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| 11-24-17 11:38am - 2585 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff  Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hi Everyone, It's been a minute since I last posted to the forum. I hope everyone is having a happy, fun and safe holiday weekend. As you all know, it's crazy deals time at all of your favorite stores and TheBestPorn is no different. We have listed over 450 (!) super low discounts on some of your favorite adult sites, including: - Reality Kings - DDF Network - Team Skeet - Twistys - James Deen - Interactive GF - Karups - Nubiles Porn We are also updating the What's Hot section every hour over the long weekend to highlight those discounts we believe you will be interested in: https://www.thebestporn.com/hot.html And in the spirit of the holiday, I just wanted to pass along that one thing the team here is incredibly grateful for you, the readers. You guys keep the lights and prevent us from having to find real work.  I hope you enjoy the sweet deals! | |
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| 02-15-17 02:06pm - 2867 days | #12 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Perhaps I didn't explain it properly. If a site allows streaming (most do now, but I'm sure many here can remember a time when THAT was considered a bonus feature ), then yes, you can still choose to stream from your desktop or your mobile device. Not every site that has downloading also has streaming. | |
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| 02-15-17 01:49pm - 2867 days | #11 | ||
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Well, the move from desktop to mobile plays a critical part, but the other area to look at has to do with total bandwidth used. Think of it as the regular habits of a streamer vs. a downloader Streamer: Only watches the content he is watching at that very moment. He joins a site, maybe watches 2-3 scenes in a session, but only watches (because you only have one set of eyes) 35 total minutes of content and consumes the equivalent bandwidth related to that. Downloader: He joins a site and lets assume instead of streaming he downloads the same 2-3 scenes and watches only 35 minutes total, as well. However, because he downloaded all three scenes (each an hour long), he has consumed considerably more bandwidth. Also, the best streaming option can be lower in resolution, and therefore smaller in size, than the best available download options on some sites. But even assuming they were working off of the same resolution, the downloader consumes more. This isn't even mentioning the collectors who will download everything they can in their 30-day membership. Which, of course, is their privilege (within reason) as a member of a site without a fixed download limit.
Now, look at a Mofos or a Brazzers, massive networks with potentially 10s of thousands of members, and you can see how going streaming-only or introducing a tiered-system can reduce costs. It's not exclusively MindGeek moving in this direction. The PornDoe network also comes to mind as having a multi-tiered system in place I am not a tech guy, but these are the general points discussed to me when I have inquired myself. I hope this helps. Edited on Feb 15, 2017, 02:09pm | ||
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| 02-13-17 06:31am - 2869 days | #14 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hi Skippy, You might have read my other post regarding the topic, but I want to stress that site reviews can be pulled for a number of reasons that are not based around negative reviews, hurt feelings or issues with referrals. It's just a natural cycle of the industry that sites and reviews come and go. The Best Porn has had over 15,000 site listings in it's history and easily over 30,000 reviews. I would agree that we are optimists, of a sort, when it comes to our reviews but it's more about the understanding that there are fans for every niche, sub-niche and fetish out there. However, if a site has broken images, issues with the streaming player, navigational issues or anything that could inhibit your enjoyment they will most certainly be mentioned. The writers know what the popular sites are, of course, but they know the same way everyone here knows; they visit a LOT of sites and spot trends and popular stars and know what niches are currently trending, etc. Our jobs are to provide the critical information you need to determine if you want to purchase a membership, which is why your points on that are much appreciated. As Amanda has mentioned, we will re-examine our process. I will tell you that it is sometimes our thoroughness that can cause static. For example, a webmaster will be disappointed that we mentioned a site's lack of Zip files. By their logic, their readers have never asked for Zip files, so why inform potential members about the lack of Zip files? Why point out a "negative" that, to them, isn't a negative at all? Now, a webmaster has never asked for their site to be removed over any issue regarding Zip files, but I hope I have clarified things just a little bit more. We are more than just a platform for reviews, but also for passionate discussion and reader benefits like discounts and customer service assistance. The premise behind PornUsers, as I understood in discussions with Rick and the team when we acquired it, was to allow a soundboard for the hardcore, dedicated fans of porn that they knew were out there. The TBP reviews are attached to the site in a manner, but more as a jumping off point to discussion (like the slogan, "We report, you decide.") I hope this helps. Edited on Feb 13, 2017, 06:50am | |
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| 02-09-17 06:34am - 2873 days | #4 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
The streaming-only model (with downloads an extra expense) is getting more popular, as some of the bigger sites out there, like Twistys, Babes, Mofos and the aforementioned Digital Playground, have moved into this sphere. The main reason for this shift may not be why you expect. The percentage of people who access adult content on smartphones and tablets have skyrocketed this decade and as as consequence of that, less and less people are watching porn on desktops and, by extension, downloading scenes. With that, downloads move from being essential to simply being a feature that an increasingly smaller number of people are using. From that perspective, it's easy to see how a site then moves to a model that offers downloads as merely extra instead of something essential. It wasn't long ago that sites would be eviscerated for not having downloads or, worse, use DRM on their content. But, as MindGeek goes, so does the rest of the industry. It was about two years that they moved Mofos to streaming only and though there was some definite blowback, their takeaway was that it was ultimately minimal and they proceeded to expand it to the other sites listed above. I speak with many webmasters about the topic and the good news is many of them have no plans to drop downloads from their sites. | |
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| 02-08-17 10:47am - 2874 days | #146 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hello, everyone. First off, apologies for the belated response. It has been my intention to drop into this thread to speak on some of the questions, but there's no rest for the wicked as they say. It's a long one, so let me jump into it. I think the best way to discuss this is to take a step back and give an overview of who we are. We're a company of 22 (and growing) employees, dedicated to the programming, researching and writing of several websites, with the two primary being RabbitsReviews and TheBestPorn/PornUsers. We've been doing it for 13 years and while we love what we do it isn't solely for the love of pornography, and a portion of our revenue is generated by what's known as the affiliate model. This means that a commission % is generated from join revenue of a particular site. TheBestPorn has always been upfront about this, even posting a notification on every single review page("Disclaimer: TBP does make a commission from sales to this web-site. It's also how we keep our site 100% banner free. This does not affect the integrity of the review. If you found our site or this review helpful, we hope you'll support TBP by visiting this site from our link above. Thank you.") The critical divide that I want to firmly establish is that the Editorial department and the Webmaster Relationship team (Amanda and myself) are independent from one another. The review process (including researching, writing and editing) are its own thing, while everything else (prospecting, customer service issues, reader questions) are done by me and Amanda. A similar arrangement was true under the previous ownership team, as well. When Rick, Khan (RIP) and the gang decided it was time to move on from TheBestPorn/PornUsers, they explicitly spoke with us first about acquiring it because they knew that we shared the same vision; to provide our readers with honest, accurate information and let the chips fall where they may. Not to toot our horn, but RabbitsReviews and TheBestPorn are the first and second-most read porn review sites online precisely because neither Rick nor us are interested in "selling" you anything, only to pass along the information we've collected on the sites we research and review, and leave everything in your hands. Now, there are several reasons why a site you recommended hasn't been published. Here are several: 1. The webmaster drags their feet/doesn't respond: I would say this is number one with a bullet! It has taken me literally years in some cases to go through every step in the process; get in touch with a webmaster, discuss the benefits of our review sites and then get them to formally submit the sites for review. One way we do differ from the previous ownership team is we require every webmaster to formally submit their sites for review. Rick and the team would post at least a basic listing of a site upon request. We ask that the webmasters in question agree to our terms of service (see #3) 2. The webmaster wants to wait: This is very common for webmasters of new sites. They feel there isn't enough content, is lacking certain features or simply feel that wouldn't be putting their best foot forward and don't want to tarnish that critical first impression. If you are reading this, you are obviously a big fan of porn and are at the vanguard of the industry. In some cases, I have contacted webmasters based on your recommendations and they were shocked because the site had been up for almost no time. I dialogue with these webmasters and get an understanding of the current situation of their site. In many cases, we're able to get the review done early and in others we agree to revisit in a few months. Doing something without their permission would be a contentious way to start a relationship. Our sites work because we establish a relationship of trust between our readers and the sites we review. That is why we're able to resolve billing and access issues for our readers, and why we're able to get low (and sometimes very low) discounts that no one else gets and why webmasters have changed their sites (sometimes whole cloth) based on the thoughts and recommendations you email us or comment on in threads like this. 3. The webmaster refuses to agree to the Terms Of Service: This is a big one and can apply to many of the recommended sites. We ask every webmaster who submits their sites to agree to our Terms Of Service, which basically states that they agree to have their site independently reviewed and they will agree with our decision. We will certainly work with a webmaster to correct any oversights or factual errors, but the final score and review on a site is ours and ours alone and some webmasters simply can't agree to that. Without getting into the weeds, just know that some webmasters feel if they are paying out a % of their join revenue to a site then that site shouldn't print anything negative or critical. As I hope I have established, that runs completely opposite to how we operate. You will find site review scores on both RabbitsReviews and TheBestPorn that are below 40. If we see a flawed site, we will tell you. I understand it can be frustrating to see "We'll look into it" or "We'll get back to you" so many times, but we don't want to get into gossip about why such-and-such site isn't listed yet. Many of the sites you have joined and reviewed have fallen into one (or all three) of these categories at one point or another. I hope I have touched on all of the points and my apologies for the long response. I want to pull back the veil, so to speak, so you better understand the roles each of us (you, us and the websites we review) plays in this relationship. I'll answer any additional questions you may have below. | |
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| 11-25-16 07:05am - 2949 days | #5 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Plinkett is GOD...a messy, mumbling God who locks women in his basement and forces them to play fucked up games. But a God, nonetheless. | |
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| 11-24-16 07:54am - 2950 days | #4 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
That's the short and long of it. It's really unfortunate and speaks a lot to our society's inability to treat sex like adults. There was a documentary made about the topic (Life After Porn - on Netflix) and there are other articles written about the phenomenon: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/27/porn-stars-the-death-of-a-sex-industry-profession.html Contrast that to Italy, which has a more, shall we say, liberal approach to pornography and have even elected pornstars into parliament: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilona_Staller | |
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| 11-24-16 07:48am - 2950 days | #14 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Have you found your scene? Unfortunately, you didn't give us a lot to go on. - What does the woman look like? Blonde? Brunette? Busty? Petite? Caucasian? Asian? Ebony? - Was the scene professionally shot, with multiple cameras? Or did it have a reality/fly-on-the-wall style production? - Did the lines feel scripted? Or was it more improvisational, with a general direction that was then played out by the performers? There have been so many massage sites in the last couple years that it's difficult to pinpoint. There are a lot of fappers here with a ton of knowledge, so the more info the better. | |
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| 11-24-16 07:33am - 2950 days | #10 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
There's not much to add that hasn't already been discussed by the community. To answer your creampie question, I logged in and checking in the creampie category it looks to be 128 scenes or so. If you're looking for a LOT of content, your first option (Team Skeet + 21 Sextury) is the way to go. You would get an absolute ton of content that covers many sub-niches. Team Skeet, in particular, is great if you are into the teen/petite niche and 21 Sextury for your Euro porn niche needs (though they have been doing more with stateside talent) If you're looking for hardcore (emphasis on HARD), then Jules Jordan is definitely the way to go. Though 21 Sextury does have some hardcore content under the 21Sextreme banner, Jules Jordan really does it right (they perfectly ride the line between heavy hardcore and brutal) and additionally if you're a fan of North American porn stars over European pornstars then it's absolutely a no-brainer. | |
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| 11-23-16 07:38am - 2951 days | #5 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I think a lot of it comes down to the brand and the niche that brand services. I must admit I was skeptical of Kink's decision to move to a model of $50/month, but the feedback we have been receiving is very positive. And of course, our ability to negotiate a discounted offer for the network helps. Another example is Met Art Network, which is $60/month for ALL of the Met Art sites. We have been discussing this issue in the office and our takeaway is that so long as it's coming from a trusted brand who absolutely nails their specific niche with top-notch production (Fetish for Kink.com and Softcore/Glamcore for Met Art) and have a LOT of content to provide that the mega-fans of those networks are interested in the (much) higher-than-average monthly price. Contrast that to Ferro Network, which charges $84.95/month! Sure, it's a lot of sites and a lot of content and lot of specific niches (Euro/Fetish), but the fact we receive practically zero feedback from readers tells us that people are not willing to consider it in their porn budget. Edited on Nov 23, 2016, 07:42am | |
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| 11-23-16 07:30am - 2951 days | #12 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
With all of that said, I have had some incredible movie-going experiences over the past few years, specifically Godzilla and Gravity. For as good as those movies are on their own, the addition of IMAX and 3D really put them over the top. | |
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| 11-23-16 07:28am - 2951 days | #11 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I think all of the complaints people are having will ultimately fade away, but the level of inflation in ticket prices over the last 20 years is staggering. With a shrinking pool of consumers to draw from, you have to extract more from that existing pool because if you are willing to pay $20 for a movie ticket you are more likely than not willing to pay $21 or $22. Anyone above a certain age can recall reasonable ticket prices for most of their lives, or at least until the turn of the century. You mentioned seeing Apocalypse Now for $1 in 1980, but I remember seeing a matinee of Almost Famous for $3 in 2000. Do matinee's even exist anymore? One would think that the next major "innovation" will be the return of rumble seats, or more gamification elements in theaters. Our local theaters have pre-movie games/quizzes that audiences play together on their phones. The movie going experience at the major chains is already radically different from just 10 or so years ago. It's interesting to think it will be even more different in another 10 years. | |
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| 11-23-16 07:15am - 2951 days | #3 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I don't think Lucas planned at all for Luke and Leia to be brother and sister. We know that originally Han Solo was supposed to die in Empire, but Lucas was talked out of it, in part because Han Solo was so damn popular with fans. So, if Han is staying they need SOMETHING for him to do, an arc of some sort, and Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher absolutely had on-screen chemistry, while Fisher and Hamill did not. Now why Lucas decided to truly make the trilogy a family affair I don't understand. Why make Leia Luke's sister at all? It makes the interaction between Leia and Vader in SW completely odd. | |
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| 05-05-16 06:46am - 3153 days | #3 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
It's a weird situation; as Gary pointed out it can be an absolute nightmare for independent producers, especially those that produce niche-specific or unique content that doesn't fall under the mainstream. The available pool of fans of can be small to begin with, so making content available for free can (and has) shuttered the doors of many once-successful sites that served that particular niche. On the other hand, many of the most-visited tube sites (and by extension, the most visited sites in the entire world) are actually owned by the same companies that produce the content. And some of the most successful sites in the industry made names for themselves through the tubes (though those same sites have had their struggles with the tubes, as well). I won't get into the long-standing battle that is taking place between producers and the tubes and the entanglement that has resulted (a couple of Google searches will point you in the right direction), but I can tell you that many producers have a mentality of, "If you can't beat them, join them." If a production company decides to work with a tube site, create a channel for them and release extended trailers and even (in some cases) exclusive content, said tube site coincidentally (suspiciously?) becomes extra-vigilant in making sure that the full-length content that was uploaded illegally from that production company gets eliminated. If you don't work with them? All bets are off. | |
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| 04-04-16 05:25am - 3185 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hey gang, I just wanted to touch base and say hey to everybody. I just came back from an industry convention (and yes, a porn convention is as much fun as you think it might be) and I wanted to pass along that webmasters spoke very fondly of PornUsers and the community's dedication to discussing adult sites in a manner that is truly informative and engaging. They marvel at real fans writing 10,000 word reviews on a particular site and providing the kind of granular level of detail that, quite frankly, our writing staff cannot provide because they don't have the time to commit to any one site or network. You might recall just last month we offered free memberships for readers interested in beta-testing a new site. We have also seen the return of formerly active members into the fold who had pulled away some time ago for one reason or another. And of course we have brought back the raffle and the number of submitted reviews (and reviewers) has increased. All of this to say that we're moving back in the right direction and we will be trying to find more fun ways to include the community as we continue along to make our thing a bigger thing.  And above all else, just know that many people who make important decisions about the sites you join and love/hate read your work and opinions. Keep up the good work. Edited on Apr 04, 2016, 05:30am | |
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| 04-04-16 05:08am - 3185 days | #2 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Non POV casting sites? There are a few that quickly come to mind: Fake Agent Fake Agent UK Czech Casting Czech Supermodels Casting Couch X Woodman Casting X There is some POV elements to the scenes, but they are not the main focus of the presentation. Edited on Apr 04, 2016, 05:11am Edited by Staff on Apr 08, 2016, 08:45am | |
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| 03-30-16 07:20am - 3189 days | #6 | |
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PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I can tell you that there has been a lot of talk about VR within the industry and I don't think this push is going to stop anytime soon. We have already begun internal discussions as to how to best address them on both TheBestPorn and RabbitsReviews. For a major network, Naughty America jumped on quite early and they have a good track record of knowing what the future is in adult; they were one of the first to embrace streaming, HD video quality and later 4K. A big factor will be the success of the newest commercial VR headsets, including the newest Occulus Rift, Microsoft's Gear VR headset and the upcoming Sony VR headset. They're being marketed for gaming and if they take hold then the sky is the limit. The Playstation 2 was many people's first DVD player and led to a massive spike in DVD sales, particularly adult DVDs. The same is true for the PS3 and Blu-Rays, though to a lesser extent. If VR headsets prove to be a successful gaming accessory (dependent on VR's affordability, manageability and quality of games/applications created for it), there's no reason to think the success won't again transfer over to adult. I think the key is it has to be successful there first, or else VR headsets become just a niche product, and VR porn already kind of exists at that level. It's a relatively small market of people willing to spend over $200 on a sex toy, however there is a much larger market of people willing to spend that on an entertainment device. I don't know, personally. Though I have played around with an Occulus Rift and was excited for what it can do for games like Minecraft and Skyrim, I am still pretty ignorant to the technology. I don't know if I could become comfortable in a sexual sense while having both my hearing and vision completely hindered to my immediate surroundings. | |
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| 12-15-15 03:00pm - 3295 days | #26 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Great share, admiral. Slate's a great site. It'll be interesting to see if there will continue to be a fallout with this. Will he blackballed from the industry at large? Will there be criminal charges? For porn at large, I am curious what changes, if any, will be made on extreme porn sets. For example, should there be an industry-wide safe word? This isn't exactly a field where OSHA pops in to make inspections and there are no HR departments as we think of them in the office world (as I understand it, anyway). One of the questions raised in the Rob Black case all those years ago that helped lead to his time in prison is when does an extreme sex act, even initially agreed upon, become rape? Black's attorney's were unable to credibly answer this question in a way that satisfied the jury and though there was a bit of a witch hunt with him (completely different story), it's a question that still exists in the industry and one this James Deen situation raises again. | |
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| 12-15-15 02:49pm - 3295 days | #7 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Thank you, Biker. Indeed, DDF knows how to present their army of incredibly beautiful arsenal of European women. I agree about that certain allure that comes with a soft-focus presentation. While I certainly enjoy the stark, hardcore for hardcore's sake scenes featuring a non-descript room, a hot woman and a single camera, there is that extra pull that comes with a wonderfully shot scene with multiple cuts that quite frankly blows the intense stuff out of the water. What's nice is we're seeing a return to this style (or at least a modern update) with the emergence of glamcore sites this decade. As the name suggests, it's a nice merging of the two styles. The see-through camisole's and aggressively candle-lit scenes of the 70s have been replaced by undies and T's and all-white rooms to make the performers really pop from their settings. | |
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| 12-10-15 11:06am - 3300 days | #5 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
May I ask, what sites did you nominate and why? | |
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| 12-10-15 11:05am - 3300 days | #4 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Thank you for participating. RabbitsReviews has a more regimented scoring system than TheBestPorn and the awards are a fun way for the staff to discuss porn on a purely subjective basis. Bringing in PornUsers (when we can) seems like a natural fit. It's our way of taking the temperature of the internet porn world. You see trends (massage/casting/POV/taboo) rise and plateau over the years. It's always a blast. | |
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| 11-25-15 05:41am - 3315 days | #32 | |
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PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Nice articles. | |
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| 11-24-15 12:40pm - 3316 days | #9 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
It would seem unlikely that he would shoot with someone before getting them to sign a release. It would just seem standard to get all of that handled ahead of time. Perhaps there is an issue of clearances (the European market, the North American market, etc). With that said, the update schedule is odd and what gets released when. Pierre Woodman is a pioneer in porn and from what I've read holds a kind of unique place within French culture, as a whole (think Terry Richardson in the US, before the scandals hit him). Though he's obviously a porn guy through and through, he also shoots for some of the biggest magazines in Europe and works a lot within fashion and the mainstream. While with Private in the early 90s, Woodman was one of the first people to tap into the Eastern European market, bringing in women from Czechoslovakia as well as former Soviet Bloc countries. And when you think of many of the women he discovered/shot early (Silvia Saint, Rita Faltoyano and Nessa Devil jump to mind) we're talking about tall, statuesque women that could in some cases easily be runway models. It's easy to see how access to a pool of hot talent would make Woodman an asset in both porn and the advertising/fashion world. There was an explosion of European performers who made big splashes on North American porn shores in the late-90s/early 00's (such as Silvia Saint and Rita Faltoyano) and Woodman played a part in that. He does a lot of "soft casting" videos now, and seem to be doing more of them, which I don't completely understand. For me, Woodman is the very definition of a pounder, so to see him just interview a performer for 20 minutes and have her get naked seems really passe for him. | |
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| 11-19-15 01:26pm - 3321 days | #37 | |
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PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
The movie certainly has its flaws. And I felt the whole "this is our culture" montage at various points (mostly in the beginning) felt shoehorend in. It's like, I get it, people don't like the Kardashians, and our culture has certainly accepted sex/porn more than years' past, but men and women have been taking money to suck and fuck on screen for decades and if it was as easy to get an attractive woman to land on a porn set in 1985 as it is in 2015 then I'm sure there would've been more performers in that decade. What I like about the doc is how it presents a bit of the business side of porn from the performers perspective. The truth is there ARE 1000's of women getting in the game and if you have a pretty face, or a marketable angle, like big tits or a perky ass, or a defined "look" (girl next door, bad girl, nerd, etc), you are almost guaranteed to get a few shoots under your belt. And I'm sure the money is great, especially if you're young and unaccustomed to getting $1,500 checks for a single day of work. But the performers that survive, let alone thrive, in the industry are those that do all of the little things that quite frankly most performers don't want or even think to do, either due to ignorance of the mechanics of the industry or poor counseling from management. In short, you have to hustle your ass off. The new paradigm of porn demands performers do way more than just show up on set and perform. They have to be active on social media, shape their on-screen/online personas, be aggressive self-promoters and learn exactly whom their fans are and what it is they like about them. I think a lot of women get into porn or camming because it looks like easy money and for the short term it possibly is, but certainly not for long. Savannah (RIP) didn't have to maintain Twitter and Instagram feeds, constantly take selfies and have direct engagement with her fans (who she may or may not be doing private Skype/Escort gigs), so seeing how 21st century pornstars work, even on the rookie level, was very fascinating. Edited on Nov 19, 2015, 01:30pm | |
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| 11-19-15 12:44pm - 3321 days | #3 | |
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PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Exotics4Me is right. Depending on the presentation, casting sites are typically categorized under Reality or Amateur. We are actually about due to revisit this site and give it another review. Since Woodman works with a lot of established pornstars (I see there are new vids with Dillion Harper and Blake Eden, for example) on the site, it's unlikely it will move to Amateur, but that will be an editorial decision when the new review is written. | |
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| 11-17-15 07:10am - 3323 days | #7 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Here are some I came across, though as noted already you have pretty much fapped to the entire commercial internet porn world. These are sites/networks that I believe meet your criteria. - Aggressive Pass - Anilos - Asia Movie Pass - AV Idolz - Open Life - HDV Pass - Sensual Girl, which includes Oldje and Class Blowjob. There is some threesome scenes and there is a bit of polish to the production, but I wouldn't call it glamcore or erotica. - Czech AV - This network includes a lot of varied sites that stay close to their niche. Some of them are sites you're not looking for (casting-lesbian-group sex), but there are others that focus on other niches (massage - POV - Reality) and feature very hot European performers. I see you have Babes listed, but perhaps you should double check if you haven't recently as they've added new sites like Office Obsession and StepMom Lessons. I can pull some more, but wanted to start light. Let me know if you have anything more specific than what you have listed. | |
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| 11-16-15 12:19pm - 3324 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hi gang, I wanted to pass along that the nominations for the 7th annual RabbitsReviews RISE Awards are now open: http://www.rabbitsreviews.com/rise/rise-2016-begun/ This is one of our favorite times of year, where we get to discuss, debate and argue about the best porn (no pun intended) of the past year and hand out some hardware to well deserving sites and pornstars. If there is any group that knows that pulse of the industry, its you guys (and gals. There might be some gals here, right?....right?) The directions are broken down on the nominations page. We tried to make this as easy-to-use as possible. The nominations close in on January 22nd, so there is plenty of time to discuss and share your thoughts. I was also hoping to get some discussion going here as to the forum's thoughts on the best porn in 2015. Share who you nominated and why. Talking about porn is my second favorite thing to do (the first is watching it, duh), so lets get this moving. | |
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| 10-22-15 02:57pm - 3349 days | #3 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I agree with Biker, just download what you like or what you think you might like down the line. We're assuming you have no intentions to post the content publicly (nor should you). As an aside, it is interesting to think of all the hot performers and scenes that have been seemingly wiped from existence. They say that the internet is forever, but there is an ocean of porn that has just disappeared. | |
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| 10-22-15 02:46pm - 3349 days | #41 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Ask and you shall receive. Black Next Door: 19.95/30 Days Edited on Oct 23, 2015, 07:53am | |
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| 10-14-15 06:48am - 3357 days | #4 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Woodman Casting X began adding 4K scenes over the summer. | |
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| 09-09-15 07:20am - 3392 days | #9 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Abby Winters is a great site, as is ATK Galleria. For other sites featuring amateurs of the "Girl Next Door" variety, there is also Girls Do Porn, Teens Do Porn and Nubiles Casting | |
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| 09-09-15 07:12am - 3392 days | #5 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
There are no sites like that YET! | |
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| 09-08-15 01:13pm - 3393 days | #6 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I think I understand Marphel's position (that modern porn is more jockular than years past), and Pats' assertion that it's "more or less a direct result of gonzo porn" is pretty accurate, as I see it. The rise of Bangbros/MILF Hunter/Captain Stabbin (influenced by Seymore Butts and similar producers in the 90s) and the bro/jock performers who were the stars of those sites created a template for porn that I actually think is fading away in 2015. When those sites hit and got big, it wasn't just about seeing the hot girl get fucked, it was about being part of the clique of guys who were fucking the hot women. There was a lot joking and joshing around beore, during and after the sex (the now famous BangBus drive off, for example). The guys weren't just performing for the camera, they were also performing for the guys around them, even if it was just the cameraman. The porn became somewhat aspirational ("I wish I knew those guys"), as well as sophomoric and juvenile. With that said, Pyrenees is right; every generation has maybe one to three "big name" male pornstars that are typically bigger names than their female performers in any one scene. Evan Stone and James Deen are the only two that immediately come to mind. Unless you're a porn connoisseur (anyone reading this notwithstanding. If you're reading a thread on a porn message board you ARE a connoisseur), most guys in scenes are simply stunt cocks. Not sure where the Ryan Madison hate comes from. For one, he's a great performer and Porn Fidelity is a fine site. Second, there will always be sites where the pull IS watching the same guy fuck different women every week, like Ed Powers or Rodney Moore or Jim Slip. But different strokes for different folks. As for hardcore sites that emphasize the female over the male, there are TONS of sites that do that and many of them have already been mentioned. These include the big names like Twistys or 1 By Day, or the Glamcore sites like Nubiles Porn and Erotica X, or even the massage sites (effectively body worship) like Fucked Hard 18. Girls Do Porn doesn't even feature the male performer's HEAD in their scenes. He's just a torso and a cock. If you are looking for something more specific, give me a shout or leave a post in this thread and we'll throw you some recommendations. P.S Ever watch early 70s porn? You could get entire minutes of just hairy insertion shots from the back or below. You sometimes couldn't tell what was going on. | |
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| 09-08-15 07:46am - 3393 days | #2 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Thank you for the post. It's always good to hear from long time users sharing their experiences and knowledge. I agree with pretty much everything you said, but I would add a couple little things: - As you noted, it's always best to contact the site first if you ever come across an issue. This might sound obvious to some, but many (either due to embarrassment, anger or absentmindedness) simply call their credit card company or leave nasty reviews. Even in this automated age, computers make errors and things that can be solved by a single email can fall through the cracks. Take due process and in most situations the issue will be resolved. - A proprietary biller doesn't have to be a red flag (there are many long standing and reputable sites that handle their own billing), but I certainly understand the apprehension. They typically don't have the customer service apparatus that a giant like CC Bill or Epoch has and that can make some people nervous. Above all else, if you or anyone reading this ever comes across a billing issue with a site, be sure to contact us and we'll look into it. Billing concerns are something we take very seriously and even before RabbitsReviews acquired TheBestPorn/PornUsers both sites worked together to blacklist shady networks that were scamming members in order to protect our readers. Edited on Sep 08, 2015, 12:18pm | |
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| 09-01-15 07:11am - 3400 days | #23 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
What other docs have you seen? Here are the ones I liked Inside Deep Throat Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered Kink Wadd: The Life & Times Of John C. Holmes (very informative) Hot Girls Wanted (good, but not great) The Real Animal Farm (odd) | |
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| 09-01-15 07:04am - 3400 days | #16 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I agree with you. We are working to get full reviews for both Blacked.com and Tushy. | |
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| 08-31-15 10:55am - 3401 days | #5 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I agree with the change in the stereotypical male model, but I actually think in some ways its for the better. In the 90s, most of the big name pornstars (Randy West, TT Boy, Peter North, etc) where super tanned, well-built guys who were quite alpha and while they were funny at times you got an air of arrogance towards the audience that you don't see as much anymore. The 00s had more humor in its porn (The MILF Hunter and Preston jump to mind as guys who were legitimately funny at times), but it also had a Jock/Bro mentality that works for some people and turns off others. I think that's one of the many reasons why James Deen has broken through as THE male pornstar for a generation; he is unpretentious and relatable. He, and the newer generation of male pornstars, are also visibly younger than the super-tanned, perfectly coiffed pornstars of the past. And, as higher percentages of women began watching porn, the more the look of the male performer has changed from the swarthy male stripper of yore to guys that real women actually want to fuck. | |
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| 08-31-15 10:40am - 3401 days | #10 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I can tell you from the RabbitsReviews side of things that we don't believe in sites getting 100. There is always SOMETHING that can be added or improved to make the user experience better. It's nit-picking, to be sure, but the great sites are always looking to get better and it's the work of review sites like ours and the feedback from your reviews on PornUsers that help push industry forward. | |
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| 08-20-15 05:16am - 3413 days | #7 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
This whole post takes me back. It doesn't get much better than Kay Parker. The original MILF! I used to religiously read the pornstar profiles at ExcaliburFilms back in the late 90s. I would also order movies from there and request concealed packaging, so the 4-hour compilation tapes I bought would have have packaging and labelling like, "Animal Bloopers"...which of course would look even weirder when hidden in the bottom drawer of a dresser. The first porn I watched from start to finish was Cynthia And the Pocket Rocket, a porn spoof of The Hudsucker Proxy. | |
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| 08-14-15 11:50am - 3418 days | #7 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Just like mainstream entertainment is flooded with Canadians, so to is the porn landscape. We're based in Montreal, which is also the hub for the biggest porn companies in the industry including MindGeek (Realiy Kings, Twistys, Digital Playground) and SeedBox (Evil Angel, Open Life). They do most of the shooting in the states, of course, but if you're a hot woman in Canada (like August Ames, who is from the middle of nowhere in Nova Scotia) and you're interested in porn, the channels are available to get you in front of the right cameras. All of the names mentioned (Amy Anderssen, Sunny Leonne, August Ames) are Canucks, as are Shyla Styles, Capri Cavanni, Shanda Fay, Sweet Krissy and Ariel Rebel, to name a few more. As for sites, one of the biggest (at least here is Quebec) is Pegas Productions. Among the francophone culture, Pegas is one of THE porn studios. We'll actually have a review on TBP for that site in a few weeks. Other Canada-centered sites include The Lane Sisters, Arab Mistress, Catherine Tayler and The Art Of Blowjob. Edited on Aug 14, 2015, 12:03pm Edited by Staff on Aug 14, 2015, 12:00pm | |
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| 08-14-15 11:33am - 3418 days | #9 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hi gang, We're interested in your thoughts about social media because that is going to be one of the primary tools we use to bring people into the fold, Porn Users specifically. Twitter is a haven for pornstars and porn fans and we know many of them would love a forum like this and you guys would love more like-minded (and civil) people to the conversation. | |
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| 08-10-15 05:39am - 3423 days | #3 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Its like Tattoos are to the 2010s what fake breasts were in the 90s. | |
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| 08-03-15 10:35am - 3429 days | #4 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hi, Nofaceu. Unfortunately, you don't give us a lot to go on, as the scene you describe (poolside interview/stripping/fucking) has been done thousands of times. Also, is the female performer white, black, Latin, Asian? And what about the male performer? Is it a POV scene, or a standard scene? One site that does a lot of scenes in the format you descrbie is the Reality Kings network, specifically Big Naturals and Brown And Round. Hope that helps. | |
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| 08-03-15 08:42am - 3429 days | #23 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Definitely agree on The Devil In Miss Jones. Behind The Green Door and Taboo are also classics in the same vein. I think an element to the classic stuff is they knew how to build tension; stolen glances, light flirting and the like that helped build that excitement. That feeling of, "They're going to fuck soon and it's going to be awesome." | |
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| 08-03-15 07:55am - 3429 days | #22 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Hint received.  If you (or anyone reading this) ever finds a site discounted at a lower rate than we have on Porn Users, The Best Porn or RabbitsReviews, send me a private message or shoot me an email (michael@rabbitsreviews.com) and I'll work to get it for our sites. Edited on Aug 03, 2015, 08:19am | |
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| 08-03-15 07:52am - 3429 days | #6 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
I installed mine over the weekend and so far, so good. | |
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| 07-29-15 07:57am - 3434 days | #12 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
Yeah, you can't underestimate the influence of Gonzo or Seymore Butts on the porn landscape. Without people like Seymore, there is no BangBus. | |
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| 07-29-15 06:17am - 3435 days | #2 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
The first thing that comes to mind is cuckold porn, which can typically involve a domineering woman having sex with a man in front of her boyfriend/partner, but there are many variations. It can be as basic as a husband simply watching his wife getting fucked by another man to as involved as the wife (and even the man) insulting the husband and/or his manhood throughout the act and even making the husband blow the guy or suck the semen from or out of his wife's body. The type of cuckold porn that closely matches your description is the type with a stronger FemDom element; the emasculated husband bearing witness to a real man pleasing his wife and having to hear her go on about how much butter the man is. Sites that feature this type of porn include Cum Eating Cuckolds, Make Him Cuckold and Cuckold Sessions. One element that makes the porn cuckold is the fact that the boyfriend/husband is present during the act. If you're looking for porn where the husband isn't around but the type of dialogue you're looking for is still present, my next best recommendation would be cheating porn or POV Porn. Those types of porn don't always have a lot of dirty talk with bravado, but it isn't uncommon either. | |
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| 07-29-15 05:57am - 3435 days | #10 | |
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MikeC
PornUsers Staff Posts: 102 Registered: Jul 03, '15 |
No problem. Mia Khalifa seemingly came from nowhere to be a big deal really fast. | |
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