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I sure as hell don't want to rely on tumblr blogs to get by, which seem to have an amazingly short lifespan of a couple of weeks to a few months. We've all seen the cycle happen: Girl posts a picture of her feet, gets likes, posts more pictures until the anons and creepers scare her away and turn her off from foot fetish forever.
Wu's lasted over a decade, and the better part of a second. Even if it's becoming more apparent that ourdays here are numbered, we've accomplished something that no blog or twitter account will ever achieve: longevity.
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quote:Originally posted by Lordsoysauce: I sure as hell don't want to rely on tumblr blogs to get by, which seem to have an amazingly short lifespan of a couple of weeks to a few months. We've all seen the cycle happen: Girl posts a picture of her feet, gets likes, posts more pictures until the anons and creepers scare her away and turn her off from foot fetish forever.
Wu's lasted over a decade, and the better part of a second. Even if it's becoming more apparent that ourdays here are numbered, we've accomplished something that no blog or twitter account will ever achieve: longevity.
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quote:Originally posted by Lordsoysauce: I sure as hell don't want to rely on tumblr blogs to get by, which seem to have an amazingly short lifespan of a couple of weeks to a few months. We've all seen the cycle happen: Girl posts a picture of her feet, gets likes, posts more pictures until the anons and creepers scare her away and turn her off from foot fetish forever.
Wu's lasted over a decade, and the better part of a second. Even if it's becoming more apparent that ourdays here are numbered, we've accomplished something that no blog or twitter account will ever achieve: longevity.
That happens everywhere, not just on Tumblr. How many of the "foot girls" still post here regularly?
quote:Originally posted by oneagain: But if Wu has left the site...we may loose it when the domain expires or if there was a hosting fee that doesn't get renewed:(
It might all just disappear one day
Exactly that has happened to many websites over the years.
I don't want this to happen. But if Wu does not return, then this is what very probably *will* happen at some point.
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We should really discuss a backup plan just in case the worst happens.
There's got to be a webmaster who wouldn't mind creating a site like Wus. It's also have the added benefit of promoting whatever other foot website they have running (ex. Patrick with SolesofSilk). And I don't think it'd be counter-business for Patrick to have a website like Wus that acts a central hub to other foot related content as well as his own website. I'm not saying that Patrick is the man, I'm just using him as an example.
The new website could be more up-to-date with tech trends for the hipster guys out there, too.
Before someone says, "Well, GirlGotSole, why don't you do it?" Because I have no webmaster experience nor do I already have a foot fetish website with a stake in the game.
But we need to plan now in case. If the website just dies, everyone will be scattered and it'll be almost impossible to regroup.
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quote:Originally posted by Girlgotsole: We should really discuss a backup plan just in case the worst happens.
There's got to be a webmaster who wouldn't mind creating a site like Wus. It's also have the added benefit of promoting whatever other foot website they have running (ex. Patrick with SolesofSilk). And I don't think it'd be counter-business for Patrick to have a website like Wus that acts a central hub to other foot related content as well as his own website. I'm not saying that Patrick is the man, I'm just using him as an example.
The new website could be more up-to-date with tech trends for the hipster guys out there, too.
Before someone says, "Well, GirlGotSole, why don't you do it?" Because I have no webmaster experience nor do I already have a foot fetish website with a stake in the game.
But we need to plan now in case. If the website just dies, everyone will be scattered and it'll be almost impossible to regroup.
I'm honored that you'd mention me, but I don't think I'd be the one to do this for numerous reasons, such as:
- The reason I do Soles of Silk is because it's something I've always done. It was a hobby that I couldn't afford to post for free, so Soles of Silk was born out of a few years of freebie web sites while in college. I still treat this like a hobby and don't dedicate my entire week to it. This is why I update once a week. Even though I give enough items in a single update to warrant just updating every other day, it's just easier for me to do it all at once.
- I work a real job that does some long hours many days of the week. I also do social media, advertising, and promotion for them on top of it, so I don't think my schedule has an opening for something as cumbersome as a site like this one would be.
- I'm not fully convinced that Wu will just ignore everyone forever. Sooner or later he's going to contact one of us, or BHE will mention to me what's going on. Until then, the forum part of this site lives on with its existing members until WE let it die.
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No worries, Patrick! I was just using you as an example of a webmaster that is well known/liked/connected with the community.
I just don't want to log on one day, see Wus is gone, and then not know where to go or what to do with my foot fetish.
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OK, here I go again; I am making a comment because I would like to see the site live on. IMO, this thread is an example of what is wrong with this forum...Talk and more talk. Wether Wu is with us or not, does not matter as much as the lack of participation by the amateur community in posting pics of female feet. Lets face it, female feet pics is why we show up here. Again, there are only a few people that made the effort to post pics and I feel that there is a failure of other members to even acknowledge that effort of the few that do post.. This has led to a decline in posting of pics by husbands and boyfriends. I think this site is in trouble because of apathy in regards to participation by the membership.
quote:Originally posted by domitilo: OK, here I go again; I am making a comment because I would like to see the site live on. IMO, this thread is an example of what is wrong with this forum...Talk and more talk. Wether Wu is with us or not, does not matter as much as the lack of participation by the amateur community in posting pics of female feet. Lets face it, female feet pics is why we show up here. Again, there are only a few people that made the effort to post pics and I feel that there is a failure of other members to even acknowledge that effort of the few that do post.. This has led to a decline in posting of pics by husbands and boyfriends. I think this site is in trouble because of apathy in regards to participation by the membership.
While I see logic in this statement, I also don't find it to be 100 percent the way I feel. People on here have posted like gang busters and then faded away since the forum opened. Just right now we haven't had a new member approved since January 1, 2014 so you're not getting anyone new either.
Even some of the popular ladies of the forum came and went. Some came again and went again. Some began posting here first, got a following and then stopped. You can find some on some other social media outlets, but even there some of them slowed down too. It has to be a passion.
One of the biggest complaints I hear about posting here for the average person is that they have to find an image host, then use link code to post their photo. Sometimes they don't do it in the correct forum and it doesn't show (that's their own fault, but still annoying to people who are lazy), or the image host doesn't allow linking to here (which a few don't). It's not rocket science, but it sure isn't as easy as most places to post images these days.
Just some food for thought. Not saying your wrong, just adding some of my experiences and interactions with people behind the scenes.
quote:Originally posted by Patrick: One of the biggest complaints I hear about posting here for the average person is that they have to find an image host, then use link code to post their photo. Sometimes they don't do it in the correct forum and it doesn't show (that's their own fault, but still annoying to people who are lazy), or the image host doesn't allow linking to here (which a few don't). It's not rocket science, but it sure isn't as easy as most places to post images these days.
Yeah, this. If it is more difficult than it should be to post pictures here, and it is easier elsewhere, then people are gonna do it where it's easier.
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ON TOPIC: I hope Wu's isn't going to die. This site is a second home to me. I check it more than any other website.
I have webmaster experience and have designed many non foot-related websites before. I would LOVE to make a site like Wu's, as a backup of course, but I just don't have the money or time to devote into it.
OFF TOPIC: I used to post pictures several times a week on a couple other forums, but hardly ever would anyone comment on anything. I tried to post on here and I got little to no feedback still. The lack of commentary ruins the models desire to continue, as some of them enjoy being desired for something most guys wouldn't take a second look at.
I even have a free site with advertising ONLY on here. Not once have I had any comments, requests, or donations (which I would use to upgrade my Photobucket account for the extra bandwidth). It surely doesn't help when people show up and copy a stage name, causing confusion.
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I posted often too, but as I said, wifey is over it and all the other girls I knew are out of my life or old bats. Like I'm a spring chicken!
The dedication many of us have to sharing the feet experience with each others pales into what Wu has done. Which makes me think his passion is maybe higher than many of us. That sort of passion doesn't just die of fade away. Something must have come up in his life at the moment. Heck, maybe he's in jail for "upskirting"??? lol
Social media has changed as well. But I like this old style set up. If Wu goes, we should just go over to mousepad & start our own thread to keep together until some thing is figured out. If he HAS gone, then this site will obviously be shut down sooner or later.
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Like many of those who have already posted, I hope that Wu is okay and will soon return to updating the forum.
As far as social media goes…
I enjoy Instagram. Posting and viewing are both a breeze, and it's easy to select whose image feeds I'd like to follow.
My biggest problem with the service is the rampant image theft/misuse. People repost images from the web and other Instagrammers without first asking and receiving permission, and some even add their own watermark before doing so.
quote:Originally posted by FIASCo: Like many of those who have already posted, I hope that Wu is okay and will soon return to updating the forum.
As far as social media goes…
I enjoy Instagram. Posting and viewing are both a breeze, and it's easy to select whose image feeds I'd like to follow.
My biggest problem with the service is the rampant image theft/misuse. People repost images from the web and other Instagrammers without first asking and receiving permission, and some even add their own watermark before doing so.
How low is that?
It sucks, but that was happening on sites long ago as well. People like that exist all over.
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