Shardz opened this issue on Dec 29, 2005 ยท 117 posts
Photopium posted Fri, 30 December 2005 at 1:29 AM
Paypal and non-ridiculous credit card processors are the enemy here, I think. In order to do business, I'm sure they have to bend over to their demands for a non-adult store. The bigger you get, the more attention you recieve from outside sources who do not understand the subculture nor do they care to. What's worse? Asking these companies to lighten up would probably just make things worse, drawing attention to the site and putting it under even more scrutiny and next thing you know all renders are Vicky3 in a temple in a burka with a sword. I think what is hard to take for most people is the utter lack of "Hey, we think this sucks too, but our hands our tied by forces more powerful than us. We're just trying to stay in operation here." Instead, and this has always been the case at this site under all of it's regimes, it's kind of the cold and indifferent "Here's the deal, Love it...we do." attitude. It strikes me as dishonest and impersonal, and as a member here for over...8 years?...I've always wanted to feel like this was a community that cares about each other from the top down. It's the sort of "You can't handle the truth" approach that just kills people's love for this place. -WTB (Who has survived worse changes than this)