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ive just had my 3rd set of pics go online...and again its in the premium hardcore section. now that's 2 out of 3 that have been put there. my 1st post is in the normal amateur pics, yet the other 2 are certainly no more hardcore...only being pics of my wifes ass bent over etc. who decides what goes where? im pissed off because no-ones gonna get to see them. ive had over 280000 views for the 1st posting...a mere 13000 for the second. ive only had 1000 or so for the new one yet I see the contributions in the the amateur pics section have had 25000+ already!

Hi there, this is done by our staff, your first set was fine, but the others were just a little too close for the softcore area.

IF images are close up of the genital area it will be moved to hardcore

Ok, thanks for replying. I'll bear in mind what you've said when i post other pics in the near future.

We do try our best to get the right spot for your images, but hopefully now that you know that "too close" you can take a step back before taking that hot pic, we have to draw a line somewhere and borderline shots posted in amateur will be moved. ;-)

gee... you got both ed and luke on this one... wow!! ;)

I joined because I wanted to see the hardcore among other things. I think what this site gives away for free is a lot more than most other sites. I don't think the site should cater to freeloaders at all, they get every penny of their money's worth.

Considering that I'm spending about 70% of my online time here lately it seems well worth it. The free accounts should be considered a preview. Do you support PBS or NPR? I did when I used them.

OK, the content here is part of the attraction and some of the content comes from people who haven't paid. I also joined nikonians.org, a photography site for owners of Nikon cameras. They have an automated system where you can join for free for some length of time. Every time you contribute something (photo or forum post) your free subscription gets extended. Contribute often enough and it never expires, this happens automatically because it's part of the site software. There are still privileges reserved to paying members as an incentive to paying. It is non-profit.

Maybe PV could do something like that, give nearly full access for an initial 30 days or so to free members on signup but extend that for every contri. Reserve a few
privileges to paying members. Write it into the software so it's automatic. It seems like you'd still need to distinguish softcore from hardcore and allow only softcore access to free members who aren't contributing. Maybe some people prefer softcore. But it would give hardcore access to a higher percentage and provide an incentive to contribute (beyond possible prizes). Keeping contris on the softcore side would be less important (unless you just didn't want to show everything). Hardcore contris might extend the subscription more than softcore. Forum and chat participation should extend the subscription a tiny amount. I don't know, this is a company, not a democracy, but it seems pretty reasonable.

If instead of softcore access you gave access only to old material (again automatically) to free members that would remove the labor of screening, except you'd still need to screen for copyrighted material. I don't mean to rock the boat, I like it the way it is, but having contris intentionally on the softcore side just so people who haven't paid can see them doesn't seem a good thing. It rewards people who don't pay and reduces the variety of hardcore to those who do.