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12/10/2009 11:35 am

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12/15/2009 9:54 am

The "Get Laid" Advert and "The Numbers."

Yep.

It sucks.

Believe me; I was more surprised than ANY of you were when it showed up, because the ad didn't fly on A F F which IS geared for hookups.

I've taken it to Management. The move was to shift the verbiage to "Get Your Fetish Serviced."

I explained why a "fetish" can't be "serviced" and clarified that this still missed the point: that it is not integral to the basic RACK / SSC tenants of BDSM to advocate casual fucking and promises that casual fucking is to be obtained here.

I thought "OK, this ad is so blatant...people won't respond."

And you know what? The numbers are in: people are signing up for it. The percentages are kind of amazing.

It is hard for me to argue with numbers.

I mean, people complain, sure. People threaten to leave.

For years.

Some of the most vocal detractors are the same people who stick around anyway, complaining but remaining. That doesn’t impress upon the Money People here that this type of campaign doesn’t "work."

ALTfolk talk about not renewing memberships, rail against the unreliable balky system, and cluck their tongues knowingly that "people are leaving."

Well, they aren’t.

I WISH I had hard numbers to say "Look, you don’t take care of the customer, they won't stick around." but people DO stick around.

It is interesting, to me, how many people complain about how shitty things are / have been / continue to be.

And I'm one of the Old Schoolers; I have, cumulatively, 12 years on ALT. I, too, have seen the wonkiness. But the illusion of the good old days is just that.

Some shit ain't gonna change. I have to suck that up.

Some stuff, Well, I do what I can.

Like explaining that, despite the fact that some people are answering this ad by putting up their Money...enough to spike enrollments...that the cumulative effect is NOT positive.
Well. I’m doing what I can. And, for that, the thanks I get is accusations of rigging the whole thing, being a tool of the man, a puppet for the "In clique” and a power-mad porn .

FYI, I only did that one scene in that one porn, so I don’t think that counts

Anyway, yeah.

Sorry for my first post in ages to be non-personal, but it kind of is.

I’ll keep you posted if there is any movement on this campaign.

Mollena

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252 posts
12/13/2009 6:21 am

I am no longer a paying member. I am not a whining non-paying member.
I think the site should convert to paying members only.

I saw this on an AL post I am banned from. (LTB3)

>>>>>Even this demeaning outrage has inspired but 9 comment on Mollena's blog,inclueding my own.

Cant see his comment here.

Then I saw this on the same post;
>>>We need to form our own site, control creative content.
We also need to write on every consumer complaints and advocacy
forums just how the zombie accounts at FriendFinder networks
are committing credit card fraud on a daily basis and then
hide offshore to circumvent prosecution.

Any truth to this? Doesnt this cross the line of libel?

Have a great day.

Mollena replies on 12/15/2009 9:51 am:
Howdy!

Truth be told, I can't comment on inner legal workings.

I CAN say that, back before the Penthouse acquisition, there were several high profile lawsuits in which FriendFinder was involved.

There is a whole lot of scrutiny involved in an acquisition as well.

I can say that I would be VERY surprised if anything as shady as that escaped the microscope under which the parent company finds itself with reference to client-based fuckery.

As far as other sites go, people ARE doing what this individual is talking about. FetLife is an excellent site, privately owned and operated, and growing quickly. I'm not just on FetLife, I am a paying "Lifetime Member" because I believe in what John Baku is doing.

In terms of building community, it is head and shoulders above any other site currently running. And those who want a more intimate setting for their kink life on-line often prefer Bondage (dot) c0m for their "home."

There ARE other options out there, but ALT is still a viable place to network and meet folks. Problems aside, it CAN work. That is why I strive to do what I can to retain what there is of the integrity

Thanks for the feedback!

~Mo


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