Rude.com, DeeCash Announce Acquisition

[pam]

Ya'll remember when we had a nice forum and then one day, out of the blue with no explanation, it was shut down and we were redirected to rude.com? They got a good shot of traffic from years of SE listings from that forum, plus all those amateurs who needed publicity signed up quickly. Then the stolen content built the site. Oh wait, they say it wasn't built on stolen content, it was the successful marriages on the site.

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by pam

Ya'll remember when we had a nice forum and then one day, out of the blue with no explanation, it was shut down and we were redirected to rude.com? They got a good shot of traffic from years of SE listings from that forum, plus all those amateurs who needed publicity signed up quickly. Then the stolen content built the site. Oh wait, they say it wasn't built on stolen content, it was the successful marriages on the site.

Pam you know this but Ill say it publically. Several of us tried to buy that forum before they flushed it down the toilet.

I made what I thought was a fair offer since it had very little revenue. I was told that they had a better offer and they were trying to get out of it what they paid for it.

I guess they did in the end...

[Toby]

Originally Posted by gonzo

...they were trying to get out of it what they paid for it.

Given the state of the site at the time, it wasn't worth anywhere near what it was when they bought it.

[pam]

Originally Posted by gonzo

Pam you know this but Ill say it publically. Several of us tried to buy that forum before they flushed it down the toilet.

I made what I thought was a fair offer since it had very little revenue. I was told that they had a better offer and they were trying to get out of it what they paid for it.

I guess they did in the end...

Yep, I tried to buy it as well. I believe they asked $20k and the income was $0k. All banners were trades. My banner was there as that was how they compensated their moderators, a rotating banner. I don't remember what I offered but know it was turned down. When it was run by Rick and had a LOT of amateurs it was worth a whole lot more. Then he sold it, and said he was doing a review site featuring ONLY the top 1% of porn sites -- remember?! Then his site took off and I'm very glad for him -- he got out at the right time. (And when I email him about review stuff, he's still extremely helpful and friendly). Then there was the Brett/Sammy/Robb legal bullshit in the open forum ... I wasn't an amateur but still enjoyed that site in the beginning. I learned a lot, found a lot of amateurs to promote, met some interesting people -- JMM had to be my favorite poster of all -- and it helped launch my review site 4 years ago this month because so many of the amateurs gave me access to their sites to review them.