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Originally Posted by Shap
Wow Seriously? Here are two examples.
#1 I can name 100 pornstars I can talk to right now on Twitter. I can't even do that on Twistys. That is direct competition. Someone who loves Bree Olson may get more from interacting on Twitter than watching her on Twistys.
#2 7 years ago there wasn't as much to do online. Now there are numerous ways people spend their time online. If we are one form of online entertainment we are competing with other forms of online entertainment and with so many of them exploding and reaching new levels of traffic and adaptation that has to mean somewhere we are losing out to them.
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#1 Why are pornstars on Twitter GIVING AWAY their services? If they want to have a social interaction in their private life that's fine but if they are on Twitter as their pornstar persona and having interaction with potential customers to the point of sexual gratification and those customers don't need to go to an adult site for it in my opinion the pornstars have failed at their business.
They should tweet something like " Hey guys I just left this trashy lingerie store and you won't believe what I'll be wearing in my cam show this friday at 8:00 " If they are having free tweet sex with guys that is a direct competition to you than this is another example of how the industry just gives it away.
#2 You can't really count the adult industry as disposable entertainment. People will always have a need for it. It's almost like food. You can spend most of your time doing whatever you like but at some point you are going to the grocery store. Those that have a need for porn won't give it up because they found something else to occupy their time.
So what's the answer.
The economy has to rebound and get back to the days when people had disposable income and are free to spend on other things besides the necessities.
It's been pointed out that the next big innovation doesn't lie around the corner so attention should be directed towards plugging all the free porn leaks. It looks like a few copyright cases are in the courts now and if things went back to when TV, books, newspapers and magazines wouldn't even dream of using stolen intellectual property it would be a HUGE gain for the legitimate adult industry.
People need to have a better business sense. There's two contributors. Those that create the material and those that sell it. Both need to look at their business practices and refine it to be more productive with a longevity that helps not harms the industry.
The adult business attracts intelligent people with an acute business sense along with shady characters that can't see past themselves. This spectrum of people makes it very difficult for the industry to move forward in a positive manner. Right now it's a battle between the store owners and the looters and the looters are winning.
The desire for porn hasn't changed. It's become more accessible than ever which means more potential customers. What's changed is the way people do business and it's had a negative effect. Shap questioned the lack of leadership and I don't think any single person can step forward and claim that role but wouldn't it be nice if everyone just took one step forward in a positive direction and the industry moved as one.