It's a pretty bare-bones site, and those are pretty cheap to run - and they started some VOD at one point which probably brings in some cash.
Hell, I certainly know people on them as well - usually having met in person first. What I think those various sites are great for is the forums, and I know one person who has met lots of people there and made a number of RL friends as well. The signal-to-noise ratio is still low, but they do have thier uses. It's just a very, very different environment from the public Scene and the shock to people's systems when they transition can be pretty big.
And bondage.com does have one of the best organized interest lists out there. Hell, it's worth having a profile there just for that.
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Honestly..?
Date: 2007-01-23 02:54 pm (UTC)From:Hell, I certainly know people on them as well - usually having met in person first. What I think those various sites are great for is the forums, and I know one person who has met lots of people there and made a number of RL friends as well. The signal-to-noise ratio is still low, but they do have thier uses. It's just a very, very different environment from the public Scene and the shock to people's systems when they transition can be pretty big.
And bondage.com does have one of the best organized interest lists out there. Hell, it's worth having a profile there just for that.