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Open Letter to Site Admin

2:33 am Friday, 29th April, 2016

I have been on the site close to 4 years now. During that time, I have met some incredible men and women I am proud to claim as friends, as I am sure many agree and may even consider me the same.

One thing I have always loved about this site is the openness, the sharing of the good and the bad, and the ability to interact and meet up with people who are open minded and free to say what they think.

One area where the site has excelled over other, similar, sites is that it allowed us to mingle and become friends, as much as or more than finding a sex partner for the day/evening or whatever.

Recent changes in policies, however, have curtailed the ability to chat privately with other members. Where we once were free to chat in private messages in the chat rooms, followed by chat only with confirmed friends, we are now unable to talk with anyone unless one or both are paid members. I believe this only hurts the site, as I, for one, find the main chat rooms dull and lifeless as, one by one, the most vibrant members of the site fade away.

I used to visit the chat rooms regularly, and if I do say so myself, I think I added life and fun to the mix of people. Since chat policies have changed, I find myself logging onto chat less frequently, to the point that I now rarely chat. Although I continue to check blogs, I find myself avoiding even those for the most part due to the general allowance by admin of blatant advertisement of meets rather than the creative works which blogs are meant to be.

It’s possible that Site Administrators are hoping for a different quality of (paying) clients who will use the site in a different manner. However, I think that they are overlooking a key factor: we come to this site because it encourages friendships. Other sites may promote and be successful in the Swinging Community because of their own services, but as far as I’m concerned, the site is the only one where friendships are forged and sustained.

I wish the site would revert to some of its previous policies of allowing member to communicate easily with each other, but do realize that profits are likely the main cause of these changes. In doing so, however, please be aware that many other sites do offer these services for free.

We arrived at this site for various reasons, remained because it was good, and now, sadly, say goodbye because we no longer find what we are looking for.

I am not leaving just yet, but felt the need to say all of this because I am sad to see the changes that have occurred. I hope this blog is allowed to remain up, and that anyone in charge takes heed of the valuable people who are leaving.



Comments
4:04 am Saturday, 30th April, 2016

Absolutely correct,dear Aphrodite xx

9:40 am Saturday, 30th April, 2016

I have to agree. Really frustrating when you are trying this out to not be able to see the messages I am being sent. Last time I briefly used this site it was great. You could at least see one message per day. Cmon!

12:10 pm Saturday, 30th April, 2016

Thanks for voicing this Erotic. I would add that those automated messages are really wrong to be sent on your name or anybody's It actually makes even more difficult to start a proper line of communication.

1:06 pm Saturday, 30th April, 2016

Well what can I add to that, I may have not been on as long as some on here, but yes i too have noticed that the chat room has become very stagnant, just when a conversation gets going, some imbecile posts their contact detail, and to be honest I can do with out that.
so Admin can you please revert the site back to how it was so the fun can resume.

4:11 pm Saturday, 30th April, 2016

I have been here nearly 13 years and the chat is bloody awful to what it used to be. Endless cock and tit pics,,,,c'mon if we really want to see them its not hard is it? Why inundate the chat room with them? I agree a lot of the people who used to make the chat room enjoyable have moved on, as we all must but not being able to pm your friends is really the last straw.

9:59 pm Saturday, 30th April, 2016

Superb blog EG. Admin please take notice of this and don't delete it just because it criticises current policy, learn from the points raised.
I just like others have been here several years now and have become disillusioned with the changes. I was a regular in chat and blogs and interracted with lots of wonderful people who I now consider close friends and hope they remain so for a long time. However I doubt that could now happen due to the restrictions imposed. Chat changes have lead to large numbers of regular and popular chatters to leave instead we get monosyllabic chats and endless pics. The private interraction is now impossible unless you pay, but why should you pay when there's no one to talk to?
The blogs are now a shadow of themselves. Where once they were funny, moving, thought provoking blogs most are now nonsensical, mindless and dull. Despite rules from admin about content these are almost totally ignored while genuine comments are constantly removed. Once where blogs got hundreds of replies now most are lucky to get a dozen.
I have paid in the past and I paid because the hub was a fun place to be encouraging interaction between members but now it seems the opposite.
I understand the owners need to make it pay but please look at how that is done because at the moment it is doing nothing to keep regulars or attract newbies.
Thanks again EG for voicing what so many of us think.

1:54 am Sunday, 1st May, 2016

I'd been thinking of writing something similar recently but EG has beaten me to it. Hats off to her because it had to be said. Sadly (??) I still have 8 months to run so I'll stick it out to get my money's worth. However I suspect I'd have been better served if I'd bought a fistful of premium bonds with my membership instead.

10:34 am Monday, 2nd May, 2016

Almost never visit the chat room now for exactly the reasons you state.

10:52 am Monday, 2nd May, 2016

Well.....what do you know......? My reasoned and well thought out criticism has been torpedoed in the usual generic manner without as much as a by your leave :-) Perhaps there is an unwritten level of criticism beyond which posts get singled out for destruction, as I note this thread otherwise remains :-) Hilarious.

12:31 pm Monday, 2nd May, 2016

I've been on this site in one way or another for quite a while as well and have seen lots of changes some good some not so and the above reflects how i see things to.

8:30 pm Monday, 2nd May, 2016

Bump....

It seems pretty unanimous that we agree but will it make any difference or even be acknowledged ?
Please listen admin. We know you need to make money but without any members you won't make a penny. Time for some reconsideration......

7:48 pm Wednesday, 4th May, 2016

Seems that all the issues raised about the blogs are perfectly shown with the current list on display.

I hope your blog achieves something goddess x

9:19 pm Wednesday, 4th May, 2016

Well said EG!

3:40 am Thursday, 5th May, 2016

It is nice to see some people I have not seen for a while contributing to the blog. Yes, Turquiose and Rigger. I am a softy. I hope u stick around blogland. :)

4:05 am Thursday, 5th May, 2016

Yes, yes sorry I am going to get disowned by many people here. Also Averagejoe and Welcum xxx. I hope we all stick around and see how it goes.

12:04 pm Thursday, 5th May, 2016

Thank you freeforpleasure. Things have been busy the last few months but now I have more time so am back. Missed you and many others. x

12:54 pm Friday, 6th May, 2016

In comparison to some i am a relative newcomer...
to be totally honest, i didn't like either of the chat platforms at first and avoided the older classic chat like a dose of summin' nasty..
as for the beta chat as it was called, that was stale and boring.
I was enticed into the classic chat by someone who wishes to remain anonymous... i don't think she wishes it known she associates with an oik like moi...
But when Sassy introduced me to the guys and gals in the chat, it opened a new realm of the site, and new people..
It was very much an 'us and them' attitude when it came to blogland and chat, me being a little strange and enquiring didn't mind straying from the safety of blogland where you could take your time to respond to others, and enjoy the quick witted quips of those in the chat room...

Then it all went a bit Pete Tong, the blogs were plagued by the evil blog fairy, casting her her wicked 'xxxxxx' all over your posts and latter, the blog demon who would randomly delete blogs for no apparent reason

Chat didn't fare much better, the two unruly neighbours were made to move in together and well, chaos ensued...
Todgers and titties in your face all day long... made concentrating on chatting very difficult.

So people left, we lost some good men along the way, but things seemed to have settled...
we are left though with this war scared landscape, a ghostly image of its former glory...
Strangers filled that void, although very few come much stranger than me...

I found myself disillusioned, bored of the now mundane blogs and sick and tired of the persistent penises in chat....and the cock photos were just as annoying.

I took refuge elsewhere.... in my happy place... the bosom of something special, and here, i, along with others grieved the loss of what had become a good and faithful servant.... The Hub

But it seems some carried on in their quest to restore this once worthy place to its former glory....Those willing to stand up and be counted, wanting to make a difference and return this beloved place to somewhere we can all be proud to co-exist in harmony.
Carry on this struggle my brothers...and sisters...bring your arms to bear, or any others bits you wish to bear... just as long as they are tastefully photographed and do not look like an something that should be in the medical journal!!!
The PFJ salute you..as do I

8:14 pm Sunday, 8th May, 2016

here here EG well said there will son be no one left on this site , please take note admn before it's to late

11:56 pm Tuesday, 10th May, 2016

It seems me referring to phony messages isn't allowed. Ah well, I'll go and enjoy the irony!

1:47 am Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

"working on the problem to help the Censor Desk to be more consistent"

So does that mean they'll be consistently zapping everything except references to "proper doms" and "my butt-plug training" ? :-)

"It seems me referring to phony messages isn't allowed"

No shit. Better not mention the issue of fake profiles either, then :-)

"i wont comment because the nazis wont let me"

That, Mr Chok, says in a nutshell why this blogging section has taken a terminal nose-dive :-)
It seems that if we want to get a point across, we have to sneak it in when Admin are asleep or on hols, in the hope that at least *some* people will read it while it's still up :-)

4:01 am Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

"Even if one person sees my post, it more than compensates for the pain and angst I suffer when my words of wisdom are callously eradicated" :-)

Waacking??? Is this really a dance discipline, or are you speaking metaphorically here ? I've heard of "whacking off", but unsure it's the same thing :-) I'd have thought sailors would have plenty of time for the latter, though.....unless it's a matter of "don't ask, don't tell"............... on those tubs :-)

4:14 am Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

I read them too Skeebie :)...as you know out time zones are similar so I always catch the whole thing (that sounds dirty btw lol)...Well at least I did not say I would like to whack you (mafia style?)...img src="imagesadultemoticons026.gif"

5:54 am Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

Hear, hear, Mr Chok.

Chrissy: I'm afraid "Dad Dancing" is the best I can do. I guess it's a generation thing. There used to be something called "para-para" here decades ago but it resembled a vertical version of the hand jive. Have to admit though that the Japanese have always been suckers for mass-synchronized dancing: they seem to have their own oriental versions Bollywood choreography. I was in the gym yesterday slumped over a weight machine, and in a moment of reverie stared through the window of one of the studios where about 30 Japanese were doing Zumba. I was simply fascinated at the effortless way they all seemed to mimic each other's movements to the millisecond and millimeter. If I'd tried it I would have looked like a total arse within about a minute. Gotta hand it to them.....now back to the abdominal krunches......... :-)

3:40 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

I agree with you erotic goddess such a shame the owners of the site have change the format

3:44 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

I agree with you erotic goddess, it is a shame the owners of the site have change the format. I too have met some fascinating people on her and have spent many an hour in the chat rooms. Now it seems pointless.

7:30 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

Spot on you have summed up everything the site has lost its soul it is not what it was not the same feeling or people I enjoyed coming on here and having secret chats why take away pm,s there is enough restriction on here!!!.

7:43 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

They've responded by deleting my post!

8:22 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

Totally agree..owners or shareholders need to reconsider their business model...this site is effectively doomed within a couple of years unless they seriously reconsider their model...glad my monies are invested here

11:29 pm Wednesday, 11th May, 2016

I most definitely agree with you E.G...I was a regular visitor to the chat rooms, but now since the change in the way the site is run, I very rarely go there now...😞

1:26 am Thursday, 12th May, 2016

"Do Me Daddy" lyrics??

Yes they have such poetic resonance for men of a certain age :-) xx

1:39 pm Thursday, 12th May, 2016

STILL NO RESPONSE!!!!!

3:23 pm Thursday, 12th May, 2016

Always music to my ears :-) xx

3:49 pm Thursday, 12th May, 2016

Dancing only needs 4 things...
A big fish
A little fish
A cardboard box
Some shelves to stack

5:45 pm Friday, 13th May, 2016

Still no response from admin to Erotic Goddess,s post.

10:37 am Saturday, 17th December, 2016

100% agree i used this site back in 2010 to great affect but came back last week and its all  changed so now im leaving again but this

6:18 pm Friday, 6th January, 2017

I don't have the experiences you had, I've only been here from the end of November 2016.
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I don't mean to sidetrack your issues only add one of my own. As a novice in November I thought I was being inundated with requests to meet. It was some weeks later I realised all those invites were auto generated messages and the profile owners seldom knew they had been posted.  I joined on the strength of those fake messages and a feel cheated and made foolish. 
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The members I have the pleasure to be in contact with are truthful and honest.  This site should respect those qualities and express them by not sending fake introductions.

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