Agreed Slimmie, and I might add anytime someone posts something that another takes issue with, we know all too well they will get called out on the carpet for it as well by the opposing opinion(s).
But seriously, I think we do a pretty good job self policing ourselves in terms of stating our thoughts and feelings regarding the scenes, the models, the production, the staff and crew, and so on.
We all have such diverse opinions and tastes, not to mention differences in personality and when we write in a forum, our meaning is oftentimes lost between the lines that are read and scrutinized sometimes more closely than the actual words themselves.
I do disagree with JohnnyG919 when he says "The only thing that your payment gives you the 'right' to to do is to view the content on this site. It doesn't give you the right to dictate what the models should or should not do. ...Your presence on this forum is a privelege afforded to you by the owners of this site - not a protected right."
Johnny, in my opinion the forum and our participation in it is actually a feature and benefit of your paid membership as are the bonus sites, photo galleries, at least 2 updates per week, bonus (BTS) footage, it is not a "privelege". I do agree it's not a protected right (as in a U.S. constitutional right), anymore than any of the other features of membership are. But unless you violate the site's terms of service and are banned, forum participation is a personal decision made by all site customers whether or not they want to log in and join the conversation.
The purpose of any forum is for us all to get together and discuss our thoughts and opinions regarding the content, and in doing that we oftentimes have thoughtful and interesting debate regarding the same.
Anytime you get a group of people together to discuss topics they all enjoy, you're going to get differing opinions that will sometimes come off as rude.
I would like to point out that member participation on the forum is quite different than employee and model participation. We do so because we want to. But the way I see model participation is similiar to authors holding book signings, or a dance troupe performing for a small group of garden club members: It's a great way to get yourself out there and promote the product.
Of course all the models we see and love in the scenes are real people, but at the end of the day they are here to promote the site, and hopefully generate interest in it so that we will remain as a member, and hopefully join other BluMedia sites as well. I know of more than one person who at one time or another has kept their membership rebilling month after month for the sole reason of the friendships and conversations on the forum even when the site content was less than satisfactory.
It generates interest and drama when there are long, sometimes passionate discussions and even conflicts on the forum. I sometimes find myself watching a thread with great interest as the drama unfolds in front of my eyes, and I have even found myself waiting with almost baited breath for the next episode after a particularly shocking cliff-hanger type response from a dissenting member.
It's great stuff, and Mark knew what he was doing when he created the forum. He also knew what he was doing when he decided to have the models start posting along with us; prior to the 2.0 reboot he even told us the models would be posting on a regular basis and it absolutely had the wanted effect of generating interest and promoting the product...and all that goes along with it.
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