Bye for now...

[Stripe222]

I've canceled my membership. It ends on the 5th.
I've enjoyed the site and especially the forum. It was great to read everyone's opinions and how they felt about the models. I want to thank everyone for the experience.
I'm leaving because I'm not really into BSB2. I find the scenes fairly predictable and, well, just not hot! I also believe that managements decision to showcase one model hasn't worked well. It caused a great deal of divisiveness that made the forum a less friendly place. I like Mark and wish him well. I know he worked hard to make BSB2 a success, and it seems to be working. Just not for me.
I've found a site that I really like and I'm going to spend my porn time there! I also canceled my membership to College Dudes. Again, too predictable. I'll check back in awhile to see if Broke Straight Boys has taken a new direction.
Thank you all for a great experience!

 

[stowe1]

I've canceled my membership. It ends on the 5th.
I've enjoyed the site and especially the forum. It was great to read everyone's opinions and how they felt about the models. I want to thank everyone for the experience.
I'm leaving because I'm not really into BSB2. I find the scenes fairly predictable and, well, just not hot! I also believe that managements decision to showcase one model hasn't worked well. It caused a great deal of divisiveness that made the forum a less friendly place. I like Mark and wish him well. I know he worked hard to make BSB2 a success, and it seems to be working. Just not for me.
I've found a site that I really like and I'm going to spend my porn time there! I also canceled my membership to College Dudes. Again, too predictable. I'll check back in awhile to see if Broke Straight Boys has taken a new direction.
Thank you all for a great experience!

I'm sorry to see you go; but, you are making a decision which any rational person would, i.e. you are choosing to spend your money on a site which you feel will work better for you rather than continuing to spend your money on one that doesn't work for you.

I wish you well, hope you find the new site meets your expectations, and keep checking back.

 

[larkster]

Stripe222,
Just watched the Colin and Seth scene. Hope it is not an anomaly because it has everything you've been looking for. If this is the direction the site is taking, you might be back sooner than you think. Colin is the real deal. He listened to what we wanted to see. Hopefully Clay and Mark will follow his lead. At any rate, good luck. If this is not the new direction, I will be joining you soon. As, I suspect will quite a few others.

 

[Ms. Kianna]

I am sad to see you go Stripe. You will be missed here.

 

[cumrag27]

An all too familiar trail...

I've canceled my membership. It ends on the 5th.
I've enjoyed the site and especially the forum. It was great to read everyone's opinions and how they felt about the models. I want to thank everyone for the experience.
I'm leaving because I'm not really into BSB2. I find the scenes fairly predictable and, well, just not hot! I also believe that managements decision to showcase one model hasn't worked well. It caused a great deal of divisiveness that made the forum a less friendly place. I like Mark and wish him well. I know he worked hard to make BSB2 a success, and it seems to be working. Just not for me.
I've found a site that I really like and I'm going to spend my porn time there! I also canceled my membership to College Dudes. Again, too predictable. I'll check back in awhile to see if Broke Straight Boys has taken a new direction.
Thank you all for a great experience!

Stripe222,
Just watched the Colin and Seth scene. Hope it is not an anomaly because it has everything you've been looking for. If this is the direction the site is taking, you might be back sooner than you think. Colin is the real deal. He listened to what we wanted to see. Hopefully Clay and Mark will follow his lead. At any rate, good luck. If this is not the new direction, I will be joining you soon. As, I suspect will quite a few others.

I am sad to see you go Stripe. You will be missed here.

Dearest Stripe, larkster, and Ms. Kianna,

There is nothing joyful about a good member, such as Stripe, feeling Broke Straight Boys has chosen a path that deliberately cuts many worthy members out of the picture. Broke Straight Boys has taken a "less inclusive" path rather than "being inclusive: allowing all gays to feel at home" here. Just ask yourself, "Where has the diversity gone on our forum?" I too feel fortunate to share many of those same values and tastes along with Stripe.

Management has chosen to turn a "deaf-ear" to others like Stripe and myself, despite the justifiable protests, rather than return to what had been for many years a manageable and profitable formula before Broke Straight Boys-2. This has no specific reference to the choice of the director, although admittedly, there is a significant qualitative difference in updates when compared with Broke Straight Boys-1. At times the current episodes seem to be improving and then step back several steps. Rather, it is that new unfriendly pervasive corporate culture at Broke Straight Boys to all those outside the insisted upon "Straight-and-Narrow" approach to selecting models and story-lines we now have at Broke Straight Boys. It is a little hard to take and not readily IGNORED as suggested by the membership, when countered by the fact that the greatest percentage of new episodes feature the same over-exposed model ad nauseam. Without naming the model, there can absolutely be no confusion of whom I refer.

Today, we were given a "rare treat" with the Colin/Seth episode that has a lot to offer for a lot of members, "INCLUSIVE" and definitely not our normal fare. Colin's passionate kissing combined with thoughtful but dominant pounding would seem to many "A WINNING FORMULA" and be the way to go for Broke Straight Boys, but who am I to suggest anything? After all, I am only a "dedicated member" and know absolutely nothing at all about the site!

I personally want to wish Stripe well and let him know he will be missed on the forum as the forum thins out even further. With people like Stripe feeling compelled to leave Broke Straight Boys, the quality of future forum debate will necessarily suffer on this site. Forums depend on having a free interchange of ideas from more than one source. With each successive departure from Broke Straight Boys, the forum is gradually becoming one-sided. Others might suggest to do a little "damage control" going beyond the "typical" and "warmed over" PR fare. After all, when ALL FAILS, what "options" are your left with, but to hit the trail!

Best of luck to you elsewhere, Stripe, where you will be appreciated!


Sincerely saddened and sickened by the prospects,


Stimpy

 

[angelone]

No matter the circumstances, saying good-bye to a comrade is never easy. Wish you well and good hunting.

 

[another1]

upon reading that you are leaving, i was saddened. while at times we differed, i found the comments worthwhile reading.
i hope that my expression of disagreement with some of post is not part of what makes you believe the forum has become a less friendly place.
i wish you well and hope you return soon.
between you and me, i think we are entering Broke Straight Boys 2.1.

 

[mikeyank]

Dearest Stripe, larkster, and Ms. Kianna,

There is nothing joyful about a good member, such as Stripe, feeling Broke Straight Boys has chosen a path that deliberately cuts many worthy members out of the picture. Broke Straight Boys has taken a "less inclusive" path rather than "being inclusive: allowing all gays to feel at home" here. Just ask yourself, "Where has the diversity gone on our forum?" I too feel fortunate to share many of those same values and tastes along with Stripe.

Management has chosen to turn a "deaf-ear" to others like Stripe and myself, despite the justifiable protests, rather than return to what had been for many years a manageable and profitable formula before Broke Straight Boys-2. This has no specific reference to the choice of the director, although admittedly, there is a significant qualitative difference in updates when compared with Broke Straight Boys-1. At times the current episodes seem to be improving and then step back several steps. Rather, it is that new unfriendly pervasive corporate culture at Broke Straight Boys to all those outside the insisted upon "Straight-and-Narrow" approach to selecting models and story-lines we now have at Broke Straight Boys. It is a little hard to take and not readily IGNORED as suggested by the membership, when countered by the fact that the greatest percentage of new episodes feature the same over-exposed model ad nauseam. Without naming the model, there can absolutely be no confusion of whom I refer.

Today, we were given a "rare treat" with the Colin/Seth episode that has a lot to offer for a lot of members, "INCLUSIVE" and definitely not our normal fare. Colin's passionate kissing combined with thoughtful but dominant pounding would seem to many "A WINNING FORMULA" and be the way to go for Broke Straight Boys, but who am I to suggest anything? After all, I am only a "dedicated member" and know absolutely nothing at all about the site!

I personally want to wish Stripe well and let him know he will be missed on the forum as the forum thins out even further. With people like Stripe feeling compelled to leave Broke Straight Boys, the quality of future forum debate will necessarily suffer on this site. Forums depend on having a free interchange of ideas from more than one source. With each successive departure from Broke Straight Boys, the forum is gradually becoming one-sided. Others might suggest to do a little "damage control" going beyond the "typical" and "warmed over" PR fare. After all, when ALL FAILS, what "options" are your left with, but to hit the trail!

Best of luck to you elsewhere, Stripe, where you will be appreciated!


Sincerely saddened and sickened by the prospects,


Stimpy

To my dear friend, Stimpy,

I agree that it is sad when a long time forumite decides to leave this site and the forum, but may I respectfully remind you that this is nothing new here on this site.

But as you too have been here for a long time too, may I remind you that this is nothing new. Look back to the archives on the forum, from when you first joined this site in March 2010, and look at the names of the forumites who were posting then. Some of us "hard core" members remain the same, but the vast majority who were here then, are now gone. This is the nature of an internet site, and particularly a "pay site". People come and people go. it has always been this way.

And I do not see a great difference in the types of member's here now, from the past. We are a truly diverse group as we always have been. I do not see it as any more or less inclusive than it had been in the past. I can recall member's of the forum over the years who have described themselves as being gay, bisexual and straight. I can recall several member's of the forum who revealed that they were straight men, with either girlfriends or wives, and have only fantasized about being with another man, and that this site has been an outlet for them to watch and comment on the "secret side" of their desires.

It is also nothing new for member's to claim that management has turned a "deaf ear" to what they are asking for. I think that human beings by nature tend to romanticize the past. Yes there were some classic models and scenes from the past that are still remembered and revered fondly, but there were also some models and scenes in the past that were both panned and received vociferous complaints at that time on the forum.

I can recall periods of time when there was as much or more "bitching" and complaining by the paying customers. Off the top of my head, two of those periods were when they were using up the "non HD" scenes, before releasing the new technology. I recall members saying that this was crap that they were putting out, using sub par models, and repeatedly showing the same models over and over, (sound familiar?). People were complaining that they were paying a top price for episodes and were only seeing recycled crap, and they demanded that management trash the non-HD scenes and start showing the new models and scenes or they would quit the site. And some did quit, as member's always tend to do.

The second period of malcontent by the masses was after Mark had announced that David was no longer filming scenes, and after the old material was shown, we would be seeing an all new Broke Straight Boys Well there seemed to be an interminable period where we were seeing models who were considered sub par, like the "Neanderthal" Braden or the "transexual" Price, and people complained, and we were seeing many episodes of MikeR and Diesal and Aston over and over too, and again people complained and threatened to quit, and many did.

Stimpy, you also speak of the "winning formula" of Broke Straight Boys-1. Keep in mind that Mark is if nothing else a businessman, and if the formula was as winning as you suggest, he would not have made the changes that he did. I love David and am a member of his new site as well, and think that he is a "porn genius", but Mark obviously has information that we are not privy to and would not have made a major change if the picture was as rosy as you portray it.

I also totally disagree with you that the forum has now become "one-sided". Re-read the recent controversial Jimmy & Bradley threads, which obviously got very heated. As Larkster stated, many first time posters or infrequent posters came out "in agreement" with your sentiments, and some others spoke up on the other side.

My bottom line is that things on Broke Straight Boys are actually very similar to the way that they have always been here, with controversies and heated debates, and with new members coming, and old member's leaving.

I do not see things very dramatically different now than they have always been. We have a diversity of models with guys like Colin, Seth, Anthony, Chad and Darren who appeal to those who enjoy guys that will willingly bottom and engage in gay sex, and we have guys like Jimmy, Rocco, AJ, and Bobby who fit more into the classic "straight" boy image of this site, as typified in the past by Mike Robbins, Jordan, Tank Shane, and yes Diesal and Dustin and going back to the origins of the site, models like Taz and Sebastian.

Unlike "Chicken Little", I don't see "the sky as falling". I just see the same ebb and flow in the scenes and in the commentary on the forum, as I have always seen since I joined this site in October 2008. I still consider this far and away my favorite spot to be when I am on the internet, and my intention is to fasten my seat belt and enjoy the ride, although it does get bumpy at times, it still feels like home to me.

 

[RayJ3MD]

Do not know you well but its sad to see a forumite go under circumstances in which i saw a glimmer of hope last night on my third trip to the bathroom. That Colin is good at what he does. At my age if I can get an erection that is spontaneous, well I have seen my version of heaven. Last night, Colin gave me a little glimpse. Don't quit before the miracle happens he said (even though I could be gone next week) lol.

 

[lesit78]

I'm so sorry you're leaving Stripe, your posts were always excellent and well written, and I enjoyed getting to know you better. You will be missed!

 

[scorpio]

Sorry to see you go but wish you well in your new adventure.
Steve

 

[rallen1961b]

I too am sorry to see you go Stripe and I also found your posts interesting. I have been on this site for about a year now and until recently I had decided to be "seen but not heard". I'm a strange bird in the sense that I just can't make up my mind about BSB2 because half the time I hate it and then the other half I seem to enjoy it. I really liked the banter back and forth David had with the old crew as well as many on the old crew, but I do have my favorites on the new crew even though the production often leaves alot to be desired. The models/actors are just guys trying to make a buck often experiencing things that are foreign to them that I'm sure many of them never thought they would do and their not professionals, I like that. Again, I'm sorry to see you go and your "opinions" do matter to those of us that read them and I to may join you but I'm just not there yet.

 

[larkster]

MikeYank I'm going to out you. MikeYank is MARK! LOL! Despite what you say. The Seth/Colin scene was a template for a new direction. And is it true that Colin actually directed it? Colin listened to feedback from the membership, and incorporated it in performance. We want nothing more than sexual passion, invention, and surprise. Now is that so much to ask? Nobody is more masculine and straight than Colin. He reminds me of actors in Spartacus. But tender and passionate are two words that best describe him. But I digress. The point I am trying to make is, no matter what the actors are doing sexually, if they do it with passion and enthusiasm, it will be a winner. Get the cold fish to sizzle or throw it back.

 

[mikeyank]

MikeYank I'm going to out you. MikeYank is MARK! LOL! Despite what you say. The Seth/Colin scene was a template for a new direction. And is it true that Colin actually directed it? Colin listened to feedback from the membership, and incorporated it in performance. We want nothing more than sexual passion, invention, and surprise. Now is that so much to ask? Nobody is more masculine and straight than Colin. He reminds me of actors in Spartacus. But tender and passionate are two words that best describe him. But I digress. The point I am trying to make is, no matter what the actors are doing sexually, if they do it with passion and enthusiasm, it will be a winner. Get the cold fish to sizzle or throw it back.

Larkster, I am no more "Mark" than you are "Corbin Fisher", or the owner of one of the competing sites trying to denigrate this site to lure the member's here to jump ship! LOL!

My only point is that the latest 'uprising' at the dissatisfaction with the product here is nothing new. Being a member since 2008, I feel like the grizzled veteran, and historian of the site and the forum, but there is an ebb and a flow to the forum and to the membership, and this too shall pass. I've seen members come and I've seen member's go. I see no great difference to what is happening now than what happened in the past. I'm just trying to put this all into perspective.

 

[stowe1]

To my dear friend, Stimpy,

I agree that it is sad when a long time forumite decides to leave this site and the forum, but may I respectfully remind you that this is nothing new here on this site.

But as you too have been here for a long time too, may I remind you that this is nothing new. Look back to the archives on the forum, from when you first joined this site in March 2010, and look at the names of the forumites who were posting then. Some of us "hard core" members remain the same, but the vast majority who were here then, are now gone. This is the nature of an internet site, and particularly a "pay site". People come and people go. it has always been this way.

And I do not see a great difference in the types of member's here now, from the past. We are a truly diverse group as we always have been. I do not see it as any more or less inclusive than it had been in the past. I can recall member's of the forum over the years who have described themselves as being gay, bisexual and straight. I can recall several member's of the forum who revealed that they were straight men, with either girlfriends or wives, and have only fantasized about being with another man, and that this site has been an outlet for them to watch and comment on the "secret side" of their desires.

It is also nothing new for member's to claim that management has turned a "deaf ear" to what they are asking for. I think that human beings by nature tend to romanticize the past. Yes there were some classic models and scenes from the past that are still remembered and revered fondly, but there were also some models and scenes in the past that were both panned and received vociferous complaints at that time on the forum.

I can recall periods of time when there was as much or more "bitching" and complaining by the paying customers. Off the top of my head, two of those periods were when they were using up the "non HD" scenes, before releasing the new technology. I recall members saying that this was crap that they were putting out, using sub par models, and repeatedly showing the same models over and over, (sound familiar?). People were complaining that they were paying a top price for episodes and were only seeing recycled crap, and they demanded that management trash the non-HD scenes and start showing the new models and scenes or they would quit the site. And some did quit, as member's always tend to do.

The second period of malcontent by the masses was after Mark had announced that David was no longer filming scenes, and after the old material was shown, we would be seeing an all new Broke Straight Boys Well there seemed to be an interminable period where we were seeing models who were considered sub par, like the "Neanderthal" Braden or the "transexual" Price, and people complained, and we were seeing many episodes of MikeR and Diesal and Aston over and over too, and again people complained and threatened to quit, and many did.

Stimpy, you also speak of the "winning formula" of Broke Straight Boys-1. Keep in mind that Mark is if nothing else a businessman, and if the formula was as winning as you suggest, he would not have made the changes that he did. I love David and am a member of his new site as well, and think that he is a "porn genius", but Mark obviously has information that we are not privy to and would not have made a major change if the picture was as rosy as you portray it.

I also totally disagree with you that the forum has now become "one-sided". Re-read the recent controversial Jimmy & Bradley threads, which obviously got very heated. As Larkster stated, many first time posters or infrequent posters came out "in agreement" with your sentiments, and some others spoke up on the other side.

My bottom line is that things on Broke Straight Boys are actually very similar to the way that they have always been here, with controversies and heated debates, and with new members coming, and old member's leaving.

I do not see things very dramatically different now than they have always been. We have a diversity of models with guys like Colin, Seth, Anthony, Chad and Darren who appeal to those who enjoy guys that will willingly bottom and engage in gay sex, and we have guys like Jimmy, Rocco, AJ, and Bobby who fit more into the classic "straight" boy image of this site, as typified in the past by Mike Robbins, Jordan, Tank Shane, and yes Diesal and Dustin and going back to the origins of the site, models like Taz and Sebastian.

Unlike "Chicken Little", I don't see "the sky as falling". I just see the same ebb and flow in the scenes and in the commentary on the forum, as I have always seen since I joined this site in October 2008. I still consider this far and away my favorite spot to be when I am on the internet, and my intention is to fasten my seat belt and enjoy the ride, although it does get bumpy at times, it still feels like home to me.

Dear mikeyank-Thanks for this insightful post. For those of us who are relatively new to this site, this post has provided some historical context for what is happening today. And for me personally, it means that my instincts have been consistent with the history of the site. I join you in fastening my seat belt for the ride into the future, bumps and all.

 

[larkster]

Larkster, I am no more "Mark" than you are "Corbin Fisher", or the owner of one of the competing sites trying to denigrate this site to lure the member's here to jump ship! LOL!

My only point is that the latest 'uprising' at the dissatisfaction with the product here is nothing new. Being a member since 2008, I feel like the grizzled veteran, and historian of the site and the forum, but there is an ebb and a flow to the forum and to the membership, and this too shall pass. I've seen members come and I've seen member's go. I see no great difference to what is happening now than what happened in the past. I'm just trying to put this all into perspective.

DAMN! You outed me! LMAO I still say this scene is a revelation and if its heat is emulated there will be a lot more subscribers coming and cumming then going. The scenes rating and reviews speak for themselves.

 

[lesit78]

To my dear friend, Stimpy,

I agree that it is sad when a long time forumite decides to leave this site and the forum, but may I respectfully remind you that this is nothing new here on this site.

But as you too have been here for a long time too, may I remind you that this is nothing new. Look back to the archives on the forum, from when you first joined this site in March 2010, and look at the names of the forumites who were posting then. Some of us "hard core" members remain the same, but the vast majority who were here then, are now gone. This is the nature of an internet site, and particularly a "pay site". People come and people go. it has always been this way.

And I do not see a great difference in the types of member's here now, from the past. We are a truly diverse group as we always have been. I do not see it as any more or less inclusive than it had been in the past. I can recall member's of the forum over the years who have described themselves as being gay, bisexual and straight. I can recall several member's of the forum who revealed that they were straight men, with either girlfriends or wives, and have only fantasized about being with another man, and that this site has been an outlet for them to watch and comment on the "secret side" of their desires.

It is also nothing new for member's to claim that management has turned a "deaf ear" to what they are asking for. I think that human beings by nature tend to romanticize the past. Yes there were some classic models and scenes from the past that are still remembered and revered fondly, but there were also some models and scenes in the past that were both panned and received vociferous complaints at that time on the forum.

I can recall periods of time when there was as much or more "bitching" and complaining by the paying customers. Off the top of my head, two of those periods were when they were using up the "non HD" scenes, before releasing the new technology. I recall members saying that this was crap that they were putting out, using sub par models, and repeatedly showing the same models over and over, (sound familiar?). People were complaining that they were paying a top price for episodes and were only seeing recycled crap, and they demanded that management trash the non-HD scenes and start showing the new models and scenes or they would quit the site. And some did quit, as member's always tend to do.

The second period of malcontent by the masses was after Mark had announced that David was no longer filming scenes, and after the old material was shown, we would be seeing an all new Broke Straight Boys Well there seemed to be an interminable period where we were seeing models who were considered sub par, like the "Neanderthal" Braden or the "transexual" Price, and people complained, and we were seeing many episodes of MikeR and Diesal and Aston over and over too, and again people complained and threatened to quit, and many did.

Stimpy, you also speak of the "winning formula" of Broke Straight Boys-1. Keep in mind that Mark is if nothing else a businessman, and if the formula was as winning as you suggest, he would not have made the changes that he did. I love David and am a member of his new site as well, and think that he is a "porn genius", but Mark obviously has information that we are not privy to and would not have made a major change if the picture was as rosy as you portray it.

I also totally disagree with you that the forum has now become "one-sided". Re-read the recent controversial Jimmy & Bradley threads, which obviously got very heated. As Larkster stated, many first time posters or infrequent posters came out "in agreement" with your sentiments, and some others spoke up on the other side.

My bottom line is that things on Broke Straight Boys are actually very similar to the way that they have always been here, with controversies and heated debates, and with new members coming, and old member's leaving.

I do not see things very dramatically different now than they have always been. We have a diversity of models with guys like Colin, Seth, Anthony, Chad and Darren who appeal to those who enjoy guys that will willingly bottom and engage in gay sex, and we have guys like Jimmy, Rocco, AJ, and Bobby who fit more into the classic "straight" boy image of this site, as typified in the past by Mike Robbins, Jordan, Tank Shane, and yes Diesal and Dustin and going back to the origins of the site, models like Taz and Sebastian.

Unlike "Chicken Little", I don't see "the sky as falling". I just see the same ebb and flow in the scenes and in the commentary on the forum, as I have always seen since I joined this site in October 2008. I still consider this far and away my favorite spot to be when I am on the internet, and my intention is to fasten my seat belt and enjoy the ride, although it does get bumpy at times, it still feels like home to me.

Mike, this is one of your best posts yet, very eloquent and thought provoking not to mention 100% correct. I came away after reading this realizing that you're right on, history repeats itself.

 

[Ms. Kianna]

Mike, this is one of your best posts yet, very eloquent and thought provoking not to mention 100% correct. I came away after reading this realizing that you're right on, history repeats itself.

History does repeat itself, and to my recollection, there have been many more uprisings on the forum. The CJ uprising, the "girls" on the forum and as a moderator uprising, the MikeR uprising....................That is just during my time, AND I am sure that you guys argued before I came along.

The forum is not Utopia. Just like in our "real" everyday lives, people have different personalities and opinions. People agree and disagree. People have times when things suit their needs, and times when they don't.

And, just like our favorite t.v. soap operas........sometimes people disappear or die off, and miraculously get found or come back to life, over and over again............

 

[mikeyank]

History does repeat itself, and to my recollection, there have been many more uprisings on the forum. The CJ uprising, the "girls" on the forum and as a moderator uprising, the MikeR uprising....................That is just during my time, AND I am sure that you guys argued before I came along.

The forum is not Utopia. Just like in our "real" everyday lives, people have different personalities and opinions. People agree and disagree. People have times when things suit their needs, and times when they don't.

And, just like our favorite t.v. soap operas........sometimes people disappear or die off, and miraculously get found or come back to life, over and over again............

Ah yes Ms. K, those are other great examples of uprisings here in forumland. History sure tends to repeat itself and as they say, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Each time this happens, folks cry doom and gloom, and say this is the "worst" or "the end is near", and we have always recovered. Perhaps this is a soap opera and should be renamed "As The Broke Straight Boys World Turns".

 

[cumrag27]

You leave me in awe!

To my dear friend, Stimpy,

I agree that it is sad when a long time forumite decides to leave this site and the forum, but may I respectfully remind you that this is nothing new here on this site.

But as you too have been here for a long time too, may I remind you that this is nothing new. Look back to the archives on the forum, from when you first joined this site in March 2010, and look at the names of the forumites who were posting then. Some of us "hard core" members remain the same, but the vast majority who were here then, are now gone. This is the nature of an internet site, and particularly a "pay site". People come and people go. it has always been this way.

And I do not see a great difference in the types of member's here now, from the past. We are a truly diverse group as we always have been. I do not see it as any more or less inclusive than it had been in the past. I can recall member's of the forum over the years who have described themselves as being gay, bisexual and straight. I can recall several member's of the forum who revealed that they were straight men, with either girlfriends or wives, and have only fantasized about being with another man, and that this site has been an outlet for them to watch and comment on the "secret side" of their desires.

It is also nothing new for member's to claim that management has turned a "deaf ear" to what they are asking for. I think that human beings by nature tend to romanticize the past. Yes there were some classic models and scenes from the past that are still remembered and revered fondly, but there were also some models and scenes in the past that were both panned and received vociferous complaints at that time on the forum.

I can recall periods of time when there was as much or more "bitching" and complaining by the paying customers. Off the top of my head, two of those periods were when they were using up the "non HD" scenes, before releasing the new technology. I recall members saying that this was crap that they were putting out, using sub par models, and repeatedly showing the same models over and over, (sound familiar?). People were complaining that they were paying a top price for episodes and were only seeing recycled crap, and they demanded that management trash the non-HD scenes and start showing the new models and scenes or they would quit the site. And some did quit, as member's always tend to do.

The second period of malcontent by the masses was after Mark had announced that David was no longer filming scenes, and after the old material was shown, we would be seeing an all new Broke Straight Boys Well there seemed to be an interminable period where we were seeing models who were considered sub par, like the "Neanderthal" Braden or the "transexual" Price, and people complained, and we were seeing many episodes of MikeR and Diesal and Aston over and over too, and again people complained and threatened to quit, and many did.

Stimpy, you also speak of the "winning formula" of Broke Straight Boys-1. Keep in mind that Mark is if nothing else a businessman, and if the formula was as winning as you suggest, he would not have made the changes that he did. I love David and am a member of his new site as well, and think that he is a "porn genius", but Mark obviously has information that we are not privy to and would not have made a major change if the picture was as rosy as you portray it.

I also totally disagree with you that the forum has now become "one-sided". Re-read the recent controversial Jimmy & Bradley threads, which obviously got very heated. As Larkster stated, many first time posters or infrequent posters came out "in agreement" with your sentiments, and some others spoke up on the other side.

My bottom line is that things on Broke Straight Boys are actually very similar to the way that they have always been here, with controversies and heated debates, and with new members coming, and old member's leaving.

I do not see things very dramatically different now than they have always been. We have a diversity of models with guys like Colin, Seth, Anthony, Chad and Darren who appeal to those who enjoy guys that will willingly bottom and engage in gay sex, and we have guys like Jimmy, Rocco, AJ, and Bobby who fit more into the classic "straight" boy image of this site, as typified in the past by Mike Robbins, Jordan, Tank Shane, and yes Diesal and Dustin and going back to the origins of the site, models like Taz and Sebastian.

Unlike "Chicken Little", I don't see "the sky as falling". I just see the same ebb and flow in the scenes and in the commentary on the forum, as I have always seen since I joined this site in October 2008. I still consider this far and away my favorite spot to be when I am on the internet, and my intention is to fasten my seat belt and enjoy the ride, although it does get bumpy at times, it still feels like home to me.

Dear mikeyank-Thanks for this insightful post. For those of us who are relatively new to this site, this post has provided some historical context for what is happening today. And for me personally, it means that my instincts have been consistent with the history of the site. I join you in fastening my seat belt for the ride into the future, bumps and all.

Mike, this is one of your best posts yet, very eloquent and thought provoking not to mention 100% correct. I came away after reading this realizing that you're right on, history repeats itself.

History does repeat itself, and to my recollection, there have been many more uprisings on the forum. The CJ uprising, the "girls" on the forum and as a moderator uprising, the MikeR uprising....................That is just during my time, AND I am sure that you guys argued before I came along.

The forum is not Utopia. Just like in our "real" everyday lives, people have different personalities and opinions. People agree and disagree. People have times when things suit their needs, and times when they don't.

And, just like our favorite t.v. soap operas........sometimes people disappear or die off, and miraculously get found or come back to life, over and over again............

Ah yes Ms. K, those are other great examples of uprisings here in forumland. History sure tends to repeat itself and as they say, "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Each time this happens, folks cry doom and gloom, and say this is the "worst" or "the end is near", and we have always recovered. Perhaps this is a soap opera and should be renamed "As The Broke Straight Boys World Turns".

Dearest Mikeyank,

All of the above is deserving of your being justifiably recognized as a long-time Broke Straight Boys sage, prophet, and wiseman; having great writing-style eloquence, dignity, well-thought convictions; and depth of personal wisedom that few on this site can lay claim! I feel truly humbled by your continued willingness to counter my incessant arguments and objections to what you so kindly put as a mere "fantasy" and find myself compelled to express personally my emmense gratitude to your being so very generous to overlook my many shortcomings. Your friendship I consider as a dear gift to me.

Your writings inspire the best in me, even if it is in direct opposition to your personal tastes, I fear not. I consider our friendship as a great personal blessing and, at the same time, a great mystery. But, regardless of all my opposing views already expressed, I truly am proud and feel privileged to count you among my "closest" friends encountered on Broke Straight Boys A mere thanks seems so very meager when compared with your consistent friendship you have repeatedly extended and reaffirmed to me!

Thank you Mike for the great blessing you represent both to the entire site, and to me personally! We talk about certain models as icons and stars, but in all my dealings with you, you have always remained the quintessential contributor on the forum and it's lifeforce. I want to express publicly that I consider you are truly a "quintessential Gay man", with all the dignity and honor one can envision and hope to aspire. You leave me in awe!

Thank you Mike for being YOU!


Sincerely,


Stimpy