Guest FourAces Posted August 9, 2006 Posted August 9, 2006 On HB's site RockHard rants on about the rico report. Well everyone does that however, he somehow feels that HooBoy was doing volunteer work and that this site is evil because at least one of its owners supports the novel notion that people should have the right to do what they like with their body. HooBoy made a huge amount of money. He also spent a huge amount of money as well. Because HooBoy might not have been good at money management does that give people like RockHard and even deej a spear to chuck at those of us who believe HB's site was extremely profitable? I have had some dealings with affiliate based web sites. I'm making thousands of dollars a month after some well placed paid ads. My bandwidth is my largest expense and I recently found a better priced host for my sites. So for one to think that HooBoy wasn't earning a large amount from his site is completely unrealistic to me. These people want to pretend the site had no value or are simply blind to the fact it was a Internet goldmine. daddy has a successful hosting business and does development as well. He would not spend his time opening another review site to carry on some legacy. Based on the date of his domain registration it looks as if he had planned something long before HooBoy left this world. I think people like RockHard and deej should grow up and begin respecting the fact that many know HB was a very profitable site. Quote
Guest BewareofNick Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 rt, Oz pretty much put the lie to what deej and others have claimed regarding the profitability of Hooboy's site. Hooboy could not have afforded to have been the world traveler he was nor enjoyed all the things he did. There's nothing wrong with any of that. Hooboy was able to enjoy life as he saw fit. Something all of us should be able to do. Daddy kept the profitability of the site well hidden from the Estate, hence their surprise when Oz offered them 6 figures for the domain. The fact that Daddy's reviews was registered a year before Hoo's death, and the subsequent efforts taken to devalue the site should pretty much clear up any question anyone had about Daddy's motives. Finally, it should be noted that deej will lie about anything and everything, jsut as he did about The Great Meltdown. Quote
Guest mbarz Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 That guy is a delusional lunatic. He calls Rico a queen and a woman, yet he describes himself with more gay stereotypes then the guys from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. He's also a troll. What wealthy executive that leads the busy life he claims to live has the time to write all those long boring petty post he writes every fucking day? I've never believed anything that guy has ever said. He's one of the biggest frauds on that site and I could never understand why anyone entertained any of his ideas. He came on board at the height of the hate for the "mean girls" and took their side that is the only reason anyone listened to that pompous windbag. He says "there's nothing more un-sexy, un-masculine, more unattractive, more hard-on deflating, than a gay man who's longing to be a cunt" guess he doesn't read any of his own post directed toward Tom Isern, cause he comes of as a hysterical cunt in every one of them, but I forget, he's privileged, the rest of us are dirt. That guy is one of the biggest jokes over there all you have to do is look at who his friends are. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 hey mbarz glad to see you. Where has my pet Cho Cho been? I'm pretty sure that RockHard is an escort. Not the obvious one(s) either. Quote
Guest VoxPennae Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 Why the fascination over the profitabilty of the site formerly known as HooBoy M4M Escort Review? Seriously, why should anyone be concerned, or care, how much money the site made or did not make during the lifetime of HooBoy or even after his passing? What business is it of anyone? It was never a public company traded on any stock exchange and thefore required to report it's earnings. Was anyone besides HooBoy (and later his estate) receiving an income off the site? (Daddy was an employee and not a partner that I know of so to me that does not count. Do any of the experts here know differently?) Why are you people so concerned about the income of something that is not your business? But since people seem to be interested in such, I have a question. What's the income generated for the owners of this site? And the others that they own? Just kidding here with these last two questions but perhaps it makes a point at least for some. Quote
Members marcanthony Posted August 10, 2006 Members Posted August 10, 2006 >Why the fascination over the profitabilty of the site >formerly known as HooBoy M4M Escort Review? >Seriously, why should anyone be concerned, or care, how much >money the site made or did not make during the lifetime of >HooBoy or even after his passing? Maybe because human beings are curious by nature... and in most capitalist countries, how much money business ventures and public figures make are topics of discussion at many a dinner table. > >What business is it of anyone? It was never a public company >traded on any stock exchange and thefore required to report >it's earnings. Was anyone besides HooBoy (and later his >estate) receiving an income off the site? (Daddy was an >employee and not a partner that I know of so to me that does >not count. Do any of the experts here know differently?) You are right... it may not be anyone's "business", but I have to surmise you live in a different world than I do. In my world, people speculate, discuss, and form opinions about almost everything even if it has nothing to do with their business. But questioning one's surroundings and trying to understand motivations behind actions that may affect your daily life is part of what an education teaches you to do. > >Why are you people so concerned about the income of something >that is not your business? See above. It explains motivation. Motivation explains action. Action affects people. Intelligent and educated people try to understand how these things fit together. Daddy may not have been a partner, but if the site was highly profitable (and it was), he knew it. It helps predict what would happen (and many people did that), and it helps explain what happened (many people are coming to grips with that now). It's not surprising that people are interested in that... it's more surprising that you can't understand why they would be. More than anything else, that reeks of a biased perspective. > >What's the income generated for the owners of this site? And >the others that they own? Just kidding here with these last >two questions but perhaps it makes a point at least for some. I don't see why you should be kidding. I think it's obvious that the owners of this site make no money at all off this site (where would the income come from until there is much more traffic), but that their goal is to change that as expediently as possible. I think it's also obvious that whatever other sites they own MUST be profitable, because they are supporting this one. And I don't think that there is something wrong with me because I think about those things, and understand them. Quote
Guest FourAces Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 For me no fascination just an observation. It was just sad watching the site being intentionally devalued since one would think HooBoy's family could benefit from any proceeds the site generated. the fact that daddy wrote that long whoa is me post about how he is doing this for love and not money nd going broke makes it of public interest. TO and others proved daddy was a liar. So it is amusing to watch deej play with smoke and mirrors. BTW daddy wasn't an employee. He was a paid service provider. Just want to keep it to facts. Quote
TotallyOz Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 >What's the income generated for the owners of this site? And >the others that they own? The income generated from this site to date has been zero. The revenue generated from others sites I own is substantially more than zero. I hope this helps solve the mystery. Seriously, running a website is a business. It is much like the restaurant business. Many people dream of opening a website one day and making it the most popular in town. Most fail at it. There are thousands of sites that open up every day. There are about as many that close or just stay in cyber void. It is not as easy as most think and it is not as cheap as most think. To date, we have put in well over 75k in this site. Do we hope for a pay off one day? Of course. What happens if we don't get one? We keep going with the site as is. We hope to make money but if we don't, we are ready to live with that as an end result as well. For me, this was more something I felt I needed to do than something I had to do to make a living. Yes, we hope to make money. Yes, we are prepared if we don't. Yes, we will keep the site going in either case. Were you looking to invest? Oz Quote
Guest Conway Posted August 10, 2006 Posted August 10, 2006 The answer is rather simple. The HooBoy site succeeded and was profitable, largely in part to the reviews, which were submitted by many of the people who post here and others just like us. We submitted those reviews, and asked for nothing in return, because we appreciated the sense of community that the person portrayed as Hooboy on that site provided to us in exchange for our participation. We know, thanks to the accounts of a very well connected eye witness to the situation, that Hooboy recognized the severity of his health problems and stated, very clearly, that he wished for the site to be ceded to someone who had taken a very special place in his life. That person was neither Daddy nor Deej. It makes us angry, as the contributors to the success of the Hooboy site, to see that, about the time Hooboy suffered his first stroke, Daddy, who was an employee managing the day to day operations, began a campaign designed to steal that which Hooboy provided to us as a community for his own personal gain. It made us angrier to see "the daddy" begin to sell the autonomy of the site out to industry scammers and sociopaths in exchange for advertising revenue from those scammers and sociopaths. The whole purpose of the Hooboy site was to create some accountability, through the publication of personal experiences, where the subject of gay escorting is concerned. It helps those of us who contributed to the success of the Hooboy site to be able to understand why someone like "the daddy" would be so incented to steal something which wasn't his from the person that it should have rightfully been ceded to. That's why we're curious. And that's why we're grateful to the very few that have been honest enough to share with us their observations as to why "the daddy" was so intent on scamming the enterprise away from the estate in the first place. Daddy and deej certainly weren't going to tell us. Quote
Guest BewareofNick Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Conway, you just earned my respect. Your take on the matter is closer to reality than you realize. Quote
Members Lucky Posted August 11, 2006 Members Posted August 11, 2006 "I think people like RockHard and deej should grow up and begin respecting the fact that many know HB was a very profitable site." And you don't think Rico should grow up? His childish vendettas are far sillier than RockHard's. Maybe you could tell him tonight when you go to bed... Quote
Guest FourAces Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 >"I think people like RockHard and deej should grow up >and begin respecting the fact that many know HB was a very >profitable site." > >And you don't think Rico should grow up? His childish >vendettas are far sillier than RockHard's. Maybe you could >tell him tonight when you go to bed... > You might notice, if you look hard enough, that people on THIS message board usually stick to the thread topic. Please don't bring that OLD habit here. So why not start a Rico thread if you desire. I'm sure many people here read his blog and hate or like it. Personally I think he is funny at times other times not so funny. You know I am absolutely pleased you think I am Rico. If it helps you sleep better at night great. You have an old email address of mine, I'll start checking it again looking for the proof you apparently have. Quote
Guest SouthernMan Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 >You might notice, if you look hard enough, that people on THIS >message board usually stick to the thread topic. Please don't >bring that OLD habit here. So why not start a Rico thread if >you desire. I'm sure many people here read his blog and hate >or like it. Personally I think he is funny at times other >times not so funny. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!! Hollly Holy One!!! Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone go, to Brother Love's show!!!! Holly HOLY!! Did that make sense to anyone, other than me??? If it did, then WHY??? :) Anyways, all of that aside, I personallly like the Rico report, but since Rico is constantly wishing death upon Lucky, then I can truly fathom why Lucky would feel differently!! Personally, I feel that "death wish" is the one and only thing about that site that I hate!! And I would feel that way regardless of whether the "target" was Lucky or anyone else. IMO, there is NO need to advocate hatred and or/violence and/or death upon ohters just because they have an opinion that differs and/or offends you!! >You know I am absolutely pleased you think I am Rico. If it >helps you sleep better at night great. You have an old email >address of mine, I'll start checking it again looking for the >proof you apparently have. PLEASE??? Follow your own admonitions and take this to another site/place??? I for one, don't want to see this site, denigrate to a dumping field for "refugees/exiles" from other sites dumping their "trash"!!!!!!!!! :-( Quote
Guest Conway Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 Thanks. But, if its all the same to you, I thrive off the negative energy when you hate me. Quote
Guest VoxPennae Posted August 11, 2006 Posted August 11, 2006 > >Yes, we hope to make money. Yes, we are prepared if we don't. > Yes, we will keep the site going in either case. Were you >looking to invest? > >Oz > As I said, I was not seriously interested in the business matters related to this iste. Two things are obvious to me. One, that this site is a labor of love so to speak for you and TY and that's great. Two, that as a loss leader the money invested here can be used as an off set for profits from the other sites. In regard to investing, send me a prospectus and I will have my investment people do an analysis and risk assessment then get back to you. :-) Quote
