....Huge Post Warning....
I'll be the first one to tell you straight up, that regardless of any new section or channel we launch, the FIRST priority and it remains the most important one for life on here is the quality of the members and content. Do you know why we have so few scammers, spammers, and douchebags here? Because we have a ton of security and monitoring that goes into this place. Not to censor the content or the users, but to ensure that even if we suspect someone at being a shady sob, they are flagged and watched.
Our banned list here is HUGE. Right now, we have 12,000 forum members, and a banned list of over 1700 members. Not to mention, we don't just ban people for trying to rip our members off, we take it to the next level and post ALL of their background information on here. Why? Not to be mean, but to set an example, so that everyone that is even considering pulling a scam on ANY members of WickedFire or through WickedFire will think twice about it. By all means, do what you want on other forums, because the most they'll do to you is just ban you and that's it. We have more than 10 mods here (all of them started out as regular members, and all of them are volunteers) CONSTANTLY monitoring the quality of the content and users. We're all aware of it being a never ending battle.
Sure, other forums are massive compared to us, and in terms of numbers, but when you compare what our advertisers say after a campaign on WickedFire compared to any other type of advertising on and offline, our results blow everyone out of the water. And I'm not just saying that because I own it, I'm saying it because it's fucking true, and even to this day, pretty surreal. (I feel like I say this way too much).
Even now, after being around for more than a year we still have lots of skeptics of this place. But most of them are the anonymous commentors at blogs who turn out to be internet tough guys, so it's no real concern when they refer to us as a bunch of HS and College kids, because when it comes down to it, WE have more medium to high level affiliates per square pixel than any other forum out there. Booyah.
Personally, I think if we do in fact make an adult section/channel we'll be going after the same target market that WickedFire itself goes after. The medium-high level affiliates. We don't want the newbies. No offense to them, but I'd much rather have 10,000 members that at least know their way around the industry, have had success already, are savvy enough to get by on their own and aren't pussy enough to be honest and upfront here than 100,000 members to just inflate the numbers. I doubt we'll ever have as many active members as the larger forums, but I know for a fact that we've already surpassed them in terms of quality in content and member status.
Maybe the adult industry can benefit from it or maybe they don't need us. Regardless, the polls are swaying us towards a yes vote, and the majority rule will decide on the final outcome. If we do end up doing it, I'll also make sure that anyone who is too much of a wuss to deal with adult won't mistakenly find it. We're also going to be VERY selective on whom we allow to participate in it and especially who is allowed to advertise there (if they have a bad rep, just like on here, it's a no-go, regardless of how much cash they have or are offering).
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