Warning: This post might be unsuitable for people under the age of 18 (or 21 in some states). It contains adult themes, language, and free thought that could be found offensive or NSFW. I advise everyone to read it anyway.
Ok… Now that the disclaimers are take care of, on with the post.
Newton, being the genius that he was, came up with three laws of motion each equally valuable in their own way. The third one came to mind recently when thinking about the latest Web 2.0 site I happen to come across. The third law, in his own words, reads: Actioni contrariam semper et æqualem esse reactionem: sive corporum duorum actiones in se mutuo semper esse æquales et in partes contrarias dirigi. For those who dropped their Latin course (like me), it translates into: All forces occur in pairs, and these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
In the business world, there is a similar idea (although the name of the concept escapes me). The concept is that for every successful product, service, or idea, there is an equal but opposite idea. Examples of this idea are Garbage Pail Kids, The Onion, and <insert company name here> sucks.com. Parodies and satires are the most common artistic representation of this idea; think Spaceballs, National Lampoon movies, MAD magazines, SNL, and others.
Porn is notorious for taking mainstream media/art and producing an anti- version of it for the adult industry. A quick Google search led me to find this link which as a list of what I’m talking about. Take a look and you’ll see what I mean. And in keeping with statistics, the adult entertainment industry has taken an idea already out there and turned it into an anti- version for its own use. In fact, I’m willing to bet that this news iteration will make money (and a lot of it) before its non-exotic, original, version does.
So what am I talking about? I’m talking about PornoTube. From what I can tell, its just like YouTube in that you can upload or watch small clips of adult content. I really didn’t look at it beyond the homepage so I don’t really know what else it has. But a review observation of it over at TechCrunch says it has all the same social features of YouTube like tagging, ratings, and comments. Like YouTube, Google Video, and others, it streams these videos over Flash and offers its visitors an RSS feed of its latest offerings.
So Newton, again being the genius that he was, predicted it. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction – in porn. For every YouTube, there is an equal and opposite PornoTube. And for every Flock, there is HeatSeak. I doubt the trend will stop anytime soon – it’s become a law in and of itself. I wonder what Web 2.0 idea they will use next. Wiki-porn? Booty-del.icio.us?
for giggles i googled wikiporn and there is indeed a working editable website. The more you know
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article s Come To This:, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
Unfoitunately the adult industry has been the first-mover in terms of most of the online technologies for graphics and videos. The web arguable would be several years behind where it is now in terms of technologies if thej adult industryu had not pushed the limites of display, rendering, streaming etc.
I dont condone it, but welcome readers to think about why it is that it is this sort of industry that has driven adoption of technologies in mainstream, rather than the other way around. Its sad, but true.
Personally I think it is because the key consumers of online porn are people who want privacy therefore anything that maximises the speed of delivery, and privacy, will be in great demand. And from some people I know, there were a lot of socially challenged people frm the tech community who, in the early days, got their kicks out of being able to have access to porn, especially the teenagers.
Its sad commentary on society that we almost “need” this. Lets all work to change our society so there are more constructive and beneficial ways for people to use their talents and energies.
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