Halx

"Why?"

1. It hurt our credibility.
2. Its presence required us to have a few inane rules.

"But I liked the porn."

1. The porn exists now at Tilted Forum Project Erogenous Zone - Powered by vBulletin
2. With the porn on a separate site, it will allow us to get some additional revenue through ads.

"Hal, you suck."



"Good job."

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snowy

Thanks! I really appreciate it! I look forward to seeing where this change takes us.

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Punk.of.Ages

Down with the porn!

I think this is a positive change for us.

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n0nsensical

Good call, we get to have our cake and eat it too.

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Manic_Skafe

Smart move. There's far too much of it everywhere on the web for the TFP to even compete. Hopefully this will bring in more members interested in discussion than stroking their members.

And we still have the exhibition forum! What of the 18+ picture posting rule?

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laconic1

Good call. I felt like back in the day this place was one of the best for porn, but with file hosts like rapidshare, and sites dedicated to sharing through those hosts tfp couldn't really compete. And we still have it if we really want it with the new site.

Willravel

Does this mean we can post pictures of individuals under 18 now? Just curious.

BTW, put me in the "good job" category.

Halx

I'll let you know if that becomes the case.

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Martian

I'm not for or against the porn. This does seem like a good compromise for those who are in one camp or the other, though.

My ambivalence continues.

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Gabbyness

As long as we still have your avatar, I think we'll all survive.

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Plan9

Pfft, The_Jazz killed my porn a long time ago. He's a good father.

Making sure I walk around with a scrot like a loaded IV bag.

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Grancey

Interesting business decision. Wish I knew the statistics you used to prompt this change. It will be fun to watch and see what happens.

"I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better."

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Xerxys

Noooooooooooo!!!!!

Plan9

Hahaha, I totally just imagined an Alfred Hitchcock zoom on this one, Xerxys.

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Bill O'Rights

Count me in favor of this decision. It's a tough call, but it will be very interesting to see where the change takes us. I expect good things. As with Will and Manic, I await a ruling on the 18+ picture posting rule.

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FuglyStick

I think we will see an increase in members interested in the community aspect; I think it's a good idea.

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dlish

maybe we can have more people recommend TFP now.

hope this makes a big change for us. i was neither for nor against the porn.. but cheers to a new beginning.

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mrklixx

There was porn here?!?!


But seriously, I don't know how effective it's going to be since it still has "Tilted Forum Project" in the title.. In fact it might have the opposite of the desired effect because if someone searches for "Tilted Forum Project" and clicks that link instead, they get nothing but porn.

You could always call it "Leaning Conclave Affair".

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Plan9

I'll be able to invite a lot more people to TFP now that said dirty-dirty-no-no is gone.

...

Granted, that might not be a good thing.

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Punk.of.Ages

More Crompsin-like folk?

I'm for this...

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Crack

Question...

Is this still allowed?

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CinnamonGirl

hmmm.... well, I never really checked out the porn aspect, so in general, this won't affect me.

It'll be interesting to see how it affects the site, though.

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levite

Well, I've always enjoyed the porn, but I think this is a great compromise solution.

Nicely done, Hal. I applaud your ownership/administration and/or moderation.

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Xerxys

The porn was not an issue in the first place because you had to register to view it. You might as well get rid of the sexuality forum too.

The TFPEZ will not show up on google searches because it's unsearchable.

Sad day for closet republicans while they outwardly celebrate.

PonyPotato

I've already recommended the forum to a couple people I know in the last week.. honestly, this makes it easier to recommend to a few more.

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jewels

The link on the front page is still there and a click takes you to the other site. No worries.

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BadNick

job Good ...just throwing in a little nonsense

fresnelly

What difference does it make if it's still on the front page?

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Reese

What exactly is accomplished by moving the porn to a different domain? I get that now that it's on a different domain you can put ads on it, but is there really anything else? I mean, I wouldn't have even noticed the board was no longer part of TFP if I hadn't been prompted to log in. Is this really a separation of TFP from porn or a technicality that needed to be done so you could have ad revenue without affecting general tfp forums?

BTW, I'm in the Good Job camp. It does seem to make it easier to share the site with some of my more prudish friends.

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mixedmedia

I think this is a move in the right direction, but I'm asking myself this question, too. Will the links eventually be moved someplace less conspicuous?

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Halx

This is just the first step. I can't leave the porn users completely stranded because many of them donate as well. In a few days I'll reduce the footprint on the front page.

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mixedmedia

I thought that was maybe the case. Thank you for the clarification.

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LordEden

Seriously, I don't care. I liked the ability to look at porn if I wanted too, but since it shows up on your profile what you are looking at, I didn't do it alot. Did like amateur shots on there tho, going to miss that.

People! We are looking at the wrong issue. No more porn on TFP is not the problem, but the biggest question remains unanswered. What the fuck is bobby going to do now? He will have all this porn and no where to put it... he will get a massive back up and... well I guess he has the "ol lady" for that.

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PonyPotato

LordEden: The porn is not GONE - the Erogenous Zone is just located on a different domain.

bobby will still have a place to put all of his porn. :P

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Glory's Sun

took long enough..

Derwood

to play devil's advocate......I never would have found TFP had it not been for the porn. Someone at FARK.com linked to TFP's Titty Board,which introduced me to the entire site.

The_Jazz

There's a sizeable percentage with the same story. That said, you should see this developing roughly like Fark did with their Foobies page. There was a link on the main page for a while that then disappeared. However, there's still numerous links back to Fark from their Foobies page.

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LordEden

You know, I want to say this publicly. Thank you bobby! You gave TFP porn for MANY years. I'm another one that "Came for the boobies, stayed for the fluff" and spent many a day lurking on the titty board. I salute you bobby for your fine work here at TFP. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

/endthreadjack

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