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Originally Posted by ctggls
Hey man it was a just a joke, but I still don't agree with you on the subject, regarding how big it is and so on.
Instead I see a lot of small time webmasters fucking it up every single moment and not taking things seriously enough. It's hard to make money in every industry if you just make a blog, work one hour per day , drink beer in the rest of the time and expecting to make it big time....
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That's called an anecdote. Moreover it's more an emotional argument than anything. You can't make that sort of statement (and without any proof or specifics) and expect it to answer a question such as "Is there less money in the adult industry today versus 2005?" It just doesn't work like that. It's like spitting on your finger and holding it out to check the temperature versus using a proper thermometer.
It would be nice if we had real solid data but we don't. The XBIZ poll among 311 members is based on anecdotal data largely too. However it's probably a little more credible than a very small group of paysite owners and reps for paysites on gfy talking about how things are better than ever and how only the small lazy people are having problems (or people who haven't adapted, bad content, not high quality enough, or whatever the explanation is today). I do think some paysite owners are still doing fairly well and some affiliates too. But we are talking overall averages here (as well as industry totals) and not just a couple paysites or affiliates.
Congratulations to the people still doing well. Particularly the honest ones. In a way if the industry really did shrink by 50% since 2005 that just makes the accomplishment all that more impressive. I was still doing very well as a paysite affiliate up until October of last year with a Google change. Prior to that the paysite metrics were worse but I was making it up on increased volume.