Sorry, I strongly disagree here. I think surfers are tired of all the "this is the hottest site on the planet" and "we have 120,000 photos" BS and the one-page tour model that cons them.

Universal Bear is one of the most successful bear sites out there and it's highly personalized. I don't just talk about how hot the men are, but I talk about what I'd like to do to them and I talk about personal sexual experiences (whether they're true or not, is another issue). And I get countless e-mails from members saying how much they love the hot talk.

I've also got members who are still rebilling from the very first year the site opened. So I'm doing something right.

Now mind you, UB isn't a paysite. But it's also not your typical AVS site in the true sense of the word.

Furthermore, a lot of porn surfers are pretty lonely people. I think that personalizing a site can make them feel a deeper connection with a site.

For the record, Ian I think you're on the right path. I think your site is already appealing to a different crowd than your regular run of the mill porn site. You're attracting people who don't mind reading ... hell, people who can read. I think personalizing it makes sense. And it's certainly worth trying it out.

Michael