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Originally Posted by Robbie
I think a lot of folks are doing just that now I know we went with more stuff and interactivity right off the bat just because it seemed like the best thing to do.
But not all of them can do that.
How can sites that are built on paid-for content be interactive for instance? And if everybody starts doing what I'm doing and stops buying content...well then there is another sector of the business that is going to go down (content sellers)
Or sites like Twistys for instance? How does Shap get girls to be interactive when he pays photographers to do all the shooting?
Maybe those kinds of sites are going to have to change in MAJOR ways (again what happens to content providers?) or maybe they are going to become extinct. I don't know.
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That's another topic altogether, but I have always disliked any site that uses purchased, non-exclusive content. I believe in exclusive content, myself. This isn't to insult any content producers, as a number of them do very good work, but just a general opinion.
You are right, sites in those situations are going to have a hard time changing their business model and may die off. IMO that would have happened eventually, though, as porn surfers WILL be seeking out sites that do more than show them videos and pics. The outbreak of tubes stealing everyone's traffic only serves to speed up that day (perhaps making it arrive years sooner than it would have otherwise).