If you really want to hit them where it hurts, hit them where the money is. Report their IMVU points cards to the major retailers that carry said cards.
After all, they generally have a policy against selling products that are linked to porn.
I actually think I made a case for that before, but it may have got cut. x.x; I’ve done a lot of writing in the last few days now that I actually got forum access. (Registration verification problem jammed me up; I was going mad trying to jump in here where the real discussion was.)
While it’s out in the open, though, I’m curious to hear if anyone has a downside to this plan? I do think it would put pressure on IMVU to deal; however, I’m also not really keen on trying to encourage people to make a counter-offer
and trying to put media pressure on them. That’s a personal, ethical concern on my part, though. I’m also wary of dragging the fandom into that kind of publicity, because you
know the media would have a field day with all the things they could show.
It could also backfire and force IMVU’s hand and thrust drastic changes to FA with very little warning. People are prone to overreacting when the media spotlight is trained on them.
But then they say "oh no, FA is not a porn site (despite it being founded as an all-open alternative to Sheezyart when that site banned porn)" or "but adult content requires age verification."
Yeah, that’ll be an interesting line for them to walk. All the more so if the stolen art and the business model seemingly focused on skimming off ill-gotten gains could make it a
very interesting story. ..but I also expect media would focus on the spectacle of furries more than the actual shady parts.
Big(Blue chip) business may be even worse when it comes to their profit obsession. But they know the value of their family friendly reputation. You point out to then that IMVU bought out a 'furry' art site, with adult art... And only an honor system? Yeah, they have to do an independent investigation.
They'll pull the points cards, and probably force an ultimatum on IMVU before selling them again. (Well, at least Walmart. They have more then enough clout to bully anyone.)
Exactly. I’d just like to think it through to see how this could do more harm than good; and, like I said above, I have some ethical qualms on a personal level. Feels a bit like a bank that purposefully tanks the value of a neighborhood, buys up the land, and then sells at a high profit margin to condo developers.
Remember they also want to have gogole ads put up on here, Google clearly states
I think this more refers to what product is being pitched, not the sort of site on which the ad will appear. Still, I’m sure there are more than a few major advertisers who would be squeamish over the prospect of having their ad hovering over a rabbit and a wolf carrying out some kinky scene reversing the predator/prey relationship.
All with a nice ad pitching Tide, “Tide, it gets out the worst of life’s stains!†Somehow I feel like that isn’t quite the place they wanted Tide to be pitched..
Well here is my question with money, if Dragoneer stated that FA was in no debt and was working fine, why did he even need to sell out? Was the 20K not enough to cover whatever it was he kept saying he would do? FA should have been able to upgrade or whatever and still been debt free based on what he said. Right?
On that, I cannot really hazard a guess. Maybe he thought he’d leverage FA to net a steady job with reliable income? Or maybe he
genuinely believes that IMVU will lead FA into a bright future. It isn’t beyond the realm of possibilities, you know? I just don’t agree with that.
