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It means I can't see comments by others, and people can't see my pics unless they are premium.
Well that is the end of me posting pics here. OK so I'm not a premium member and am using bandwidth, but at least I contribute pics for guys to look at. Not just a couple of pics, but a reasonable number to which I would be adding more. Not now. Sorry guys, but without a change, my pics will not be added to and if nothing happens in a month or so, I will be one of no doubt many to remove everything and leave the site.
The site needs pics to work. If the site needs more premium members, don't penalise guys like me who are what help make the site interesting.
If the site is going to impose major viewing restrictions, instead of a blanket blocking of gallery pics, why not allow guys who have contributed more than 5 pics to view galleries properly.for a month and then if they contribute a couple of pics a month, can continue to view galleries? Also pics must be verified.
Just a suggestion!
If the site does not change again, I expect the site will vanish into the ether in the not too distant future!
Ok a few things..
Firstly, everyone can see their profile premium or non premium - if anyone can't see their profile that is a bug and they should use live help in the top right corner to report it.
Secondly, this site runs at a loss. It's revenue is less than someone working part time at a fast food restaurant, take the costs out of that and it's in vastly negative territory.
What that means is we are running it because we love it and we believe in it. NewbieNudes as you probably know is the site that funds this one. Without NewbieNudes, this site would not be here.
While NewbieNudes generates significantly more revenue than NewDudeNudes, it is a break even proposition, and has been for many years. We want the whole platform to grow and improve, especially in the offerings for users that access the site by mobile phone. The only way we can improve the platform is by investing in it - and if the company is break even that ain't going to happen. We also want to be able to have a budget for marketing, which currently does not exist. (to bring more members here to play with!)
So the reality is we need to put more pressure on people to upgrade, by increasing the differences between free and premium membership. We tried this recently on NewbieNudes, and it yielded good results so we have rolled it out here.
You should also note that, every single photo on this site is still visible for free to all users, this restriction just means that free members who search out pictures from a specific user won't see them.
We take every step cautiously and we ask that rather than be alarmed, you embrace the change knowing that it will mean the site and the platform is improved, and more new members join us here, at a faster pace than in the past.
We have been running this platform and it's sites for over 15 years now and rest assured we are not going to fuck it up now.
Thanks for reading.