Pharmaceutical company asked me to take my name off their website due to ties in porn - GoFuckYourself.com

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:16 PM

A couple of months ago I did a little website development project for a pharmaceutical company. Everything went well, except about a month after the site was up the guy called me up and asked that I remove my name as the webmaster contact because one of their clients "did some research" and found out I was involved in the porn industry.

Kinda scary how people can find out shit about you like that. Has working in this industry affected YOU in a similar way?

discuss.

PrivateEye · 05-27-2004, 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
A couple of months ago I did a little website development project for a pharmaceutical company. Everything went well, except about a month after the site was up the guy called me up and asked that I remove my name as the webmaster contact because one of their clients "did some research" and found out I was involved in the porn industry.

Kinda scary how people can find out shit about you like that. Has working in this industry affected YOU in a similar way?

discuss.

If it is his site....why would your e-mail be on the webmaster contact ?

Shooter · 05-27-2004, 12:18 PM

Did some research? What does that mean?

Did you have your mainstream and adult portfolio at the same place?

rowan · 05-27-2004, 12:20 PM

There's a web site that shows all of the domain/sites hosted on a particular IP. Perhaps he's running mainstream and adult on the same server.

Rictor · 05-27-2004, 12:20 PM

They probably just googled your name or e-mail and found porn sites. It's not rocket science.

Boogie3 · 05-27-2004, 12:20 PM

how the hell did they find out?

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by Shooter
Did some research? What does that mean?

Did you have your mainstream and adult portfolio at the same place?

No, I'm not even a designer. Don't have a portfolio. I just take on little projects from time to time if I get asked. Word gets around that I'm the guy for "internet stuff" so I get calls out of the blue for some simple design work every once in a while.

Doc911 · 05-27-2004, 12:20 PM

Most of my clients know I'm in the adult industry. Thats WHY they want me to do thier sites.

But I agree once you finished his site why wasn't his email the contact?

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by rowan
There's a web site that shows all of the domain/sites hosted on a particular IP. Perhaps he's running mainstream and adult on the same server.

It's my server, and yes everything is on the same server.

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by Doc911
Most of my clients know I'm in the adult industry. Thats WHY they want me to do thier sites.

But I agree once you finished his site why wasn't his email the contact?

I was the "webmaster" on the company contact page.

HS-Trixxxia · 05-27-2004, 12:24 PM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
A couple of months ago I did a little website development project for a pharmaceutical company. Everything went well, except about a month after the site was up the guy called me up and asked that I remove my name as the webmaster contact because one of their clients "did some research" and found out I was involved in the porn industry.

Kinda scary how people can find out shit about you like that. Has working in this industry affected YOU in a similar way?

discuss.

Is he hosted with you?

Is your email 'porn related'

Is your company for designing mainstream the same as the adult?

It will affect you - but I'm thinking it's more that someone within the company followed a few links you had and went with that.

I don't think clients really care - it may be the other person who lost on his bid for the RFP.

Edit: Could a 404 bring to one of your sites?

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:25 PM

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Originally posted by Rictor
They probably just googled your name or e-mail and found porn sites. It's not rocket science.

I know, that's why I removed my last name from my sig.

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:28 PM

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Originally posted by Trixxxia
Is he hosted with you?

Is your email 'porn related'

Is your company for designing mainstream the same as the adult?

It will affect you - but I'm thinking it's more that someone within the company followed a few links you had and went with that.

I don't think clients really care - it may be the other person who lost on his bid for the RFP.

Edit: Could a 404 bring to one of your sites?

Is he hosted with you? - yes

Is your email 'porn related' - no

Is your company for designing mainstream the same as the adult? - I don't have a design company, lol

Could a 404 bring to one of your sites? - nope, don't have any custom 404 pages... been trying to figure out how to do that, lol.

SmutGiant · 05-27-2004, 12:29 PM

9/10 chances are he typed my name into google and a bunch of GFY threads probably came up when I had my full name in my sig.

HS-Trixxxia · 05-27-2004, 12:33 PM

That sucks - but like I said, I highly doubt a 'client' would be trying to find info on the designer/webmaster of a site.

A competitor would or someone within the company wanted to check up more on you.

taboo_dude · 05-27-2004, 12:34 PM

Andrew,

You have to watch out, they are some people out there that will drag you name the mud and accuse you of everything even when they know better all in the name of religion. Just because your ideals do not match theirs.

Hypocrites.

Jill_J · 05-27-2004, 01:37 PM

does it bother you? less problems for you

say GFY to that guy

dirtysouth · 05-27-2004, 02:00 PM

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Originally posted by SmutGiant
Is he hosted with you? - yes

Is your email 'porn related' - no

Is your company for designing mainstream the same as the adult? - I don't have a design company, lol

Could a 404 bring to one of your sites? - nope, don't have any custom 404 pages... been trying to figure out how to do that, lol.

ICQ me and I'll show you how to do custom 404's.

aaron · 05-27-2004, 02:02 PM

smut giant your sig is wayy to big!!

init · 05-27-2004, 02:12 PM

working in porn will do that to ya

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rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	There's a web site that shows all of the domain/sites hosted on a particular IP. Perhaps he's running mainstream and adult on the same server.

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