Well again, I will address the ending first. Please do not judge my "personality type" based on comments posted here on GFY. Perhaps you have met Shap and have more information than I do but if we are comparing who cares more, who works harder, who understands things more, I would place myself right next to ANY human being, including Shap.
Now, having said all that, we must also look at intent and timing. For it was never my intention to build a single site or "brand" like Twisty's. Nor do I (generally) shoot my own content. Timing IS a huge factor when we're discussing Adult. Shap started when you could begin with zero and, through sweat equity, earn millions in a relatively short time. We're talking the "Golden Age" of adult, pre-Tubes, circa 1999-2005. Now fast forward to January 2009. Post-Tubes, post-Manwin, post-credit card changes, post-nearly everything that constituted online Adult's "Golden Age". In 1999 you could start with $1000 and make millions; in 2009 you could start with $1000 and make.....how much? Millions? Doubtful.
Now while the Adult Industry continues to trend downward my little company continues to trend upward. Twisty's rose on a rising tide of online Adult's Golden Age, where a moron could put up a nude picture and earn thousands a week (not saying Shap is a moron LOL). How many others do you know of who started with zero money (and zero knowledge/skills) just five years ago and have what I have today? There IS a huge differance.
Sorry, but I would bet on myself over Shap or any other human being, you included, under the circumstances. Why? Because 99.9% of people would've given up by now if they started like I started, with nothing.
I do love your mathematical breakdown of user experience steps.
Math is not my strong point but I can easily focus on the Steps, and this is what I do in my own way. Just the other day a Member complained about a photo gallery not loading correctly and I dropped everything to fix it. Turns out we lost some content when switching servers so I had to re-upload the entire site's galleries, which took hours. LOL Ah well, things MUST be "perfect". Well, as perfect as can be reasonaly expected then one must move on.
When you see my new HD mini-network and affiliate program called Eleganxia (coming end of January) you will see how I've evolved and on what level I'm playing now.