The people who make porn (the actors, models, cameramen, whoever) make up the porn industry.
The people who make cars (at GM, Ford, Toyota, etc.) are the car (auto) industry. But the people who sell cars and who service cars might also fit into the car industry. The people who drive cars or are passengers in cars are not considered part of the car industry.
The same for the software industry. The people who write software, or sell the software, make up the software industry. The people who use software are not usually considered part of the software industry.
But why do you say "the whole notion of a porno industry is ludicrous."
Apparently you enjoy porn. And you realize it's made by people, sold by people. So why is it strange or foolish to call porn an industry? Porn is a market/industry with billions of dollars in sales every year.
I might join a free non-nude modeling site, if I liked the model(s). But for a paysite modeling site, I definitely want to see all of her. She might start off with clothes, but if she doesn't take it all off, I would wonder why I joined.
I personally don't care that much about academy awards or the awards given out for porn stars.
Academy awards do much a huge difference in the careers/salaries of actors. I don't know how much the porn awards affect the careers of the porn stars.
As a pat on the back, I have nothing against academy awards or porn star awards.
As far as who should vote on these, I think the fans should have as much or more say than the insiders. Insiders are the only voters for the academy awards, because supposedly they are the experts who are qualified to vote. By that reasoning, maybe the insiders are the only ones who should pay to see those pictures, and the fans should either get to see the pictures for free, or we should just skip seeing "movie" pictures, since we are not qualified to evaluate the pictures compared to the expert insiders.
I respect my personal right to privacy. But for the right amount of consideration(cash), I might be tempted into submitting action shots of some of my fellow PU members, if I were allowed to be the photographic/cinematographic director and could be assured that the photos had artistic and financial integrity. These photos could present a better alternative to the avatars some PU members are posting.
If a girl looks anywhere near a teen, then a teen site will accept her photos. The teen site might advertise that the models are teens, and they might even start out that way, but as time goes on, they will probably accept photos of anyone that looks young. Would they turn down photos of a young woman in her 20s? As long as she looks good or OK, I can't see a teen site turning down her photos.
Met-art was based on the idea of "Most Erotic Teens" art, and most of their models in their introductory photo sets are teens or in early 20s.
As for giving an accurate age for the models in the photo sets: most teen sites don't. They market the models as teens, because that's what the target audience is looking for, no matter what the ages of the models actually are.
It's rare enough to find porn sites with decent bio data on the models, let alone getting updated information on what these models/porn stars are actually doing outside of their films.
And where do I get to read about the breakfast menu of stars like Matt Damon or George Clooney? I didn't realize that information was out there for me. Is that free? If I eat the same breakfast as these mega-stars, will I get a star on Hollywood, so I can take my friends and relatives to look at it?
Actually, with a star on Hollywood, I can make new, better friends, and new, better relatives too.
I can go visit Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and any and all porn stars I want to, and then I wouldn't have to read about what they eat, but I can eat along with them.
It's almost time for me to take my Thorazine, so I have to stop for now.
I'm the honest type, so I wouldn't lie. I'd just say I don't have any, meaning I don't have any to share, because like Drooler, I'd be hearing about it for the rest of my life. Actually, I think I was an only child, because my brother is totally unlike me, and he can't be related by blood, even though we both had the same parents. Maybe he was put here on Earth by aliens. Is there any Z-ray that I can use to test that theory?
Drooler writes: "What's with this shooting the women in so much darkness? SuperNiceGirls is especially a noctural site at any hour! WTF!"
I hadn't seen supernicegirls site before. Models look good. Main problem, besides the newness of site with small number of photos, is they can't afford to pay their electricity bill. My eyes can't see what the photos are supposed to be showing. Or maybe that's the point: tease by darkness, where you can't see the body of the model because the freaking photo is so dark. Maybe that's the new arty style, but I like to see what the girl looks like.
As a young man, badandy400, you can afford to go without sleep. But old fogies like Drooler and me (I'm mentioning Drooler since he seems to keep late hours for no good reason) need lots of sleep. Instead, I get up at night and look at PU. Go figure.
I'm on the West Coast (California), so I don't know why a young guy like you would be up at 4 am looking at porn.
We all need to get a life. Lol.
By the way, congratulations on your recent Raffle win. You deserve it for your many great reviews.
Softcore teen glamour is the niche that needs the most attention from porn developers these days. I don't really care for most other niches, and since the American way is to look out for number one, I should be voting for what interests me. That's only sensible.
You watch television, movies, porn, you look at magazines, you read books, see a play, you go to school: all this obviously has an effect on your sex life. The State (government, in other words) should control our lives from the moment of our birth, so that we are normal adults who will have proper sex lives.
Every once in a while, PU members come up with some crazy ideas. I guess it's helpful to establish a baseline for sanity. Maybe weight-watchers should hire Drooler as a consultant.
Celebrities, at least the famous ones, get a ton of recognition. It's one of the perks, though celebrities often complain they are not seeking the fame and don't want it. They are really simple folk: they only want the cash, and people to bow down before them whenever they appear in public.
I'm waiting till I have enough bucks from the Tuesday Raffle to buy my sound system. At the rate I'm going, that will be sometime in 3035, or thereabouts.
After listening to the sound track on a lot of porn videos, I'd rather go deaf than blind. Sometimes you can find attractive models/actors in porn videos. But to find a good sound track is extremely difficult.
On the other hand, hairy palms is a signal of virility, I always thought.
GCode, I hope and believe you know I did not mean any personal criticism when I said it would be nice for the poll to be more open-ended as far as responses. It's not just your poll, but the poll structure at PU. However, I also realize that there's a reason PU puts the simple structure in place, to make the responses easier to read and more meaningful in a brief space. A trade-off. I just like to ramble, and some of my replies, to polls, instead of a single brief line, would take up lots of paragraphs. LOL.
I am really surprised at the even spread of the responses. You seem to have intuited the feelings of the PU members in your choices.
My main hard drive is only 149 GB. A few years ago that was a huge amount of storage. I recently joined Femjoy, and am downloading the photo shoots and videos of a few selected models. Maybe I should download the lower resolution files, but I am downloading the high resolution files. And just downloading a few of the more attractive models, and my main hard drive is filling up fast.
I have another external, 500 GB hard drive. But how many hard drives do I want to play with? Most people want the best quality (photos, videos) they can get, but the amount of storage it requires keeps growing and growing and growing.
I'm trying to be selective about the files I download, but I'm afraid of waking up from a nightmare where I will have to check my hard drives to see if I have any free space left.
Ideally, you should be able to choose more than a single selection as an answer. Also, it would be nice to have a "write-in" selection option as well.
But I think that good, basic improvement for many sites would be better/easier navigation along with better updates. Better updates would also include greater innovation of the material.
I think, in general, the major sites have good/acceptable photo and video resolution.
As far as videos, most videos could be improved by better editing, better soundtrack, more realistic dialog, less fake moans, groans, less intrusive comments from the camera-man/director, better plot/storyline, etc. etc. etc.
Also, my personal taste, use gorgeous female models, have decent-looking male models, get rid of all the tattoos and piercings.
Size matters. I don't have unlimited hard drive space, and it's hard enough searching thru one hard drive. I don't want to have to look thru 10 hard drives just to see a particular photo set or video.
So if you can increase quality without increasing file size, great. Otherwise, I really would like the file size to remain manageable.
I don't give amusing titles to the porn I collect.
I do try to provide amusement or interest in some of my posts at PU, but there are members who do a far better job of this than I do.
Wittyguy, Drooler, and others can provide, at times, intelligence, humor, insight, clear thinking, color. Some reviews and posts are really enjoyable reading, beyond the basic facts/opinions presented. That's a gift. And a major reason why I look at the site on a daily basis.
I voted for boy-girl. But girl-girl isn't bad, either. More than 2 people, and I get confused who I'm supposed to be watching. If the girl is really yummy, you can even leave out the boy.
I go along with Jay G, that if I like a model, changing her hair color does not make me like her more. Probably less. One hair color that is difficult for many models is red. Redhead models, at least in the porn world, often look like a bad dye job.
Currently I will not go above $30/month for a single site. I try to find lower prices than that. Actually, there are so many sites out there that look good, that seem to be worth at least a 1-month membership, but I've been trying to limit myself to current membership in 3 sites or less per month. I think I've overdosed on porn, and I just don't get the same kick out of it that I used to.
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