드디어 우리는 첫번째 중대한 시점에 달했어요!
처음으로, 우리 사이트는 한달에 1만명이 넘는 방문객과 4만건이 넘는 페이지 힛을 올렸어요. 우리의 팟케스트 XML file(주된 팟케스트 주소)는 지난달에 약 5500번이나 되는 많은 접속이 있었지만, 하지만 우리는 이것을 정기적으로 업데이트도 하지 않고 있어요. 그래서 지금쯤 우리 사이트가 한 단계 더 발전하기 위해 더욱 알찬 정보들로 채워져야 한다고 생각해요. 그래서 우리는 함께 일할 한, 두 명의 한국인 칼럼작가와, 매력적이고 재치있는 VJ를 찾고 있어요. 우리와 함께 일할 사람들을 찾는데 함께 힘을 써줬으면 좋겠어요! 근데 지금은 그냥 celebrate하고 싶어서 이 비디오를 제공하는 거예요. 항상 이 노래를 들으면 기분이 좋아지니까 우리 사랑하는 독자들이랑 나누고 싶었어요! 우리 사이트에 대해 홍보해주는 독자들아! 고마원요! 야호!
We’ve reached our first major milestone!
For the first time, our site has solidly surpassed the 10,000+ monthly unique visitors mark, or 40,000+ page views (hits) per month. Our podcast’s XML file (the main address) was accessed 5,500 times last month, and we are not even updating it regularly. Now is the time to add better and more regular Korean content to the site and really move things into second gear, to bring in more Korean visitors and get the word about our site here in Korea, where we are actually based. We are working hard to get a solid Korean columnist or two, as well as a VJ with charm and wit. We hope that you will work hard to help us find good people, and to spread the word about the site. But right now, we just want to take a moment to…celebrate! Don’t you feel good? I know I sure do! Whoo hoo!
—Korean translation 번역 by Carrie
Original text by FMS
new trend?
But yeah. Another “Oh, Korea” moment. ><
I’d like to tell people about your site, but the name is strange. It sounds like a foot fetish sex website – not a fashion website. Your website is great. Please change to a more legitimate sounding name.
Well, if you “like to tell people about” this site, then do. If you think it’s a good site, but think the name is weird, why would YOU be embarrassed about it? Are you afraid that you will be mistaken for a “foot fetish sex” fiend?
The site is what it is, and I think the funny name makes it stand out, and actually has meaning other than “man who has sex with feet.” In Korean, a 발이 넓은 사람” is someone with wide feet, or someone who knows a lot of people and places because he’s always walking around. I like the feeling of motion and walking, especially when we add in more audio tours and other city-related content. And yes, I like the idea of fashion-as-fetish, as some akin to sexual obsession.
To me, that’s more interesting than the alternatives I came up with, which invariably involve the following words:
- Korea
- Seoul
- fashion
- street
- my
Or similar words combined in Korean:
- “nara” (country)
- “cheonguk” (heaven)
Results?
- KoreanFashionNara.com
- KoreanStreetFashion.com
- MyKoreanStreetFashion.com
- SeoulFashion.com
- KoreanFashion.com
Half of those names weren’t even available, anyway, but they were still BORING. And if this site is ever successful, all of the competitors will probably have cliched names like that.
And the real story is that I always like the name and blog “Fat Man Seoul”, and it was one of my favorite sites before it shut down. When I decided to quit street photography and just rest for awhile, I decided to explore the idea of fetish, especially with something difficult to make look artistic — the foot. In a way, it was kind of an experiment, kind of a bizarre indulgence.
I got bored with that after a few weeks, though, and decided to make a shoe/accessories blog because the “shoeaholic” trend was so crazy a couple years ago. Then it evolved into talking about fashion in general — but always with a distinct street documentary style, and one that does not apologize for the heterosexual male gaze. Instead, my photography celebrates it, revels in it. And I think it results in frank, fresh pictures that are somehow different from the soft-focus, dreamy pictures one sees all the time in “real” fashion magazines. Yet, if you think about it, the pictures there are far more sexual, far more “fetishy” in actuality than most of the stuff here.
They just have nice filters and better lights, that’s all.
I like how our site is evolving. I like the look, and I like the feel. It’s frank, unapologetically fresh, and real. Or so it’s trying to be. And if we can extend that to the other content we’re trying to make, I think we’ll be on the right track.
As for the name, I think it has a distinct ring, it’s got all kinds of meanings rolled up into it (including fetish), and hey…
Why are people so sensitive about feet? It’s not like they’re sensitive parts of the body (like breasts or genitals), nor are they particular forbidden. Yet, we can tell people “You have nice eyes” or “You have beautiful hands” or even “She’s got great legs.” Or if you’re a man, you can say “He’s got nice, broad shoulders” or “Look at those pecs!” or “Girl, he’s got big bulging arms!”
Or back to girls, and the backside: “Baby’s Got Back!”
But if you think someone has nice feet, you’re a pervert?
It’s a tongue-in-cheek name, and it grew on me, back when this actually WAS a site that explored the notion of display and fetish.
I think it’s far more tasteful than “ButtManSeoul” or “BoobManSeoul” or even “LegManSeoul” — call me crazy, but I like it.
And our site — as well as our name — is defined and explained by the content, I believe, not the other way around. Because I believe we really are “fashion from the ground up.”
축아축아~~ ^^
LOL i nv thought there’s anything funny with the name though.. the first time i saw it, i thought it was something like “on his feet, a man in seoul” or something along the line ^^
FMS has done a good job so far.. keep it up ^^
yay! i love this site, thanks guys keep it up.
if anything you know that the name of the site is going to stick and people dont easily forget it, even if they just happen to be browsing
Wait, you mean this *isn’t* a foot fetish sex site???
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
i’ll spread the love!
hope you guys find a good vj and everything else you needed. i know you’ll succeed.
Hurray! Feetmanseoul has reached that point – which I and FMS used to say would finally come in the very near future. Hope this site keeps up the “already” good and hard work and stay unique from other fashion reporting sites till it gets published as a physical copy of magazine! hahaha
P.S. I kinda feel disgruntled that this historical peak of the site was reached soon after I left the site…