Poll: The Internet is NOT for Porn
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All of it is for porn. You would be surprised at how innocent looking some fetish material can be.
But i like putting naughty video'sThe_root_of_all_evil said:Now before I start:
Yes, yes, we all know that particular view Trekkie Monster, but according to the most delicious Stephen Fry on QI, a survey was done during the Bush administration for the ACLA that declared that less than 1.1% of the Internet [http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/nov/23/guardianweeklytechnologysection2] was "gentlemen's special interests" as Jimmy Carr so delightfully put it.
So, purely on a Escapist view point, how much of the Internet is for Porn?
(Obvious Rule Quote: No mucky pictures, video or the like please. Ta)
I IMMEDIATLY thought of that video when looking at the title. Ninja'd before I even started...
Anyway. Even if that 1.1% measurement is true, that's still A bloody lot of wankers using their computers to share that interest. The internet CAN be for "porn" (and it certainly is prominent, if you take the ridiculously-large amount of distributers and various files frequently used in viruses) to whoever uses it, though it shouldn't be completly labelled by it.
As any other magical wiring of a super-crazy information station would have to believe, it can be used and defined for many many other things.
Why are videos like that made however? It's a funny subject.
Edit: Oops, missed question. I can't speak for the Escapist completly, though publiclly it's something I tend to stay away from.
Anyway. Even if that 1.1% measurement is true, that's still A bloody lot of wankers using their computers to share that interest. The internet CAN be for "porn" (and it certainly is prominent, if you take the ridiculously-large amount of distributers and various files frequently used in viruses) to whoever uses it, though it shouldn't be completly labelled by it.
As any other magical wiring of a super-crazy information station would have to believe, it can be used and defined for many many other things.
Why are videos like that made however? It's a funny subject.
Edit: Oops, missed question. I can't speak for the Escapist completly, though publiclly it's something I tend to stay away from.
Oh sweet merciful crap, I laughed for about a minute straight after reading that. I should have learned by now not to eat while using a computer...Colour-Scientist said:
On topic: As I can't be bothered to look at the actual study, it really depends on what definition is used. Storage space, downloading, visits, number of files; focusing on one or several of these might yield differing results and affect the numbers, so that needs to be considered. In any case, 1.1 percent of the internet is fucking massive for anything in any capacity, so while The Internet Is For Porn [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheInternetIsForPorn] may not be completely true, it certainly is close. Besides, when the printing press was first invented, it produced only two things: the Bible and pornography. That such a vast amount of space of such a vast network is dedicated to sex is hardly surprising.
I agree that Porn is tasteless crap. Bodypart-Lego. But then again i dont think it has to be "tasty". It's like Mc Donalds Food. You know it's crap but sometimes it's just great to get some anyway.The_root_of_all_evil said:Seriously, have you ever seen some [porn] and thought "Wow. This is some tasty porn"?
Nah, perfunctory at best. When they can put porn up in the Tate, then I'll change it.
If you didn't get it, it was a misquote of Samuel L Jackson from Pulp Fiction.Evil Earlgrey said:I agree that Porn is tasteless crap. Bodypart-Lego. But then again i dont think it has to be "tasty". It's like Mc Donalds Food. You know it's crap but sometimes it's just great to get some anyway.The_root_of_all_evil said:Seriously, have you ever seen some [porn] and thought "Wow. This is some tasty porn"?
Nah, perfunctory at best. When they can put porn up in the Tate, then I'll change it.
It's more like the internet is for spam. for every bit of porn i see, 50 advertisements bombard my senses... which is odd cuz I didn't think taste or smell could be communicated through the interwebs. Rule 34 still applies though. Even if you don't want it too.
the internet has -alot- of porn. There is a huge market for it, so there is alot of product, if you know where to look.
Also, if you know where to look, you can also find non-porn related websites that provides you with what you need: if you know what you are looking for, and know where to look for it, you can find it. Just try not to be too distracted by the boobs.
Also, if you know where to look, you can also find non-porn related websites that provides you with what you need: if you know what you are looking for, and know where to look for it, you can find it. Just try not to be too distracted by the boobs.