Yesterday I posted a new poll asking you to tell me whether you think my BallbustingBoys.org Original Videos are a success or a failure.
There have been a few votes for "failure" (about 75% success, 25% failure so far), and our reader Jantra left a comment that gave me food for thought. When I started my reply I realized that it might be of general interest (and a little longer than my usual replies...) so I decided to create this post.
Here is Jantra's comment:
I wouldn't call it a failure by any means, and if the preview clips are anything to go by then the videos are quite good. I think it might be an issue of the new medium itself.First of all, Jantra, thanks for your feedback! I appreciate your honesty and your thoughtful wording. That's exactly the kind of constructive criticism I always hope for. Thank you very much!
However, I (and possibly some of those people leaving one star ratings?) have always been here for only one thing- your stories. Good written porn, especially of the ballbusting sort, are hard to come by. And almost every story you've written has been enjoyable. Videos however... I just have no interest in them. And on the rare occasions I do want to watch ballbusting videos, I prefer a different sort- not playful like these.
Are these videos for sale anywhere else, by chance? I just feel like the reputation you've built is as a writer, and people who are most interested in clips like these would never think to look here. Perhaps if you put them up for sale other sites, you'd get more buyers?
You are right, this blog started in 2007 with nothing but stories. In 2009 I posted the first set of video links, and the video links posts have been a regular feature of this blog since 2014. In addition to that I started producing videos last year.
I don't think that the expanding scope of my blog means that you can't enjoy my stories. Put another way: If I stopped producing videos there would not necessarily be more or better stories. There would just be no videos, in other words: less content.
It's not a zero-sum-game.
Sometimes I think people (not you, Jantra, but those who leave one-star-ratings on posts without even reading them, just because--- well, just because!) don't really think things through. What are they trying to accomplish? Is their goal to stop me from producing videos? Why? If I did stop they'd win nothing, they'd just deprive other people of a little pleasure. There's nothing that they gain.
On the contrary: One could argue that producing the videos keeps me happy, inspires me, motivates me, and thus prevents me from shutting this blog down. So encouraging me (instead of taking potshots at the my videos) might be in the self-interest of everybody who enjoys this blog - even of those readers who don't enjoy the videos themselves. (Yeah, well, that might be too much to ask for but one can dream, right?)
Back to you, Jantra: Your suggestion of publishing the videos somewhere else is worth exploring. But I don't think publishing them somewhere else would necessarily mean I wouldn't promote them here. After all, I love them! They are my babies just like my stories! And I think they are just another medium for my vision (which, let's be honest, is pretty simple: Basically, it's just guys having fun busting each others' balls...).
Actually, I think this blog is the perfect podium for the videos. It's definitely better than a random fetish site where you find all kinds of weird content that you emphatically and passionately don't fancy mixed with the weird content that you actually do fancy, right? :-))
Thanky you very much, Jantra! I appreciate your feedback and I hope you will continue to enjoy my stories even if you don't enjoy my videos.:-))
