Interesting post.
Two tickle dating sites have failed since '00, they failed to get critical mass, while this community is large, it's still not big enough to support such site types. Too few spread out to wide.. There was also a females only TK forum site that was designed to be a secure place for women to interact and discuss issues, and I've not heard word from there in a year or two. I sadly believe it is dead/sleeping.
Statements like this:
Has pretty much destroyed any credibility you have with the active females in the community. The vast majority of female posters we have on the TMF are not professional sex workers, but average women who have a true enjoyment of the fetish, and have come to be part of the community. You, with your above statement, have just insulted them pretty significantly.
That is gong to be a hole that is pretty hard to dig out of.
The TMF has always made a point to be welcoming and open to females. Take some time to discuss with the oldest members (any of us that you see with '01 join dates) about how much things have changed here in ten years regarding female activity and participation. We've worked hard to make females feel welcome, and secure here. It was a very different place in '01 when we started and we wanted to change it, and have.
Regarding the ads. They pay for the site so you don't have to. The cost of keeping the forum up is not small. So they are needful. That they are all oriented on male customers is a reality of the marketplace. Men are the majority consumers of adult media, and they get the majority ad attention. Several producers, (Tickle Chicks and Tickle Abuse) have in my eyes produced a lot of material that can appeal to females, but if you speak to both of them (their owners Addie and Tommy are both very active in the clips forum) they will back up that sales lie with catering to the male consumers, who without, they would be dead in the water.
Do the ads make the place less female welcoming? Yes. But they are a needful compromise that we have chosen to make so there will be a site at all.
The TMF have been responsible for more weddings and long term relationships then I can currently count. Before we started there was one major gathering in the US (NEST), now there are a dozen or more each year, including the NH gathering, UNY and Bella's Birthday Bash. These are real gatherings where people connect, make friends, and often start relationships that last.
There is a lot that happens on the forum that you don't see unless you are looking at all its parts on a regular basis. And even more happens quietly behind the scenes Our PM usage is amazingly high. The Chat room is almost always active.
I wish you luck with your project. I always welcome an expansion of the community site roster. But the opinions that you have approached the community with in your OP are not fully informed, and pretty insulting to the many many women who are active here on a regular basis. They did not deserve the insult dealt them.
Myriads
I don't "fall in line" with what anyone expects! I dance to my own drummer. Maybe that's what rubbed me wrong about the way you presented your concerns. You act like I should be dancing to yours.
