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Startup Idea: A monogamy filter for pornography

13 points by blasdel 17y ago

jolie 17y ago
Why not just, uh, not look at porn? Is it really that hard?
- ZeroGravitas 17y ago
  Is it really that hard? oo-er missus!
- DeusExMachina 17y ago
  >Is it really that hard? Hard or not (and for some people is an addiction just like drugs or alcohol), why should someone stop, as long as he enjoys it and it does not become pathological?
  - jolie 17y ago
    I just am not convinced that "monogamy" and "porn" belong in the same sentence.
Mc_Big_G 17y ago
Is this some kind of satire I don't get? I'm pretty sure an extremely high percentage of people looking at porn are not interested in or concerned with "finishing" to someone who looks like their "loved one".
- peterhi 17y ago
  No but they might want porn from someone who looks like a given person.
  - Vindexus 17y ago
    Touché. I think this would be the stealth modes in browsers to "shop for presents". Sure, everyone who makes it says it's for one thing, but everyone knows it's for another.
DanielBMarkham 17y ago
Bad idea --> limiting porn to some subset Good idea --> providing browsing abilities to find similar models. TinEye for porn. Same startup, but totally different marketing and business model.
- Vivtek 17y ago
  Now that would be pretty cool. (Signed, Anonymous)
JulianMorrison 17y ago
I predict this will result in "uncanny valley".
- froo 17y ago
  Unfortunately no. Uncanny Valley is a result of things that aren't alive being made to look lifelike which ends up creeping people out. This is something usually avoided in 3D graphics now (The Polar Express comes to mind)... returning pictures of actual people wouldn't have the same effect.
  - byrneseyeview 17y ago
    I wonder if there would be a similar "Uncanny Valley" effect if you have real people--who are the wrong real people, but look sort of like them. Oddly, porn gives you some great case studies: any porn version of a major movie should have this effect. You could potentially do some kind of experiment where you see if Trekkies react to Whoref and 'Bater and Captain Dickhard the way other folks react to The Polar Express.
    - froo 17y ago
      Well I've been doing some work with facial recognition lately and I came across some interesting research along those lines. http://leyvand.com/research/beautification2008/ http://leyvand.com/research/beautification2008/ I've also seen similar warping techniques used on more recognisable faces to achieve their "ideal" geometric spacings between facial features and they didn't look off-putting (from an uncanny valley perspective) but just.... wrong. So, I'm leaning towards no, but I'm not an expert.
  - JulianMorrison 17y ago
    The "uncanny valley" would result from seeing pictures picked out to be almost, but not quite, perfect clones of your beloved, which would be creepy as hell.
    - froo 17y ago
watt 17y ago
Add the feature that it automatically downloads the compliant flicks and pics, and you might have something there.
froo 17y ago
On a scale of 1 to creepy, I'd rate this a 6 Although, I've seen a similar idea suggested that attempts to find if your loved one has ever starred in anything... which would come closer to an 8 I think.
msluyter 17y ago
I may be missing something, but I thought the entire point of porn was to look at people who look nothing like your current partner.
btilly 17y ago
Oh, joy. Just the application for your neighborhood stalker. For some more ideas, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXR6co0PNc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXR6co0PNc.
acangiano 17y ago
This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of, if intended to be used as described in the page. The real use case scenarios: * Stalkers * People still in love with their exes * People fantasizing about their neighbor/student/teacher/sister in law/whatever. * People who love a certain actress/singer/porn star/etc, and want to find similar ones. * Et cetera. But implementing this thing would not be a walk in park.
kls 17y ago
I think the application would be much better used to build a profile of subtle characteristics that an individual likes and find those characteristics among the vast ocean of porn. "help them find the finishers" and you will save them time. Which gives you a product. Further once you build this profile you would have good adult dating information to match up people based on porn preference. Trying to enforce monogamy in porn seems at least to me to be counter-intuitive. Monogamy is a logical choice to not victimize someone you loves feeling and betray their trust. It is a logic that overrides natural desires. Porn is a quest to fulfill deep psychological and biological desires.
Daniel_Newby 17y ago
This is dumb. Make a ZCP filter and the world will beat a path to your door.
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13 points by blasdel 17y ago

jolie 17y ago

Why not just, uh, not look at porn? Is it really that hard?

ZeroGravitas 17y ago
Is it really that hard? oo-er missus!
DeusExMachina 17y ago
>Is it really that hard? Hard or not (and for some people is an addiction just like drugs or alcohol), why should someone stop, as long as he enjoys it and it does not become pathological?
- jolie 17y ago
  I just am not convinced that "monogamy" and "porn" belong in the same sentence.

Mc_Big_G 17y ago

Is this some kind of satire I don't get? I'm pretty sure an extremely high percentage of people looking at porn are not interested in or concerned with "finishing" to someone who looks like their "loved one".

peterhi 17y ago
No but they might want porn from someone who looks like a given person.
- Vindexus 17y ago
  Touché. I think this would be the stealth modes in browsers to "shop for presents". Sure, everyone who makes it says it's for one thing, but everyone knows it's for another.

DanielBMarkham 17y ago

Bad idea --> limiting porn to some subset Good idea --> providing browsing abilities to find similar models. TinEye for porn. Same startup, but totally different marketing and business model.

Vivtek 17y ago
Now that would be pretty cool. (Signed, Anonymous)

JulianMorrison 17y ago

I predict this will result in "uncanny valley".

froo 17y ago
Unfortunately no. Uncanny Valley is a result of things that aren't alive being made to look lifelike which ends up creeping people out. This is something usually avoided in 3D graphics now (The Polar Express comes to mind)... returning pictures of actual people wouldn't have the same effect.
- byrneseyeview 17y ago
  I wonder if there would be a similar "Uncanny Valley" effect if you have real people--who are the wrong real people, but look sort of like them. Oddly, porn gives you some great case studies: any porn version of a major movie should have this effect. You could potentially do some kind of experiment where you see if Trekkies react to Whoref and 'Bater and Captain Dickhard the way other folks react to The Polar Express.
  - froo 17y ago
    Well I've been doing some work with facial recognition lately and I came across some interesting research along those lines. http://leyvand.com/research/beautification2008/ http://leyvand.com/research/beautification2008/ I've also seen similar warping techniques used on more recognisable faces to achieve their "ideal" geometric spacings between facial features and they didn't look off-putting (from an uncanny valley perspective) but just.... wrong. So, I'm leaning towards no, but I'm not an expert.
- JulianMorrison 17y ago
  The "uncanny valley" would result from seeing pictures picked out to be almost, but not quite, perfect clones of your beloved, which would be creepy as hell.
  - froo 17y ago

watt 17y ago

Add the feature that it automatically downloads the compliant flicks and pics, and you might have something there.

froo 17y ago

On a scale of 1 to creepy, I'd rate this a 6 Although, I've seen a similar idea suggested that attempts to find if your loved one has ever starred in anything... which would come closer to an 8 I think.

msluyter 17y ago

I may be missing something, but I thought the entire point of porn was to look at people who look nothing like your current partner.

btilly 17y ago

Oh, joy. Just the application for your neighborhood stalker. For some more ideas, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXR6co0PNc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDXR6co0PNc.

acangiano 17y ago

This is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of, if intended to be used as described in the page. The real use case scenarios: * Stalkers * People still in love with their exes * People fantasizing about their neighbor/student/teacher/sister in law/whatever. * People who love a certain actress/singer/porn star/etc, and want to find similar ones. * Et cetera. But implementing this thing would not be a walk in park.

kls 17y ago

I think the application would be much better used to build a profile of subtle characteristics that an individual likes and find those characteristics among the vast ocean of porn. "help them find the finishers" and you will save them time. Which gives you a product. Further once you build this profile you would have good adult dating information to match up people based on porn preference. Trying to enforce monogamy in porn seems at least to me to be counter-intuitive. Monogamy is a logical choice to not victimize someone you loves feeling and betray their trust. It is a logic that overrides natural desires. Porn is a quest to fulfill deep psychological and biological desires.

Daniel_Newby 17y ago

This is dumb. Make a ZCP filter and the world will beat a path to your door.

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