Damien,
I rarely post in the forum, however, since we have the same name (Even though yours is a stage name) I felt compelled to say something to you, since I think you were sincerely asking "where did I go wrong?" or "what can I do better" etc... Here are a few points:
1. Remember this is a text format. Therefore, it is very hard to convey things like sarcasm, body language, voice inflection, etc... So if you mean something in a sincere way, take the time to make sure that you're not writing off-of-the-cuff so to speak, but read what you write before you post and ask yourself, if I were someone else reading this, how would I take my words? While I didn't take your initial comment the wrong way, I can totally see how others did. Perception is reality. No one knows you away from this site, therefore people only know what little of your personality, conversation style they see in your videos. Do you, be you, but just beware that there are some things you just cannot control.
2. You've been on this site for over two years now, that is a long time for even some of the very best
Broke Straight Boys models, most of which are from back in the day. The new
Broke Straight Boys has lost touch with what made it a great site many moons ago when I was curious, in college and signed up for my first subscription. There was a reason I liked this one over other sites like
Sean Cody. Over juiced, frat-tastic faces, etc... are seriously a dime a dozen....even though it's all an act,
Broke Straight Boys has historically be more real than many other sites. Therefore, be grateful, say thank you, don't ask questions in a passive-aggressive manner, if you want to know something ask, and then WAIT for people to respond. For example "Hey guys, I've noticed that my ratings have slipped over the past few months. What can I do to make the viewers happy?" That's much different than saying, "I do everything for you, I bend over backwards for you, and no one appreciates what I do, for you....etc..." Now I was paraphrasing and exaggerated a bit, but that's the way what you said could have been taken. No one wants to be made to feel guilty, so try to avoid statements like my latter example.
3. This is a job, and as such, you REALLY do what you do to make a living. No one is obligated to watch your videos, like you, or anything, people choose what they want to see, vote on, participate in on this site...so keep doing a great job, and trust me there will always be people who will appreciate your work, and if they don't, well an old saying once stated..."All good things must come to an end...." You're obviously intelligent, so I know that
Broke Straight Boys and maybe even gay porn overall is not the end all, be all for you. So make the best of the time you have on here, make sure you're not like barbers and hairdressers where you spend everything you make b/c you think the money will always come in by the truck load, save up, take care of yourself...etc...
4. If you want people to take your seriously, take the time to understand the differences between words like "too" and "to" or "your" and "you're" etc.... Having said that, I realize that we all type fast and often type while we're thinking about certain things. Take the time to clean up your more serious posting, quick, quips, I totally would understand misspellings or misuse of certain words. I say this because you have haters out there, so don't give them ammunition, such that they end up saying negative things in a thread such as this.
5. Personally there are only a handful of recent models that I would rank with up there with some of the top guys of the past (Mikey,
Diesal, Austin, Ryan, to name a few) and those are Johnny (no longer on the site), Paul C., Tate T, Adam B, Ayden,
Brandon Beal (no longer here) and you...So take the time, go back and watch your first videos, if you feel like you've become distant to that same guy from 2012, then figure out what you have to do to get back to being him. Your look, everything about you from a video point of view was much much much better than I see you today. I could likely be in the minority and that's fine, but I'd rather be honest with you in a tactful way that just flat out rude like people have been in some of the posts on this thread.
Lastly, I typically don't vote at all. I have a healthy level of distrust with the voting system on here, because how would anyone know if the ratings have been tampered with or whatever? We don't. Anyway this post is far too long, try to stay positive, stay above the fray, and relax, relate, then release.
