Ultimate shoulder rides

Today I share my wisdom for free! Enjoy.

When I became bonus member Just to try it I've discovered I have access to only a handful of recently added movie clips, and no to the main repository which requires money (?!) How do successful web communities lure people to contribute today? They make as much content available to as many as possible so everyone can see what they can get, and make the contributing to the community part of the experience. Sure there are LOTS of pictures, but those are free (and that's great!) But then what's the real motivation to be "Bonus"?

The contribution can be anything It can mean money but it can also mean content. Indeed Facebook one of the world's largest communities is free to play content-trap for all. The problem with webzones like that it's got questionable reputation when it comes to privacy. Everybody can meet almost everybody there but nobody wants to share his or hers real name and details and rightly so. I'm not the owner of the USR site, but as a user what I'd love to see is more contributions. Obviously. I'll be honest I believe the system is broken. Because some of the greatest shoulder riders either don't feel motivated to share their experiences or they don't think the bonus membership can do them any good. I mean they can go on Youtube and find more better stuff without statuses and all that. They just pop in here, get a few contacts and then move on. 99% of great SR stories including some of our member happens without us ever knowing! MissP a very active and popular rider said She does not care for Premium membership. What can You, what Can We all offer people like Her to change their mind?

On the other hand if I understand things correctly someone can pay off the server fee and  access the movie repository without as much as introducing him(or her)self to the rest of us. It's called the whale syndrome. It's nice that admins got some cash for the servers and all, but then their service completely circumvents the community.  And it's a paradox. Pay to enjoy so you don't need to share. I think, that those, who want to contribute money to the community probably are the people who would do it anyway.

The key to all that I think may lie in things that money can't really buy - like a group of verified users, people vouching for each other and sharing more private info to facilitate contact. Like I don't need to know The girls name or Her surname but I'd like to know where she lives and whether or not she is willing to do shoulder riding at the moment; then Bonus members would be verified people and - believe me - In this day and age honesty is priceless because it's dangerous. You register on YT, or on Facebook, and You become CIA's full time snitch on yourself, your friends and family. Maybe CIA is our great protector but what about thousands of criminals, scammers, psychopaths bots viruses etc, and so on?

If I can trust anyone or anything on the NET I can trust a small community like this one because it's fairly unlikely to be a  criminal scam - there is not lots of people and the die hard fan base is pretty narrow. Believe me, people will appreciate the ability to be themselves in a small community - where they can find what they're looking for without worrying for privacy, harassment and such. We know You are not the damn facebook, And I will prove to You I'm genuine Shoulder riding fan. Then a bonus member can earn the goodies by contribution. More people would appreciate the ability to find each other while keeping discreet as the sites reputation would improve.

Sincerely.

Last edited by Misiulo (2014-11-07 20:14:30)