evil-pineapples wrote:LegalPorno is a strong brand. So is DDFNetwork. I don't understand changing the names when you have years of goodwill built up within both of those sites. Pornbox is your all-encompassing "mothership" brand for the entire network, with the unified storefront, but the other brands are established and it doesn't make sense to change them now. Regardless of what the LegalPorno name was originally supposed to entail, it has taken on a life of its own. It just seems like a waste to throw that away. I'll use an analogy, which is probably too culturally specific and won't mean anything to you: LegalPorno is to AnalVids as Coca-Cola is to RC Cola. (RC Cola is a generic shitty cola that nobody likes. It's what you buy if they don't have real Coke.)
Also, I still owe you content.
YumYum74 wrote:Main issue I have is communication. There isn't any.
Without debating the merits of specific decisions (I'm sure you have specific business reasons for each), please please PLEASE try to at least communicate them beforehand. Giving a reason or not giving a reason for the decision is not even the most important thing (although it would be appreciated). We're almost always kept in the dark, resulting in several threads from angry forum members. Threads that have to be closed/deleted eventually because they go way off topic or get angrier and angrier in tone because the concerns (valid or not) are not addressed.
We are just customers here, but you're not building trust with these out of the blue decisions. I would say announce important decisions, give a short explanation, and close the topic so it won't be overrun with comments and questions, and maybe use this topic for additional questions.
My two cents.
"legalporno" is a stupid name for the current product
xxx wrote:YumYum74 wrote:Main issue I have is communication. There isn't any.
Without debating the merits of specific decisions (I'm sure you have specific business reasons for each), please please PLEASE try to at least communicate them beforehand. Giving a reason or not giving a reason for the decision is not even the most important thing (although it would be appreciated). We're almost always kept in the dark, resulting in several threads from angry forum members. Threads that have to be closed/deleted eventually because they go way off topic or get angrier and angrier in tone because the concerns (valid or not) are not addressed.
We are just customers here, but you're not building trust with these out of the blue decisions. I would say announce important decisions, give a short explanation, and close the topic so it won't be overrun with comments and questions, and maybe use this topic for additional questions.
My two cents.
Allowing your users to comment and criticize on the general business is something rare. It is rare because it's probably not a good idea. You end up having to either argue, or silence people who do not fully understand the business and whoever is right, it makes the company look bad almost every time.
IndyPleco wrote:xxx wrote:YumYum74 wrote:Main issue I have is communication. There isn't any.
Without debating the merits of specific decisions (I'm sure you have specific business reasons for each), please please PLEASE try to at least communicate them beforehand. Giving a reason or not giving a reason for the decision is not even the most important thing (although it would be appreciated). We're almost always kept in the dark, resulting in several threads from angry forum members. Threads that have to be closed/deleted eventually because they go way off topic or get angrier and angrier in tone because the concerns (valid or not) are not addressed.
We are just customers here, but you're not building trust with these out of the blue decisions. I would say announce important decisions, give a short explanation, and close the topic so it won't be overrun with comments and questions, and maybe use this topic for additional questions.
My two cents.
Allowing your users to comment and criticize on the general business is something rare. It is rare because it's probably not a good idea. You end up having to either argue, or silence people who do not fully understand the business and whoever is right, it makes the company look bad almost every time.
What's the harm in announcing changes though? You don't need to have endless discussions about them, but it's helpful (and common with most services) to get a release note so we know what's up.
RedBaron wrote:First
I support YumYum74. Communication could be better, e.g. what will be the next steps in the next weeks? What about Gonzo studio?
Second
Please listen to your longterm customers. E.g. some are asking to get cream back. Why not? Some are asking for cosplay scenes like SZ715 or SZ995. Very rare recently. Why?
E.g. start official polls/surveys.
Third
Three day preview would be nice. Looking forward to your favorite girls is always great.
TheVulture wrote:For me the main problem is the tone of the porn LP produces. I've been here like 5 years and have spent (and continue to spend) a small fortune so clearly you're doing something right (ie very hard porn with very sexy and willing girls) but it would be so much better if a little more joy and positive energy went into the whole thing. The majority of the guys have waaay too much ego and also a sort of default physical aggression outside of any specifically manhandle type scenes. For example, is there a single scene with Angelo Godshack where he doesn't wrap his massive bicep around a girl's throat? I hate that stuff and don't see why it should be a default setting. Have the guys stop being so physically aggressive with their hands (apart from in specific manhandle scenes, of course) and stop them from doing weird stuff with their hand positions, all those constant "look at me!" changes (I'm talking Neeo in particular here) that just scream "ego" and are incredibly distracting for the viewer, whilst also often blocking the view of the girl's body.
I'm sure there will be a stream of angry replies to this labelling me a "snowflake" and saying I should stick to the tame Porn World clips or whatever but that's missing the point. You can still have the same insanely hard sex LP produces without all that physical aggression and ego and I'm pretty sure it would be 15-20% hotter as a result. Often I feel that the girls are a little overpowered rather than being allowed to sizzle and they're not even portrayed as the main act in some ways. They still come across as good performers but it seems less about them than the guys at times, which isn't what I want.
Tied in with this I would like to see a little verbal interaction between the performers at the start of scenes. Again, nothing ego-centric or "Hey we're in porn!" (in other words, very definitely not the kind of stuff Mike Chapman sometimes starts scenes with) but just something designed to make the mood feel a little natural. Joachim and the IV guys had a little spell of trying this and it worked well. Sure it's cheesy and no-one's convinced that the performers actually have just met on the street or whatever but it helps to bring out a little personality from the performers and add a little feeling, which I think enhances the heat of the action when it gets going. Definitely have the guys fully clothed at the start of scenes. The current "girl walks on set of naked guys and we're straight into sex" style is just a little icy and off-the-peg in some ways and can give the scenes a generic, routine kind of feel.
Those are my thoughts anyway. They're pretty much the same ones I've been making for quite some time on-and-off so I'm not sure I hold out a great deal of hope that anything will move in my direction but you never know.
magizi87 wrote:This is a rant.![]()
Valid criticism only makes you look bad, when you don't do anything about it.
Or when you say you will do something about it, but it is all a smoke screen and you never deliver.
For example, when you say you will add a coming soon section, years ago and still nothing.
Or when you can't understand that the reason why so many threads "please cancel my membership"
keep popping up is a direct result of a website design flaw, or lack of interesting content,
content is too disgusting, or too expensive, etc, but no, you think we are some kind of morons.
magizi87 wrote:But then Giorgio came out with TS content
and as far as I'm aware the reasoning behind it was "everyone else is doing it"
and I was like, in my mind, I didn't actually post it "but... don't you have principles?" lol
bake0213 wrote:However, I think that the lightly moderated forum is actually a stroke of genius. As in fucking brilliant. Most businesses would kill for this kind of engagement with the customer.
I hope this thread doesn't devolve into another - Why won't you book my favorite model?/film my favorite fetish more?
xxx wrote:Cosplay is a grey area in legality.
xxx wrote:Hey, let's hear what you think we are doing wrong, what should be changed, adjusted, etc. Fair critics with arguments only please.
dap-addict wrote:xxx wrote:Hey, let's hear what you think we are doing wrong, what should be changed, adjusted, etc. Fair critics with arguments only please.
1) Communication before you do sth, especially if you take something away. - Argument: Otherwise you alienate loyal customers.
2) Private Message Box: I still dont understand why its suddenly gone, sorry! - Argument: What is wrong with ppl. exchanging private messages? Do you want them to drive out from here and to other porn forums instead? Does that help your business really? - And just to say, yes I got info via PM which dont belong in an open forum. But I never passed them on here, revealed maximum 10% of such info, always thinking carefully what will help your biz and what might harm it. On the other hand I go 100s of PM from lost clients, answering many of them, making them buy more scenes sold here, making them support studios and the girls. Other frequent posters sure did the same.
dap-addict wrote:xxx wrote:Hey, let's hear what you think we are doing wrong, what should be changed, adjusted, etc. Fair critics with arguments only please.
1) Communication before you do sth, especially if you take something away. - Argument: Otherwise you alienate loyal customers.
2) Private Message Box: I still dont understand why its suddenly gone, sorry! - Argument: What is wrong with ppl. exchanging private messages? Do you want them to drive out from here and to other porn forums instead? Does that help your business really? - And just to say, yes I got info via PM which dont belong in an open forum. But I never passed them on here, revealed maximum 10% of such info, always thinking carefully what will help your biz and what might harm it. On the other hand I go 100s of PM from lost clients, answering many of them, making them buy more scenes sold here, making them support studios and the girls. Other frequent posters sure did the same.
Jocke wrote:I actually have seen some improvements and changes for the better. If they were due to user suggestions or not is difficult to know unless someone recognise the input.
abcad90210 wrote:This is the most interaction we’ve had for a while. Previously I would browse new scenes daily now weekly because of all the crap OTS shite I don’t have time to go through.
There needs to be quality control like before. 99% of OTS now wouldn’t have been released for even 1 ticket before now you are asking for 10?
Having a forum to vent criticism is the main reason i renewed membership. The hope that you will be listened to. What is my friends who actually suggested the site to me spent a few hundred euros (monthly salary in CZ), on this site. He made a few suggestions for dirty anal and all his posts were deleted. That is silencing. Yet it’s interesting you are also invited to suggestion.
My suggestion is simple. Release less quantity and focus on quality of girls and anal creampie to other girls mouth. Like the glory years a few years ago hot girls weekly creampie to other girls mouth gangbangs. WHY? I can creampie my GFs ass and come on her face myself but I can’t watch another girl sucking out my creampie from a girls ass anywhere except LP. This was sineplex old niche and why I came here.
grey00owl wrote:Felling the same.
xxx wrote:Have you seen some of these very long BTS with a side camera during the entire scene?
evil-pineapples wrote:I will say that notification of change is never a bad thing.
If you want to remove the PM system, but you don't think it's appropriate to explain your reasons (I get where you're coming from on that topic, so no need to share), you can still at least provide basic notification of the change so that your users understand it was deliberate. You really don't want to create a scenario in which your users are left to wonder if it was just a glitch. You do that enough times, and eventually you create the perception that nobody is really paying attention.
otto1219 wrote:xxx wrote:Hey, let's hear what you think we are doing wrong, what should be changed, adjusted, etc. Fair critics with arguments only please.
why bother?
The chief thing LP is doing wrong is not acknowledging or acting upon or discussing the suggestions offered here on these forums. Giorgio is an exception, but he doesn't change, only becomes more predictable, and is defensive about his product and his team.
Your (sham) request falls on deaf ears, just like our requests and suggestions have fallen on deaf ears.
Why bother?
Suggesting that there will be "improvement" is only for newbies to believe. Anyone who's been here even a short while knows suggestions for improvement go nowhere.
Your post displays perfectly the disregard you hold your viewers implying that viewers suggestions are considered, that we make a difference.
There are many many many many threads here about what LP can do to "improve" the product. If you've not seen them, that speaks volumes about management. If you have seen them, then why waste bandwidth with a call for suggestions?
Suggestions abound around here, have you seen them? Do you just hit "delete" when yet another "improvement" thread appears?
Nah, I'm not going to bite.
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