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Originally Posted by DWB
Maybe the real downfall to the biz is simply shitty porn. We'll never know.
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In a way, but I doubt if it would of saved the industry from the decline.
Nearly anyone can write glowing text, get a design, drive traffic, put up a CMS and open a site. It's not rocket science and the explosion of sites online shows how easy it is. Yes it takes some skills but not a great amount. Some money is also required.
As for driving traffic, well that's an easy thing to do. Look at all the affiliates.
Yes to do this really well isn't so tough. But looking around at how quickly these skills were picked up shows it's not rocket science.
There's only really one skill that is hard to learn. Shooting porn. It's not about being able to shoot music video, TV video. It's about being able to know how to deal with models, not just find them. Knowing a niche, knowing how to construct a scene. And more.
Knowing how to shoot really good porn to the level of Rocco, Bil Wright, Jack Harrison, Steve Hicks, Ed Powers in his good times, Steve Perry and more takes ton of skill, a lot of experience and a real feel for porn. None of these guys will work for porns sites, either porn sites can't afford them or won't afford them.
So the flood gates were open. 1,000s of sites with shitty porn all trying to feed from the same trough. Even sites that say they compete with Penthouse and Playboy are a joke. If you want to compete with them you need a shooter who can work for them.
What shitty porn lead to was saturation of the business. Then the most important thing was getting enough traffic to persuade the 1 in 500 that is was worth $30. 1-500 of surfers on a TGP site, not the ones who could be bothered to go to the site.
Some sites did produce great content, Alsscans was one. But the majority don't and the result is pulp porn and nothing that's not on a Tube worth paying for as far a sthe vast majority are concerned.