Surviving toughb threads

[The Fruity Hare]

Yes, but I think it has been good for people to voice their concerns. It is clear that many have had issues with where TERB is going lately For me, losing focus on being a review site is the primary issue. It seems some people measure their worth by post counts, or feel superior due to the colour of their handle and treat this as their personal sandbox.

The real contributors to the site are the reviewers - not just writing reviews, but answering questions of others. SPs are not interested in paying money to advertise to those who crowd the lounge with 29K posts and don't see a single SP. Therefore attracting and keeping members who actually hobby should be the primary goal of this website.

I have tried to keep my Review:Lounge ratio as high as possible - over the years I have done more than my share of TOFTT almost exclusively from Backpage. I have even promoted TERB to new BP girls (no, not as a carrot for better service). Lately I am less motivated to post reviews because of the shill accusations, and I find it tiresome to have to defend my opinions on SPs against the "beware of BP" crowd. I find myself logging onto the blue board more often now - perhaps I'm not the only one.

Hopefully the powers-that-be will take note and consider the suggestions for improvement that people have put forward. In particular, the suggestion of a "reputation" score would help to identify quality versus quantity of contributions.

A separate forum for gay/transgender/etc.. is not a bad thing because clearly a number of the ladies have enjoyed toughb's pics. For the record, my issue with toughb is not the naked dude pics, it is the pic posting frequency (male and female) and vague titles that I consider to be spamming.

Anyway, enough rambling, I am going to get back to what matters and write a review today.

Anyone know what zoobot did to get banned?

Quite a few members biting the dust the past few days.

 

[FatOne]

"Considerate" is in the eyes of the beholder. Let say we poll 200 members and 150 dislike the pics and 50 enjoy the pics (numbers are illustrative only). Why should we deprive the minority 50 members of their enjoyment of the pics (this would be ill considerate)? I support minority rights and not the tyranny of the majority, especially when the majority have other options.

There are two issues, the gayness and the posting of multiple threads daily with vague topic headings.

On the second issue, I think it is just plain manners.

On the first issue. Time and place. Those pics would probably be too tame for the Ilovecockinmyass.com forum and way out of line for the IamJebus'sbitch.com. Surely you don't suggest posting pics of dudes fucking other dudes on a forum about say finance. Considering how many people are wigging out, perhaps they should not be here.

I am not for the tyranny of the majority, but I am not really a fan of seeking to piss people off for the sake of pissing people off either. It isn't as if one can't find gay porn on the net with great ease. There is a huge difference between saying thou shalt not stick you cock in another dudes ass because the idea bothers me and saying, hey, could you turn down the blinds if you are going to have a three way with a goat and a donkey.
This is more of the latter case.

If we live in a world where everyone can do everything anywhere and everyone else can go fuck themselves it becomes the tyranny of the minority.

From someone who isn't actually bothered by seeing the gayness. I don't crave it, but as I said elsewhere I am not driven to start playing twilight movies while curled up in the fetal position crying and cutting myself... although a person so inclined would probably enjoy the gay porn .

 

[The Fruity Hare]

He didn't, he is just being a smart-ass. Hopefully I don't get banned for calling him that.

Ahh I see. He probably deserves it then.

Smart chap though, like playing dead when a killer is running amok. If he's already banned, he can't be banned again!!

 

[Ridgeman08]

He didn't, he is just being a smart-ass.

The nerve of some people!

 

[Rockslinger]

Those pics would probably be too tame for the Ilovecockinmyass.com forum and way out of line for the IamJebus'sbitch.com.

Yeah, I hear you but how often does it happen? I was under the impression that almost all the pics were of women. Anyway, once one starts restricting rights, it becomes a slippery slope. BTW: I dread seeing that sig pic in Femme Fatale's sig line and try to avert my eyes.

 

[Rockslinger]

Not counting the front page of today's lounge (he may be feeling the backlash), on the 9 pages before that toughb started 44 different threads, an average of 5 threads per page.

Out of curiosity, I checked the "view count" of several of toughb's recent threads (I omitted the one about his dog). They are 1,049, 29, 514, 700, 152, 434 and 540. Not sure if this means that these threads do attract a respectable audience.

 

[FatOne]

Yeah, I hear you but how often does it happen? I was under the impression that almost all the pics were of women. Anyway, once one starts restricting rights, it becomes a slippery slope. BTW: I dread seeing that sig pic in Femme Fatale's sig line and try to avert my eyes.

I keep my tshirt on in the summer time. Even during the hottest days. It isn't a matter of rights, just I know people don't need to see that even once a year.

 

[Eddie401]

I just don't look.

 

[dirkd101]

I too have been toughb free for at least a week now. I grew sick and tired of a cluttered lounge that had multiple posts with their own unique heading, all of which could be under one thread, adding to ease of navigation.

Different rules for some folks is not cool, as is abuse of power.

The minority ruling the majority, again, not cool.

Red, will you be my sponsor?

 

[Rockslinger]

I just don't look.

If nobody looks at the toughb threads, then why do they attract 1,049, 514, 700, 434 and 540 views (see post #90)? If nobody looks, the view count would be zero and the thread would die a quick and painless death. Obviously, there is an audience for these threads, unless it is only the OP who constantly views these threads to jack up the view count.

 

[Ridgeman08]

If nobody looks at the toughb threads, then why do they attract 1,049, 514, 700, 434 and 540 views (see post #90)? If nobody looks, the view count would be zero and the thread would die a quick and painless death. Obviously, there is an audience for these threads, unless it is only the OP who constantly views these threads to jack up the view count.

Why do people look?

Simple answer: why does traffic slow down when people look at an accident? Why do celebrity TV shows like TMZ increase in popularity? Why do people click on links for video's like 2 women and a cup? Why do people open e-mails they KNOW may contain a virus? The human race is curious! Even when we know its gonna be unpleasant.

Regardless... for this reason and this reason alone, your "logical" conclusion that there is an audience for such a thing is flawed. Even the OP himself could click on it 100 times to increase the view count. A more telling statistic would be how many people respond to the thread. THAT is the true test of whether or not people are interested. Now go do some more research on how many of those threads have only 1, 2 or even 3 responses, or for that matter 0 responses... and report back.

 

[dirkd101]

I, for one, don't mind looking at some of the pics he posts of fine looking ladies, but it would be nice if it was all contained in one thread instead of starting multiple threads with one pic each.

 

[Rockslinger]

Even the OP himself could click on it 100 times to increase the view count.

Would any rationale person do that?

A more telling statistic would be how many people respond to the thread.

Aren't those threads meant mainly for viewing and not for engaging in debate like the "Refusing CPR" thread. Note: I don't usually open threads that contain only pics, much preferring ones that require interactive debate. Now that you arose my curiosity, maybe I will "view" a couple of these threads for content.

 

[Ridgeman08]

Would any rationale person do that?Aren't those threads meant mainly for viewing and not for engaging in debate like the "Refusing CPR" thread. Note: I don't usually open threads that contain only pics, much preferring ones that require interactive debate. Now that you arose my curiosity, maybe I will "view" a couple of these threads for content.

Well Mr. Slinger, this is ENTIRELY the point everyone is trying to make! If the thread is simply there for viewing for those that choose to... why not post all the pics in one thread. (Like the legs thread, or the yellow fever thread, etc.) Then it doesn't take up extra space on the front few pages of the forum, kicking other more viable threads OFF the page, that actually DO inspire comment and opinion, as well as debate- good and/ or bad.

 

[wangbang]

I've often looked at Toughb's posts 'cuz quite frankly I like looking at naked woman.

After the recent gender switch pic I have stopped looking at the posts 'cuz that isn't why I'm on an escort review board.

 

[Tdot'sFinest]

Well Mr. Slinger, this is ENTIRELY the point everyone is trying to make! If the thread is simply there for viewing for those that choose to... why not post all the pics in one thread. (Like the legs thread, or the yellow fever thread, etc.) Then it doesn't take up extra space on the front few pages of the forum, kicking other more viable threads OFF the page, that actually DO inspire comment and opinion, as well as debate- good and/ or bad.

Easy there, sir. You cannot go about making sense like that! =p

 

[Ridgeman08]

Easy there, sir. You cannot go about making sense like that! =p

No kidding eh? LoL...

But apparently "Common Cents" have been abolished as of Feb 4th I believe.

 

[RandyAndy2]

Well Mr. Slinger, this is ENTIRELY the point everyone is trying to make! If the thread is simply there for viewing for those that choose to... why not post all the pics in one thread. (Like the legs thread, or the yellow fever thread, etc.) Then it doesn't take up extra space on the front few pages of the forum, kicking other more viable threads OFF the page, that actually DO inspire comment and opinion, as well as debate- good and/ or bad.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not clear on how anyone is harmed by toughb's use of a new thread for a new picture. Ridgeman, you suggest that he kicks threads off the page. That's not the case, at least for anyone who can scroll down or click on the next page. Sure, your suggestion of, "why not post all the pics in one thread" makes sense, but how is anyone harmed by having new threads? And if no one is harmed, what is the big deal? I expect that I'm missing something obvious, otherwise there wouldn't be a five page thread on this.

 

[Rockslinger]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not clear on how anyone is harmed by toughb's use of a new thread for a new picture. Ridgeman, you suggest that he kicks threads off the page. That's not the case, at least for anyone who can scroll down or click on the next page. Sure, your suggestion of, "why not post all the pics in one thread" makes sense, but how is anyone harmed by having new threads? And if no one is harmed, what is the big deal?

I was waiting for someone to respond but so far nothing. I also don't see the harm in having new threads. As I mentioned, there does seem to be an audience for toughb's threads judging by the large number of views so I don't see the problem either.

 

[Flapjack]

"why not post all the pics in one thread" makes sense

bingo!!