[Espy]

A game that I used to play (TERA) has also been doing that lately. Besides the fact that the females get a lot of pretty cash shop outfits, there've also been two new classes that are both female-locked.

And the cash shop outfits are often only for Elins, the lolita animal girl race.

....One of the reasons I stopped playing.

[ml1201]

I think I had been looking into that game at some point but never did join, now I'm glad I never did. It took a lot of complaining from the users on UF to get more male items but with every release they do try to release either male only or both gender items for people. :3

[Espy]

I mean, TERA is really good gameplay-wise, but....yeah.

[Obsidian]

Well, I enjoy these avatar sites. >->
Even if mine isn't a success, I'm not going to shut her down, heh. It's not like it takes a whole lot of money to keep mine opened. I just really enjoy it overall.
And I'd really hope Trisphee doesn't ever get shut down. I really love the art on here. Even tho I don't post a whole lot, I really do love jumping on here to see any new updates.
Which kind of disappoints me that there isn't any December monthlies. Does anyone know if there are going to be any for January? These no-monthly months may end up hurting this place if it becomes a habit. I know of one site who'd do the on and off thing for awhile and they're completely dead. I don't want that to happen to Trisphee. =/

[ml1201]

I was actually looking for them too, in at least the donation items if not the egg items. And all they really had to be was maybe some recolors of old donation items if it would save time. :3

[Obsidian]

Originally Posted by ml1201

I was actually looking for them too, in at least the donation items if not the egg items. And all they really had to be was maybe some recolors of old donation items if it would save time. :3

Yeah, it would at least give something.

[Espy]

I think...someone did mention something a while ago about not wanting to become like Gaia and just re-releasing old DIs in new colors. Slightly different context, though.

[Obsidian]

Anything is better than nothing, in my personal opinion.

[ml1201]

I have to agree with Obsidian on that, granted its nice to have new items, but we understand that it also takes more time to make new ones than old ones, so if recolors are all there is time for (especially with the holidays) then that's what we'll have to deal with. :3

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Lawtan

What sites? Also, do they have the same lifespan that avatar sites, or other earlier sites enjoyed?

Pinterest is the best example I can offer. It launched in 2010 and is currently enjoying being the 28th most visited website on the Internet. Imgur is another good example, having launched in 2009 and holding the #43 spot, as are Stack Overflow (2008, #60), Twitch (2011, #233), and Vine (2013, #805).

Medium and Storify look like they may be up-and-coming players, as they both launched this year and are already getting a lot of traffic. Time will tell if they endure.

[Lawtan]

Twitch, and vine, I can see. The others. as they are at least 4 years old, I didn't consider new sites.

[Yokuutsu]

Originally Posted by ml1201

@Yoku
Oh yes! Gothic themed is awesome! XD Being being able to miss it up when you want is also good. XD And is it okay if I call you Yoku?

I assume most people at least think Yoku, even I do especially when it comes to games with limited characters...then I just put Yoku XD

Well, on Gaia right now, mine isn't that gothic, it has demon wings? I guess it would be considered sceneish? -narrows eyes-

[ml1201]

I have no idea what mine here would be considered. x'D I also have a thing for vests. owo

[Coda]

Originally Posted by Lawtan

Twitch, and vine, I can see. The others. as they are at least 4 years old, I didn't consider new sites.

You can't ask for both "new sites" and "lifespan" in the same question. :P I picked examples of stuff that's relatively recent that has increased in traffic as the avatar site fad has faded.

But I did pick a couple examples of contenders that might get there.

[Lawtan]

*shrugs* Perhaps I'm too pessimistic. Sort of go in expecting failure in most things.

[Coda]

Well, you're not wrong. Most things do fail. You'll always find more examples of failures than successes.