GreyWolf

Some folks may feel elite - who cares? But doubt it is generally a feeling of being elite.

There are "old timers" who literally made this industry - some are well-known, others not generally known. They fought court battles and struggles before the net was a gleam in Tim Lee's eye. They initiated the concept of adult stores, around which a whole industry developed - from manufacturing in Asia, video production to print media. They all ran "real world" businesses and employed many people - and a fair number of these business are now quoted on various stock exchanges, tho probably more are still privately owned.

The internet is simply another 'store front' for the adult industry and started about a decade ago. It's hard to compare people who have been managing companies in the adult industry for, sometimes 40 years or more and who have went thru various legal battles - and survived.

When the net is only around 10 years old, it's hard to see there are any "old timers" in the online adult industry apart from those who existed prior to that time.

If anything, there is a blatant difference in the way business is done. There are plenty good "noobs" (we are all "noobs" when it comes to the net) with a clue, but far more clearly lack any business accumen and who would have no hope in hell of either raising finance or running a bricks and mortar business.

Maybe that is the difference between the "elite" and "non elite"??