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icon5.gif HAS VOYFORUMS GONE BELLY UP?  [message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 01:35 Go to next message
robert bryce is currently offline  robert bryce

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Any one know what happened to VOY FORUMS it seems they went into cyberland??.......rob
Hmmm. You're right.  [message #16165 is a reply to message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 02:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
machelli is currently offline  machelli

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I don't see it there either. Curious. Well, I haven't a clue as to the nature of its fate. I just thought I'd reinforce your conviction that there is a noted lack of Voyforum.



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their home page still works.  [message #16170 is a reply to message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 02:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
E.J. is currently offline  E.J.

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icon6.gif Re: HAS VOYFORUMS GONE BELLY UP?  [message #16184 is a reply to message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 05:30 Go to previous messageGo to next message
robert bryce is currently offline  robert bryce

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tech rumor has it that voy forums suffered a massive dos attack(denial of service)..Every single site ,some 200 sites have crashed..I wonder who the hacker was??????...rob;-D
Not yet. But we expect them to go bust  [message #16186 is a reply to message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 06:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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Their business model is not viable. At least viewed form here their business model cannot be healthy. Which is why we moved away ages ago.

Insidetheweb, where almost everyone started, vanished. In fact there is nothing sustainable in any provider of free services. Advertising and click through revenues are dropping like a stone.

Most free web site providers have either merged or crashed. Mind you they all trashed gay sites.



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icon6.gif No need to despair just yet...  [message #16201 is a reply to message #16164] Tue, 07 October 2003 12:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lenny is currently offline  lenny

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Voy is back on the air, they seem to have suffered some minor temporary glitch, that's all.

Do try to click their banners every once in a while... Thanks. Smile

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Re: opinion--what is the future for free gay themed sites??  [message #16217 is a reply to message #16186] Tue, 07 October 2003 15:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
robert bryce is currently offline  robert bryce

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in months or years,how long will free gay sites such as this one do you think will last.........rob
Re: opinion--what is the future for free gay themed sites??  [message #16220 is a reply to message #16217] Tue, 07 October 2003 16:31 Go to previous message
timmy

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The future depends on those of us with hobbies. For example, this site is not a pay site for you, but it is not free for me.

Sites such ats tripod, geoshitties etc are merging and cutting back on resources they offer. bandwidth limiters kick in.

Their revenues depend on advertising click thru rates, and those have fallen off a cliff



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