Lots of nice people mentioned in this thread (even if they only mentioned themselves).
My short list of nice GFYers would include many of the usual suspects, all of whom have one thing in common, I've met them in person (so yes, I'm a real person):
Baddog, once hosted an XXXmas shoot for me at his house in SoCal way back, and we've enjoyed some nice visits and dinners together since (including with GoodGirl, who is the essence of nice).
Belinda and Spannow, I don't think I've ever seen them separately. I loved your photography workshops.
Brad Mitchell, MojoHost, the best host (for servers or parties).
Dillonaire (GameLink Jeff), the myth, the man...
Jenni Dahling, networking queen extraordinaire (I can't begin to name the number of people who Jenni has introduced me to, including present day business associates).
The two Kristen's...I adore girls with big brains!
Rochard and his wife, they are always fun and enjoyable to speak with at shows.
Hal aka Halcyon - what an inspirational person Hal is! Always upbeat and positive. I even bought his book, lol. Miss him at the shows. Had a great time at the Exotic Erotic Ball in SF and Treasure Island.
LAJ (and Connor), whom I had the pleasure to get to know while co-sponsoring entertainment events for their Cybernet Expo and Y-Not Summit events in San Francisco.
JFK (who shot my blog photo paparazzi style)
Vendzilla, who despite all of his conservative rants, is a gentle giant, who I know would give the shirt off his back to help a friend, and would jump in and help a stranger as well.
Darren Blatt (D$ Money), who I did some memorable Rock the Ball events with in San Francisco.
D$' bro Kevin K'bizzle is a nice guy too, once you get to know him, as are the rest of his Jewish posse including J$tylez (who I've run into at several airports), and Evan (X-Pays), a fellow Bay Area denizen who once provided me with some nice seats to for a 49ers game.
I like larger than life characters, and the following two count as friends, as well as nice guys and total characters, Far-L, a very bright Deadhead, knowledgable about things literary, philosophical, and cosmic, and pornographic (who nicely hosted a shoot and dinner for me in Seattle) and DWB, who I met while attending an early anti-piracy conference with in LA organized by a1r3k aka seeric (a very gentle but passionate nice guy).
Honorable mention characters would include Tofu, Sarah, and other SF/Bay Area locals/former locals, and honorary San Franciscan RyuLion, who is welcome back anytime (especially if he is sporting latex). The out of town honorable mention characters include Robbie (and Claudia Marie of course) in Las Vegas, Dave Cummings in San Diego, and in a devilish way, xxxJay in LA.
Another larger than life character that I still think about is ASM "After Shock Media" (David), who unfortunately passed away too young not too many years ago. I was able to visit him in the hospital a few months before he died. In the category of nicest webmasters, I would put my cannabis loving kindred spirit ASM.
Within my niche, the GFYers I know and consider nice folks beyond the adult industry are Juicy Bunny and Otaku. Not exactly in my niche (although he used to operate an Asian content store), AMA Joe, who nicely rented me a few of his nice locations in LA when I was down there to shoot on various occasions over the years.
Although they are not normally credited much around GFY, many of the models I have worked with are among the nicest folks I know. Not many of them post here much, but a few models whom I've worked with that are GFYers include Alliyah Love and Trisha Uptown, both of whom are super sweet, and seem to have a great grasp of the biz.
I've always depended upon the niceness of photographers more skilled than I to teach me what I know about photography. Most of my education was achieved by trying to pay attention and learn as I worked alongside these more experienced/skilled shooters on past projects. I'm not sure if they necessarily want to be mentioned (since I am a polarizing figure on GFY at times), but a few guys who probably won't mind too much are RevSand and JayRock (that's how nice they are).
I would be remiss if I did not mention
Eric and
Theo. I've known Eric for years, and had the pleasure to sit and visit with Theo a couple of years ago during a trip he made up here to San Francisco.
Last but not least, my runner up nicest GFYer is Robert "Naughty" Pyne, a terrific video shooter and editor whom I've collaborated with on several video projects, adult and mainstream (Robert used to work at Adult.com and GFY too). He might be in the running for the title if he didn't live hours away.
Anyway, one of my best friends, whom I've known and worked with for over a decade, is absolutely the nicest GFYer there is, but I won't mention him by name (since I'm not sure if he wants to be associated publicly with me). Thank you so much for being a nice guy and a friend! You know who you are...
I'm sure I've left a lot of nice folks out, but hey, time for another vape. I love you anyway.
Wow, despite all of the trolls and assholes, GFY is filled with lots of really nice people (don't get me started on those nice folks on GFY that I only know online)...
ADG