Originally Posted by MediaGuy

It's not based on the potential embarrassment of porn star vs. phone sex company; it's about the porn star, the babe, the person the guy thinks she is or that she projects herself as. Guys want a "real" fantasy. They fall for the girl, not the company or cam site or magazine where they can find her. She leaves, they leave. That's why the best and biggest are out there, and their details are out there, and her persona developed and charisma layered on with every tweet, scene, post, gallery, appearance, email, cam or phone session. The more personal, interactive one-on-one time she can put in - live cams and phones, natch - the more engaged (and I don't mean in Facebook terms) your audience-of-ones become.

This is why Hef always had a full bio and developed the turn-ons/turn-offs forms behind the pinups. He made it personal. The bunny was more than a glossy paper photo-render of an impossible ideal, she was actualized into the fan's dimension or reality, making her a possibility for him, an actual person, somewhere out there, he could actually meet in real life - and it makes it easier to imagine an encounter for the admirer/customer/whale the more he thinks he knows how she'll actually re/act with him.

We guys are naturally romantic galoots with a wish-fulfilling fantasybone embedded deep in our lusty hearts and easily-devastated wallets.

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