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Originally Posted by Nathan
Trust issues. Mainly because people like Mike South try to discredit certain clinics or APHSS by starting rumors and completely false claims like us owning CET and APHSS/FSC.
I try to help performers by spending a lot of my money on them and what happens? Mike South gets pissed because he thinks Manwin must be up to something evil. It's stupid all these conspiracies, it only hurts people.
I do not think Privacy issues, if they are a reason they are simply misinformation again.
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That said, I think it really says something about the state of the industry and the total lack of trust when Mike, who lives all the way in Atlanta, Georgia, can influence so many people in Los Angeles with his blog.
There is a reason people are listening to Mike, and that reason is probably the best place to start if you want to fix what is wrong. Mike didn't create the problem, he just happened to be the one so many are turning to when they want information, mostly because they, the talent, trust him right now, even if some of you running the industry do not or strongly disagree with what he says.
I'm just an outsider looking in on the situation, but it's pretty clear that the root of the problem needs to be fixed. Blaming Mike for his opinions is focusing on the wrong problem. If talent trusts Mike more than they do their agents or others in LA, and he and a few guys like him are the reason everyone can not get on the same page when it comes to testing, then that is due to leadership failure in the industry, and nothing more. It's also not a problem that happened over night. Many of these people have been screwed over time and time again, and I'm probably not too far off when I say they are probably sick of it, especially when their health and life is on the line.
After the AIM data breach and Porn Wiki Leaks fiasco, I personally won't be testing in any "industry standard" testing facility on my next working trip in the USA. I don't trust my data is safe, as it wasn't then. My name was on that list and I don't want it to be on the next one. And to be blunt, the porn industry is simply full of too many fuck ups to trust those in it with anything important.