What's with All the Thread Deletions?

[Laphroaig]

Not sure why folks are arguing/discussing this.
It's a one way discussion.

I'll be the first to admit I've posted a TON of pictures here - but I've also added discussion and general information posts as well.

No one is paying a dime here......Grooby sets the rules, one is free to stay or go.

[Luke Warm]

It costs Grooby money to host images on a server. If there's a huge number of images that are not directly related to Grooby, I can understand why they are tired of paying for this, after years and years.

Maybe if you see an image you like, "open in new window" and download it. Host it on your own computer. Don't expect it to be available here forever.

I can understand why older threads would get deleted, if Grooby wants this to be an up-to-date resource, and not a museum of vintage pics.

[filghy2]

Address this already. Came on site, two pages of nothing but image threads. Neeeded to go.
Things change.

No images are 'public domain' from porn sites that's a fallacy. Sites do show some images for marketing, but the intention is not for them to be built into large image libraries, which become sites within themselves giving it away for free, and thus negating the marketing purposes.

Are you saying the previous rules are now superceded? If so, what are the rules now?

On your second point, what is the status of this site https://shemalestardb.com/? I've always assumed it was legal, especially as people often post links to it here and no action is taken.

[filghy2]

Not sure why folks are arguing/discussing this.
It's a one way discussion.

I'll be the first to admit I've posted a TON of pictures here - but I've also added discussion and general information posts as well.

No one is paying a dime here......Grooby sets the rules, one is free to stay or go.

You are missing the point. I'm happy for Grooby to set the rules as long as they are clearly stated and applied consistently. I just don't think we have that in this instance.

As far as I can work out, Steven just decided to set aside his previously-stated rules because he was unhappy with the amount of images being posted, even if they were not actually breaching the rules. The reason I keep pursuing this is that he doesn't seem willing to clarify what the rules are now. If it all depends on the whims of the owner that is the opposite of having rules.

[Voices]

The thing is, all those ads you see on the side and top of the page come from how much traffic comes to the site, not how many post counts someone has.

There isn't a thing that Grooby puts out that cant be had for free on the internet. Not a single thing and cutting a thread or two off of this place isn't going to change that. There's all kinds of sites and forums that daily put out new free porn. Not just TS stuff. Any perverted shit you can think of. Google is happy to help you find it because porn is the number one thing that made the internet spread across the world. Let's not pretend that there isn't a bigger agenda going on here. There's a reason why a TS will show up on Pornhub when you're looking up lesbians. They know when you're getting bored of something and want to fuck your life up a little bit more.

It amazes me that a porn producer is cutting out threads in a forum, that wouldn't have a single person here, if it never had free porn to begin with.

Does anyone honestly think that any person that came here in the first place, (other than transsexuals themselves) did so to discuss transsexual issues? Seriously? Especially when you have a gif of a ts getting fucked on the side of the page from GroobyVR, right now?

The whole porn thing is getting boring as fuck anyway.

I barely come by this place anymore but I can see why some people here see the hypocrisy in thread ending crap. I couldn't care less either way. Just felt like adding in a couple cents. Don't care if I'm banned.

[MrFanti]

I just don't think we have that in this instance.

There's your error - there is no "we" here.
It is Grooby - we take it or leave it.

[GroobySteven]

last grooby subscription I had was earlier this year..without checking to be sure I think it was blacktgirls...I let it slide when some of my credit cards got compromised and for a few other reasons that aren't relevant here.

I am curious now though. You say it's not a porn site for images, yet I've been here since 2004 and it's always been a porn site with/for images...thats what? 18 years of hosting porn images...

Why end it all now? Like I said, your website/your rules and I respect that thinking, but this seems like drastic action...

It'll be interesting to see what becomes of this place. The images are what brought a lot of people here, and like I said before, while I understand/appreciate/support in real life the " woke topics " that are being posted, only a small handful of members are really interested in participating in those kinds of conversations...Just being realistic about that.

You can still post porn images. What we're not going to have is mega-threads where some people just come to post daily, and use it as their porn collection. If something is pertinent and relevant, then go for it.
Your comments on the 'woke' topics are way of. They've always been posted here, just lost amongst the drivel. This forum first and foremost was a place that people came to discuss with likeminded individuals.
If there is a post you don't like the subject of, don't click it.

[GroobySteven]

Are you saying the previous rules are now superceded? If so, what are the rules now?

On your second point, what is the status of this site https://shemalestardb.com/? I've always assumed it was legal, especially as people often post links to it here and no action is taken.

I might edit the rules but I think I've been clear on what's not going to take place here. You can blame the people who ignored them, or constantly fed their own posts with huge amount of stolen content.

That link is an affiliate site, we don't own it - but we allow the owner to post.

[GroobySteven]

You are missing the point. I'm happy for Grooby to set the rules as long as they are clearly stated and applied consistently. I just don't think we have that in this instance.

As far as I can work out, Steven just decided to set aside his previously-stated rules because he was unhappy with the amount of images being posted, even if they were not actually breaching the rules. The reason I keep pursuing this is that he doesn't seem willing to clarify what the rules are now. If it all depends on the whims of the owner that is the opposite of having rules.

It's not 'whims' it's a considered decision, and the final straw that broke the posters back was when I saw one morning the state of the front page of the site.

[GroobySteven]

The thing is, all those ads you see on the side and top of the page come from how much traffic comes to the site, not how many post counts someone has.

There isn't a thing that Grooby puts out that cant be had for free on the internet. Not a single thing and cutting a thread or two off of this place isn't going to change that. There's all kinds of sites and forums that daily put out new free porn. Not just TS stuff. Any perverted shit you can think of. Google is happy to help you find it because porn is the number one thing that made the internet spread across the world. Let's not pretend that there isn't a bigger agenda going on here. There's a reason why a TS will show up on Pornhub when you're looking up lesbians. They know when you're getting bored of something and want to fuck your life up a little bit more.

It amazes me that a porn producer is cutting out threads in a forum, that wouldn't have a single person here, if it never had free porn to begin with.

Does anyone honestly think that any person that came here in the first place, (other than transsexuals themselves) did so to discuss transsexual issues? Seriously? Especially when you have a gif of a ts getting fucked on the side of the page from GroobyVR, right now?

The whole porn thing is getting boring as fuck anyway.

I barely come by this place anymore but I can see why some people here see the hypocrisy in thread ending crap. I couldn't care less either way. Just felt like adding in a couple cents. Don't care if I'm banned.

Thanks for your 4th post in 9 years.
This site is a site for those who enjoy trans porn and discussion of that, some of it includes the sharing of images to demonstrate or illustrate. It was that long before you came onboard, it was that for years after you came - and there were some mega-threads that kept running. They'd sink down the threads, get an update and rise to the top every so often - but then some started using it as their porn sharing site, creating a thread for every micro niche within trans porn, updating each of the threads daily or multiple times a day and that drowned out the more interesting topics. 'Transsexual issues' takes up a tiny amount of the forum, most it's chat about models, types of porn, etc. Nobody has pretended that's anything different - and that's not going to change.

Speaking of hypocrisym, your two cents are pretty worthless for someone who has contributed so little but I decided to answer anyway as was able to use you crying, to answer some points overall.
No need for a ban - just go.