[jdfan]

Maybe they haven't thought things through.  Maybe they have.  Let's hope they have.

I find the prosect that they thought carefully about it and still got it done even less appealing. According to the American Society of Dermatological Surgery in 2002, 50% of the people who get a Tattoo eventually want it removed.

Call me close-minded and paternalistic but I tend to get like that when I see someone I care about doing something they're likely to regret – like smoking or damaging their health and appearance with roids. I think the "I respect your decision" line is a big cop out.

Still, at least someone's getting rich out of it:

Nearly 40 million Americans sport tattoos and almost half end up regretting it. As a result, laser procedures for tattoo removal is becoming one of the fastest growing areas of the dermatology industry. Approximately 20 percent of laser procedures performed over the past two years were for tattoo removal

http://www.justtattooremoval.com/Franchise/industry.html

One piece of good news – there's a new type of tattoo ink which is supposed to be easier to remove – so hopefully scaring won't be such a problem in the future.

[jdfan]

Very true. Unfortunately most FBB fans will never get to touch an FBB, so to us the visual aspect is more important. No doubt alot of girls like the look of tattoos and they would rightly dismiss the opinions of someone like myself who happens to dislike them. However what they fail to appreciate is this:

Fashions change and people change but tattoos don't change.

Therefore it seems very unwise to get a permanent fashion statement etched into your skin. Ask any young women if she'd be happy wearing the clothes she wore 5 years ago, or having the hairstyle she had back then –  and the answer will be a resounding NO. But that tatt will look exactly the same in 5,10,20 years, and it can't be removed without leaving a nasty scar.

It is this permanence and the implied lack of forethought of the wearer which I find unappealing as much as the look of the things.

[jdfan]

It reads like a bunch of snobs who've got their panties in a twist and can't wait to let the world know how petty and small-minded they are.

Yes – it's called the internet ;D

Look – we all love FBBs, and no-one's saying they don't have the right to 'express themselves' by getting a tatt done. I'm just saying that's an ugly tatt on an otherwise beautiful woman.

Re being insensitive: I'm guessing there aren't any FBBs reading this – afterall it's along side an advert for big boobs comics or something. But if someone does read this and it causes them to think twice about getting a tatt – then great!

Things to remember:

– They look tacky and sleazy.
– They are permanent.
– Removal causes scarring.
– How they gonna look when you're 50?

[jdfan]

Unfortunately ugly tatts seem to go along with the non-conformist attitude of FBBs – just like hairy-arse bikers and navies. But for FBBs it's a crime to deface such natural beauty with rubbish graffiti. Yeah – they can be removed – but the scarring looks awful, and when I see a tatt removal scar I just think "eww – so you had the poor taste, bad judgement and stupidity to get a tattoo then have it removed".

[jdfan]

Gee – that's a shame. She had a lovely wholesome innocent look before the tatt. But now…. how are we supposed to enjoy looking at her arm with that thing on there. That's another one crossed off my list. Too bad.

[jdfan]

I agree with everything you say about how to run a good personal site Xander.

One reason I think alot of personal sites fail is that fans only join maybe once a year to download all the clips. There's no incentive to stay a member because most sites only add a couple of new clips to the archive each month. So the longer you wait between sign-ups, the more you get for your money.

I think the permanent archive system works well for big sites like HB and MA because they have a wide appeal and a large pool of potential members. But personal sites have a much smaller pool of potential members so they need to retain them from month to month.

I think Johanna D has the right idea in the way she packages her updates into a time-limited issue with the tag line "Get it before it's gone". The downside is she has to put alot of work into each issue to keep her members satisfied.

[jdfan]

I agree it's a very crude estimate. But it's consistent with what I hear about personal site memberships – and the fact that alot of sites are abandoned 🙁

[jdfan]

Boy – I sure wish every FBB had 40,000 fans, then they'd all be millionaires and there'd be alot more beautiful FBBs and great websites for us fans to choose from!

40,000 is the number of hits an individual FBB sub-page gets after an update – before it disappears off the bottom of the updates list. So 40,000 is the total number of fans actively looking for new material. They're not necessarily fans of that particular FBB – they may not even recognise her name – they're just browsing. eg. I might look at Collette Guilmond's updated AMG page – but I'm not really a fan of hers.

I'm assuming each fan will have a favourite among the 481 FBBs listed – who's site they would be most likely to join. Therefore the average number of fans per FBB = 40,000 fans / 481 fbbs = 83 fans per fbb on average.

Another problem is that thrifty fans may only join a website once a year to raid all the content. So a girl needs to work very hard on her site to retain those members month after month.

[jdfan]

And FBB fans vastly overestimate the number of FBB fans.

Look at the view counter on AMG. An updated page gets about 40,000 views a month. That's basically all the FBB fans in the world. Only 40,000. AMG lists 481 FBBs in their side bar. So assuming an even distribution of fans: 40,000 fans /481 FBBs = 83 fans per FBB on average.

Of those 83 fans how many would be willing to pay a subscription? Particularly considering there is so much free content on YouTube etc? Maybe 10%? That's 8 paying members per FBB. Not much of a living.

Of course – some FBBs will have more fans than average, and some fans may join multiple sites – but it sure aint no pot of gold. However, multi-model sites can do quite well since 100 FBBs x 8 fans = 800 members.

[jdfan]

Why does she have two paysites? I'm confused. Which is best? Seems a bit of a rip-off really. Am I supposed to join both? Probably won't be joining either as a result.

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