For 'porn slinging scum' we sure are ethical

[Jel]

Recently had the misfortune to see an adult tutorial posted in a private forum I frequent get basically copied and pasted in a mainstream forum by a (now ex-) member. Changed up all the ref codes to his own, and just claimed this idea as his own, in what appeared to be a 'look at me I'm clever' attempt at getting some residual referral income.

Said board was an adult-friendly mainstream board, and I was surprised, and not a little sickened, that not only did the vast majority of mainstream guys not only miss the point of plagiarism/theft, but condone the posting, with the forum owner freely encouraging the thief to re-instate the tutorial (after the guy had removed it once he'd been 'busted').

With the (sometime) grief we get being filthy smut-peddling cunts into all sorts of shady shit (as percieved by many) it makes me laugh how much more ethical adult webmasters are than mainstream webmasters. No way would an active adult community stand for theft/copying/outright plagiarism, yet the mainstream world have no problem with it at all.

With sales increasingly difficult to generate I've been looking at breaking into mainstream as an added source of income, but dealing with such a large amount of thieves and people with no ethics/morals perturbs me.

Why is it we are percieved as 'scum' by anyone outside the industry, yet mainstream isn't frowned upon by those who also have no knowledge of working in that industry, just as they have no knowledge of working in adult?

[TheShiftyEyedBastard]

I think there is way more contact with other webmasters in the adult industry than there is in mainstream, to be honest.

And with that, it creates an atmosphere where you know if you do something too shady, you will get fucked.........hard.

And people in this biz have LONG memories

And, I'm not suppose to start sentences with the word "and" but what can ya do....

[wankmaster]

1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

3. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

And as far as verse 26 each sentence beings with "And".

( The Book of Genesis, King James Version )

[Jel]

Yeah I guess it's a smaller 'group', but how come people in adult for the very large majority know right from wrong when they start, and what is considered bad form, yet mainstream guys don't have that mindset from the off?

And even within a group of themselves say 'yeah, nice one' 'well stolen' or whatever they (probably) say?

[erosvault]

Recently had the misfortune to see an adult tutorial posted in a private forum I frequent get basically copied and pasted in a mainstream forum by a (now ex-) member. Changed up all the ref codes to his own, and just claimed this idea as his own, in what appeared to be a 'look at me I'm clever' attempt at getting some residual referral income.

Said board was an adult-friendly mainstream board, and I was surprised, and not a little sickened, that not only did the vast majority of mainstream guys not only miss the point of plagiarism/theft, but condone the posting, with the forum owner freely encouraging the thief to re-instate the tutorial (after the guy had removed it once he'd been 'busted').

With the (sometime) grief we get being filthy smut-peddling cunts into all sorts of shady shit (as percieved by many) it makes me laugh how much more ethical adult webmasters are than mainstream webmasters. No way would an webmasteractive adult community stand for theft/copying/outright plagiarism, yet the mainstream world have no problem with it at all.

With sales increasingly difficult to generate I've been looking at breaking into mainstream as an added source of income, but dealing with such a large amount of thieves and people with no ethics/morals perturbs me.

Why is it we are percieved as 'scum' by anyone outside the industry, yet mainstream isn't frowned upon by those who also have no knowledge of working in that industry, just as they have no knowledge of working in adult?


I can understand your plight. I have had what one may call a successful career in mainstream web design. Based on my experience and brief introduction to the adult world, I realize that the adult world has far more skillful webmasters so people are more careful when they trod. And like you indicated, because the members of this group have been deemed 'outcasts', there is a stronger sense of loyalty here.

I won't say but there certain stunts I got away with in mainstream that I won't dare try in pornland. I think you should teach the sucker a lesson.