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WhiteTiger · 09-02-2014, 12:48 PM

What do I think about the YLYL thread? I like it. But I'd like it to be better. It's come quite a ways since it started, but it's still got a ways to go.

Back when it started, you'd have a couple of pics, and then a lot of various (and generally negative) commentary. These days, it is trending the other way, due to mods and self-policing. The negative commentary is one of the big things that I dislike personally about it, too.

I understand that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and I recall a discussion a while ago in YLYL about that, after another poster posted some 'larger' girls, and I posted some London Andrews pics. The commentary got rather disgusting, frankly.

I also wasn't impressed with the reaction to a couple posters posting pics of hot guys. I didn't care. They weren't my cup of tea, but thanks to the wonders of the scroll button...I just kept going until I found a picture I did like.

Amusingly, I also found that things got better in the thread when I stopped trying to 'read' what folks would like, and posting pictures I found that I liked. Which tends to be at least a 3/4 body shot, and not just a closeup of T or A. No "selfies" style pics. Most of the pics I post are from various modelling shoots where the person being photographed is 100% clear that the pic is being taken, and knows that it's going "out into the public".

I have also discovered that you just can't please everyone. I posted pics that were more heavily "modelled" and airbrushed, and folks called them plastic. I post pics of women with tats, and folks say it's a shame that women have despoiled themselves like that. I post pics of 'larger' women, and folks recoil in disgust and say that "we" need to keep our "fetishes" to ourselves. I post pics of thinner girls, and the "eat a sammich" comments come out.

Everyone who seems to have a negative opinion sure likes to come to the internet and spout it out. Which kinda seems to be the purpose of the internet, really. Don't like what you see? Don't bother with the disparaging comment, just keep scrolling until you do see something that catches your eye. Don't see something catching your eye? POST something that does. That's kind of been how I've been dealing with the YLYL thread.

Why do I do it? Because I enjoy finding pics of ladies that aren't "n00dz" and that are eye-catching.

09-02-2014, 12:48 PM	#130
WhiteTiger Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2010 Exp:	What do I think about the YLYL thread? I like it. But I'd like it to be better. It's come quite a ways since it started, but it's still got a ways to go. Back when it started, you'd have a couple of pics, and then a lot of various (and generally negative) commentary. These days, it is trending the other way, due to mods and self-policing. The negative commentary is one of the big things that I dislike personally about it, too. I understand that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, and I recall a discussion a while ago in YLYL about that, after another poster posted some 'larger' girls, and I posted some London Andrews pics. The commentary got rather disgusting, frankly. I also wasn't impressed with the reaction to a couple posters posting pics of hot guys. I didn't care. They weren't my cup of tea, but thanks to the wonders of the scroll button...I just kept going until I found a picture I did like. Amusingly, I also found that things got better in the thread when I stopped trying to 'read' what folks would like, and posting pictures I found that I liked. Which tends to be at least a 3/4 body shot, and not just a closeup of T or A. No "selfies" style pics. Most of the pics I post are from various modelling shoots where the person being photographed is 100% clear that the pic is being taken, and knows that it's going "out into the public". I have also discovered that you just can't please everyone. I posted pics that were more heavily "modelled" and airbrushed, and folks called them plastic. I post pics of women with tats, and folks say it's a shame that women have despoiled themselves like that. I post pics of 'larger' women, and folks recoil in disgust and say that "we" need to keep our "fetishes" to ourselves. I post pics of thinner girls, and the "eat a sammich" comments come out. Everyone who seems to have a negative opinion sure likes to come to the internet and spout it out. Which kinda seems to be the purpose of the internet, really. Don't like what you see? Don't bother with the disparaging comment, just keep scrolling until you do see something that catches your eye. Don't see something catching your eye? POST something that does. That's kind of been how I've been dealing with the YLYL thread. Why do I do it? Because I enjoy finding pics of ladies that aren't "n00dz" and that are eye-catching. Last edited by WhiteTiger; 09-02-2014 at 12:51 PM.