xLive Has Over 100,000 Members!
xLive has a cool location aware feature that enables members to view who's online using a Google map.
I was looking at the site when it dawned on me - We have over a hundred thousand members now! We opened the site's doors last July, so if you average it out, we've been registering over 8,000 people per month!
As it turns out, our mobile members are busiest online, and the new location aware technology is working towards bringing members closer together.
Grab your cell phone and jump on xLive, then tell me what you think!
DVD/Premium Content Needed
xLive boasts a fully featured Mobile site designed for the iPod touch and iPhone.
xLive is growing fairly well right now, and with over 57,000 members we are able to see patterns in content selection by those users. As it turns out the most in demand genre of content right now is Gay Premium DVD content.
For those who do not know, xLive Members can purchase a monthly subscription to premium DVD content rather than spending on each DVD individually. This eliminates the need for any themed currencies or topping up accounts and allows the users to just watch whatever they want, when they want. The goal is to meet them where their needs are, and right now their needs appear to be lacking in terms of broad-range DVD selection.
At the same time, the straight market continues to grow as well, so I am by no means ignoring any particular genre.
Having said that, if you're a producer or distributor of content, please let me know and we can get started on making your content available to our growing membership.
Thanks
Online Dating Has Changed How We Interact
In order for my OK Cupid profile to be 75% complete I have to write something in my journal that is suitable for everyone there to see. A little invasive I think. I thought the site was meant to connect people, not one to peer deep inside each person's mind.
While I think the OK Cupid website has a unique idea to bring to the dating game, and there are lots of users, it has totally failed me. I have never met anyone from there and I honestly have lost faith in internet dating sites. I began using them when they first appeared because I work online. I have seen them go from rejected ideas about dating to commonplace in the whole dating scene.
Before the internet people would largely meet in person, by speaking actual spoken words.
Steve Jobs Doesn’t Want a Porn Store
While browsing the net on my iPhone I ran into an article on TechCrunch that was centered around Steve Jobs' comment as to why Apple doesn't want to allow unsigned apps onto the iPhone. For clarity, an unsigned app simply means an app that was not acquired via the app store, and therefore not Apple-approved.
All too often I see this happening.
The comments at the end of the article are what got me involved. There was the usual Church of Apple followers, the Apple Bashers, those who demand more from manufacturers and then - this is what got me - those who were pushing the point of view that says shut up and take it. Acquiescence is a horribly dangerous mindset, in my opinion.
Here's the Link: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/08/steve-jobs-on-why-the-iphone-doesnt-allow-unsigned-apps-they-dont-want-a-porn-store/comment-page-2/
I have a few thoughts surrounding this topic, so I commented. Here's my comment:
Sorry, I Work in Porn – We Can’t Be Friends
For those of us who work in the adult entertainment industry it can be hard to meet people outside of the industry, unless we keep our occupational details to ourselves until the person has gotten to know us better. It's not often that I run into people who can understand that my job is a job and not much more than that. The media demonizes the adult industry and sexual acts yet at the same time throws sex in our faces 
every chance it gets. It makes me wonder why people aren't running to adult industry professionals for a fix of some kind after the mainstream media has gotten them all excited.
If you listen to most rap music lyrics you will find that it's a verbal rendition of porn videos. Rock music doesn't get away scott-free either, but rap is much more prone to it. I'm a rap fan so I am not some pompous white kid talkin out my ass either. I am not writing about the sexualization of society by the media - I could, but not right now. Just jump onto youtube and type sexy commercials to get started.
Webmasters Now Able to Promote on xLive
Looking for another way to promote your sponsors?
You can now use xLive.com and promote your sponsors with a 200x200 banner (jpg/gif) that is displayed on the right of your video, in the top-most position.
Anyone who might be interested should visit http://www.xlive.com/signup_webmaster.php to get started.
Once you have an account visit http://www.xlive.com/account/my_linking_code.php? to add sponsors, linking codes and your banners.
After that, just upload videos and associate them with your sponsors.
Keep in mind the longer videos get clicked on more, and will display your 200x200 for longer.
Hello, I’m a Pedophile: RESPONSE
I ran into a forum I had not seen before while googling for something - I don't even remember what now. While on the site I saw a thread titled, "Hello, I"m a Pedophile"
I read the first post, thought for a moment, then read the rest. While reading I began to write my reply in TextEdit, and when I got to the end of the post I realized the thread was locked. Naturally.
Well, as I usually do, I post my writings here. Here's the thread, followed by my unposted comment:
Voting for Child Porn
I was strolling through GFY (an industry board - if you don't know it then you're not in the industry) the other day when I ran into a thread where someone was asking for input on their new site. I looked and wasn't impressed. Not because the site was poorly done but because the content appeared to be composed of minors. Now, consider that I know the game. So for me to think that these girls are under age is no vote of confidence for your site, however if that's your target I suppose he nailed it. Which was the case because the website was feeding the 18 market. In his defense he hasn't done anything wrong - the content came from sponsors who all have the proper 2257's needed.
Still, I commented on the thread:
"I don't like to see children when I hit a porn site.
That's just me though."
I was simply voicing my opinion on the appearance of the content, and not stating that the content was in face children. Had I honestly believed the content WAS children I would have taken every step I could think of to make sure the site went offline.
Tories Target Child Porn With New Bill
Link: http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2009/11/24/11906756-sun.html
So here's the talking point that smooths this over and gives everyone that feel good feeling:
"The federal government is cracking down on online child pornography with new legislation that imposes stiff fines or jail time for internet service providers that fail to report illicit material involving minors."
From experience, I can say that this is a waste of time, and an insult to anyone even remotely close to this. When I was working at XTube I ran into more child porn than I care to remember, and I certainly did not just sit on it and hope nothing would happen. I reported it. Would you like to know what reporting it got me? Reporting it got me nothing. Nothing accomplished. Nothing. Even after I had established lines of communication with law enforcement.
In fact, it was so worthless to report to them that I began to wonder if they were involved in the whole child porn business. It made me so damn angry - Correction - it STILL makes me so damn angry! I asked our lawyer what he thought of the situation - me reporting all of these violations against humanity - and he said something I hadn't even considered. He said that they're not responding to you because they're possibly building a case against you.
Scattered Thoughts on Sex, Porn and Growing Up
The internet seems to have been invented specifically to enable pornography a chance to become a common household item/idea/topic. Imagine where porn would stand today had the internet NOT come along at all. Would it still be limited to books, magazines and videos? Only available in stores willing to carry adult material - you know the ones - big red letters blaring, "ADULT" and "XXX" over top of poorly blacked out windows (usually covered by big sheets of sun-bleached paper), tucked away in the corners of plazas or on the far side of town, carefully placed where almost no one can see you come and go. Actually, that's not entirely accurate anymore - I've seen several directly neighboring children's stores. Perhaps that's a powerful indicator of the state of porn today. Porn is so common, so accepted, and even expected, that a triple x video store can be situated right beside a second-hand children's clothing store and no one notices.
I remember when I was in high school (in the mid-90's) looking at the girls in the school -they were drastically more conservative when compared to the school girls of today's teenage girls, who dress to display their sexual attributes.
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