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Originally Posted by A1R3K
yes.
which to alot of the webmasters means alot. it's been told through grapevine to grapevine that you do not like porn or what it stands for and that you make the bookings to the benefit of a tradeshow schedule, which is completely different than the benefit to the adult internet webmaster. again, lets keep this all to a debate and discussion level and a non finger pointing level. this is a world that i and many many others live, breathe, eat, sleep, and dream, 365 days a year, and decisions made by other people that may not be in the same frame of mind as us, affects us. i've been an avid avn advertiser up until recently.
i just want to ask questions that i know people are thinking.
i think that this show used to be one of the biggest and most anticipated shows in adult internet. now people contemplate if they will attend or not.
once again, not an attack, but merely an inquisition. i care ifinitely about this business and at least half of my life is dedicated to it. if i don't dig for the answers, then i feel i am not doing myself the respect of even asking.
i do not want to see this show go away, i have alot at stake to see it stay. i will tell you that alot of the internet people think that you guys dont care at all about them. i'd really like to see that change.
respectfully.
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I oversee the trade show dept. and produce several shows other than Internext but they are all within the adult industry (since that is the market AVN serves). I have no personal aversion to porn, if I did it would be hard for me to work here. But it's true that I am not as involved in the industry(either porn or the Internet) as you are. I mainly focus on event logistics etc.
I appreciate all your comments regarding the past, present and future of Internext. As for AVN not caring. I assure you we care but in all honesty, I can see how you would feel marginalized. We are a large company (for this industry), we could use improvements in the area of customer service/client relations, we have an almost non existant board presence, we have other events that compete for attention, we have sales reps that seem to turn over frequently.....we are far from perfect.
The entire summer show format came out of the need for change and us trying to get a handle on the changing needs of our clients. I also would like to see that sort of change with the winter event.