Originally Posted by SpicyM

Over the years, the affiliate part of the adult business shrunk drastically - with tubes the old traffic sources that used to send big amounts of traffic (mainly TGPs) all died. They were largely dependent on affiliates submitting galleries while tubes are not. Internet is cheap and everywhere.. so anyone can upload content these days.

The massive affiliate base consisting of average Joes died with the old traffic sources. Those were the people discussing tactics and sharing results on boards. With a lot of ways of promoting porn there was naturally a lot to talk about..

Now the only affiliates that matter are tubes, review sites, discount sites and a handful of old schoolers who still run freesites with good Google ranks. No wonder the traffic on adult boards descreased, it just reflects the state of the affiliate business.

It has nothing to do with FaceBook.