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Why porn industry comes with a stigma even in the technical world?

8 points by one2three4 ↗ HN
I think this is a nice sign of how high and deep hypocrisy is these days.

I'll find it very hard to believe that any single person with access to a computer has not visited pornhub at least once in his/her life. That alone makes pornhub a high traffic web-site. Without any insider knowledge I'd presume it's also technical savvy if only for it to support the high traffic. So, that would place it amongst a place that as a tech person I'd love to work in. At least according to the stereotype techies are after technical challenges.

Only that it does not exist. At least not in the regular "serious" jobs sites. E.g. Linkedin. And I guess that this "stigma" is perpetuated and rains over the professionals in all of this industry with mostly bad consequences for them and their families. And TBH I don't understand how and why I rarely if ever hear of a startup in that business domain. Is it the "stigma" again? Because I find it hard to believe that there is not money to be made there and stale waters to be disrupted there.

Dunno. Does anyone else feel the same?

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chakhs
if you're interested you don't need to see a job posting in linkedin, they probably have a careers page in their website.

As of why there is a stigma, it's because many people consider porn unethical, even if they participate in it, just like people who believe smoking is bad but still do it. It's not hypocrisy, it's more likely an addiction.

PaulHoule
There is the belief that some people have that pornography is unethical in and of itself.

Then there is the belief that it is "ok" if the people involved are consenting. Many people also believe there are shades of grey so even though they don't think pornography is good they don't think it should be banned.

For a long time there has been a system to keep performances from under-18s out of online porn, but the "Girls Do Porn" fiasco showed that a lot of porn is produced under false pretenses, which is a moral problem entirely different from pornography itself.

So that's a problem with the industry and I think it's just one form of "bullshit" that you'll experience if you are involved. It's not like being a pot grower who has not recourse if somebody steals their plants, but the industry has a high rate of declined credit cards, pay checks that bounce, and problems like that.

Not that you can't decide you want to put up with it.

mod
> "Girls Do Porn" fiasco

For those of us who are unaware, can you briefly summarize? I'm somewhat averse to googling it.

h2odragon
Porn tends to involve, at the business end, people who are comfortable exploiting others. They tend to be assholes who don't pay their bills and chisel at everything around them. Not all, certainly, but enough that the whole category of business should be asked to pay up front.
ta4545544545
Its the highest paying job in the arena, if you're in it. It's a base instinct. Nothing to be proud of, nothing to exploit.

The same people that own the highest porn sites, own the highest real estate estate sites etc. Its just business.

Don't feed em. Just flog it off to imagination if need be, or a partner.

zeeshanqureshi
I'm not sure if this is 100% accurate, but in some TV shows/movies I've watched, the Japanese are portrayed to be pretty tolerant/non-judgemental of people who work in the adult entertainment world.

People often passionately discuss trivia about (adult entertainment) actors like they would about sports personalities in the west.

borplk
I don't think it's complicated. There's some stigma because you can't comfortably talk about it around the dinner table with grandma and the kids. Not because how popular it may or may not be.
pestatije
Because some porn is very objectionable. This is a case of the whole basket being judged for its rotten apples, and I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
one2three4
I can see the parallels with fighting. I'm sure there are countless shady and illegal matches and what-not (rotten apples) but official fighting (MMA and the like) are very much revered or at least not considered unethical.
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blackcats
I feel it’s just TV industry, not tech.