Am I the only one that gets crazy emails from surfers?

[Hal]

I have ten years worth, and if you think the emails are nuts today, I'll post some from the days where few were computer literate and almost no one had experience with viewing streaming video........... especially at 14.4 and 28.8. These were the days that if you charged for content you had the entire Internet community down your back calling you a carpetbagger and accusing you of trying to crush the free flow of information. If you sent three porn spams you're hosting company was dumping you. It was a relatively small online world then. I could go on and on - but I'll spare you. Anyway, I have some very funny ones and some very rotten and scarry ones and another entire category I have in a folder called "assholes". There were emails accusing me of being the devil, of being criminally liable for prostitution with three page emails giving me the legal facts and case law and on and on. Unfortunatley, I'm a bit of an e-packrat and have every email since we went online with static video ads in 1995. Maybe I should publish a book or create a website (free of course) for webmasters and they could also post their own or is the interest in these things just a short lived novelty. Any thoughts?

Hal

[ponyboy]

maybe i'm doing something wrong? I just get people saying they like the models on my site.

[Hal]

maybe i'm doing something wrong? I just get people saying they like the models on my site.

You're not doing anything wrong and we all get the "I love you models, can you get me in touch - just for photos - I want his phone number" "send me free photos of there bewtiful cocks to suck", but it's all a matter of size in this business (no pun intended), the more members you process through your site, the more quirky email you'll receive. We talk about experiences on here and other boards like we're all doing a similar amount of business and grossing the same range of revenues - ain't true and that makes the facts different for everyone. For example, if you have sites that process 10,000 memberships/monthly you're talking on a completely different level than someone who processes a few hundred memberships a month. I just saw a post on The Gay Bored posted by my friend Brian from Bionic Pixels, talking about the summer slow down. To some guys it appears that there is none and some even see their business increase (I really wonder sometimes). If you did 200 memberships in July and 240 in August, we'll congratulations, your business was up around 20%. However, when your normal fall and winter months run about 12,000 membershps/mo you will see the summer slowdown and it can easly run 25% or more with results like 9,000 mems/mo for June, July, August, because there IS a summer slow down, has been for 10 years - less people online for less hours equal less money. My friends in the wholesale DVD distribution and toy distribution say the same. Those aren't my membership numbers above, but it is my experience and that just illustrates why you have to know the facts behind some of the statements made on this and other boards. That was a huge digression. Sorry.

[Jasun]

I love the idea of a website with the psycho letters and phone messages we get.

SquirtIt, I think the emails you get are the ones who underline exactly how much people fall for porn hook line and sinker. To us, Porn is like Championship Wrestling.. we get it... the "straight" guys aren't straight, the "gay" guys aren't gay, the "Best friends" aren't best friends and the "Sleeping Guys" are totally awake and playing along.

There are still people who think that the Bait Bus was real and those poor guys who got fooled into having sex with a guy and then dumped in the suburbs with no cash.

Those people don't really scare me as much as the ones who call over and over again begging for model's phone numbers and threatening us. Ido think that one day, we just might get a freak showing up at the office.

Thank God for Security Gates.

[Dzinerbear]

MANcheck gets stuff like this all the time. Guys from around the world, particularly in poorer countries, asking us to send them free pictures. Sometimes the e-mail people get asked out on dates. And we get a fair bit of obscene e-mail, too: "I want to suck your cock" and this kind of stuff.

Michael

[Squirt]

Those people don't really scare me as much as the ones who call over and over again begging for model's phone numbers and threatening us. Ido think that one day, we just might get a freak showing up at the office.

Thank God for Security Gates.

You have security gates at the new offices? Sweeeeeet!

I'm not worried about the people asking for numbers, wanting hookups etc. as that's natural.

With this new site I'm getting these freaky emails, like the ones I posted. The site doesn't promote incest, or anything even close, yet it seems to appeal to a group of people I never considered before and I wouldn't begin to know how to respond to their emails. I was going to put a board up on the new site... but if these emails are any indication of the conversations that could go on there I'm not up for it. What do you guys think?

Imagine all the emails straight site owners get from guys wanting to meet the girls :francais:

[Rainbo1956]

You have security gates at the new offices? Sweeeeeet!

I'm not worried about the people asking for numbers, wanting hookups etc. as that's natural.

With this new site I'm getting these freaky emails, like the ones I posted. The site doesn't promote incest, or anything even close, yet it seems to appeal to a group of people I never considered before and I wouldn't begin to know how to respond to their emails. I was going to put a board up on the new site... but if these emails are any indication of the conversations that could go on there I'm not up for it. What do you guys think?

Imagine all the emails straight site owners get from guys wanting to meet the girls :francais:

That is weird.

Yeah I dunno about a board, might throw off most of the ppl you do get. They might start thinking it's an incest sight and you don't wanna lose the majority due to some who don't understand. Unless you start finding that's who most of your traffic is...humm, I dunno

Makes for an interesting outcome though...to see what most of your surfers are wanting.
Would you say that your site was about the first or at least a pretty uncommon nitche? (I haven't really checked it out too much)

[EonFilms_Rocky]

With this new site I'm getting these freaky emails, like the ones I posted. The site doesn't promote incest, or anything even close, yet it seems to appeal to a group of people I never considered before and I wouldn't begin to know how to respond to their emails.

How about:

"Although the video is amateur, the videographer is highly skilled at what he does from years of patience and practice. For your own safetly, we suggest that you do not try this at home or on friends and relatives."

:-)

Rocky

[Squirt]

How about:

"Although the video is amateur, the videographer is highly skilled at what he does from years of patience and practice. For your own safetly, we suggest that you do not try this at home or on friends and relatives."

:-)

Rocky

I'm such a dunce when it comes to this kind of stuff. That is a great answer Rocky I love it, and believe it or not, I will use it! Thanks again :high:

[Paco]

I always get some straight guy callin due to his 'problems' with video, yet I can hear him slappin his monkey around (gee, sounds like everything is working fine).
To that, I always tell them [EXCUSE] the call is costing them money (long distance charges) and that I will send them instructions via e-mail once I have viewed the server logs for blah blah blah [/EXCUSE].

I also get girls and guys calling asking if I am one of the models and if I'd be interested in trading pictures.

My fav is when the smart ones send pics, from the addy on file, and they change the reply address. Oh yah, you fooled me.

The worst one ever was from a recently deflowered Asian woman that was being abused by her boyfriend: he had a membership to one of the beyond gonzo sites and would try the acts on her. Of course, she did not want to lose him cause he really loved her and yadda-yadda, so she obliged.

But when they piss me off, I simply retort with bonus access to the opposite of what they joined ... oh, your straight ... here is some free access to Monster Gay Cocks ... oh, your gay, here is some free access to Lesbian Dreamland.

[Doctor Dre]

ROFL that's some sick messsages. Especially the 75 yo + body fluid one

[Squirt]

Here's one I got for my new http://www.sleepingmen.com site

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hello my name is (name redacted) and i have been trying to do to my older brother what you do to the guys on your site but i cant do it ive tried numerous times and have failed i was hoping you could send me some insite on how you do this. and i have three questions to ask you
1. how do you get the guys to sleep in underwear my brother only wears shorts and underwear to bed
2.how do you know when a guy is fully alseep my brother always wakes up
3.what excuse do you use if your caught

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From another user

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hi im (name redacted). I jst wnt to ask im 23 years old kindda
gay bt n0t rili bt we got same interest on sleeping
men. I got it frm my young uncle bt he got hard i d0nt
knw if hes awake. Can you just tell me how to get him to cum
while he's asleep s0 I can enjoy him with0t him knwing?
Take care and m0re p0wer.

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And there you have it, a small snapshot of the people who pay our bills :francais: