a lot of tickling videos nowadays don't seem genuine, all the women seem to be faking it.
Case in point.
How many fucking times have I said in threads that I don't hire fakes? How many people have actually gone to check out my studio after I've said it? "A lot of tickling videos" - from who? All three thousand of us?
None of us are using actually ticklish people? It's complete horseshit and no one's willing to do the legwork beyond skimming the top ten and crying.
CapturedDoll said:
But... was it always like this for you?
Yes. I remember the one time I had a thread blow up with comments precisely because it's so rare. And in true TMF fashion, people begged for more content addressing their particular niche and then didn't buy any of it when I bothered to produce some.
Because as a forum poster... I see everyone talking about a lot of the models themselves... frequently. But as you said Tickle Abuse is the main attraction apparantly. Maybe it started out for you with comments galore... and then tapered off over the years? Not about the quality of your work but... people might just feel you should know you are appreciated. Maybe thats it?
Nobody talks about my girls here or anywhere else. Nor my studio. When I do poke my head up in here I get a lot of "lol who are you?" or "some producer I never heard of". You'll notice I don't come here much anymore and just stick to posting previews. And no, it didn't start out with "comments galore". I got a few cracks about how some of the girls I worked with "didn't seem ticklish" (wow, fucking surprise) and now basically two people follow me around and comment on every thread I post... which doesn't mean much because they're basically the milagros of the Video Clips forum and comment on every thread ANYONE posts.
Instagram? I used to get a fairly decent amount of interaction when I was a new account, mostly because people assumed I was the girls and they either sent me dick pics or kept trying to get me to type wank fodder for them in other ways in their PMs, but after I blocked and reported enough of them, it stopped. I get a good chunk of likes on my posts, but there's little to no sales turnover and certainly not as much as a model herself usually gets. What's been happening since I started working with models who have an IG presence is that people click through my page to theirs and start creeping on them directly. It's like I don't even exist.
So, appreciation? Well, as the old saying goes... artists can't work for exposure. People die of exposure. People don't buy clips, I can't stay in business. And odds are, I won't be for much longer at this rate and I seriously doubt anyone'll care. And the ones who claim they do care probably still haven't actually supported my studio by buying anything. I have nearly 1000 followers on Instagram. If even half of them gave me two bucks a month I'd be singing a
very different tune.
I reward any fans that reach out and try to connect with me with coupons and other premium material like free clips and so forth. It happens so rarely that I can name off the top of my head everyone for whom I've done so.