had no scene at all. Then, to a medium sized city in France for two years, which had a scene but I wasn't there long enough to really connect. I'm in Vancouver, BC right now, which has a scene. But I've got a kid and work and other stuff going on. I definitely support local community. It's where I got my start back in the late 90s. If you can, connect.
Beautiful
Gorgeous. Honestly.
Fair enough. If I read this right, your main sticking point is that of a commercial third party acting as posting intermediary for creators. You don't think they act in the community's best interest.