Focus50
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Joined: 12/28/2004 From: Newcastle, Australia Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: descrite Great thread. As for Bondage.com...it seems like it's really a paid site masquerading as a free site...right? You can't message anyone unless you pony up-- is that correct? Or am I missing something? I don't think "masquerading" is accurate because when I joined back in the day, free users could do pretty much everything you can do at CM but with additional benefits for premium (paying) members. And then they changed it so that free users couldn't msg each other, not even to make private comment on something posted on the public discussion boards. And if you were seeking a partner, then it was like Alt - as you say, "pony up" first. For anyone joining after the change, it's very obviously a predominantly paysite. For someone used to having it all, it suddenly felt like you were punted off to solitary confinement. That was in 2004, I'd reckon, as that's when I consequently became motivated to look elsewhere and under my CM avatar it says I joined here that year.... Focus.
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