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While its embarrassing for Vine to have porn pop up in the top of users feed's , and the societal norms say it's a "bad thing" for the company; I can't but help

While its embarrassing for Vine to have porn pop up in the top of users feed's , and the societal norms say it's a "bad thing" for the company; I can't but help feel that in actual fact this would attract far more users.

danso 14y ago
I don't think so in this case...even if we assume that porn is a major driver in tech (I think iOS's whitewashed dominance is a clear counter argument), six-second porn is likely not satisfying enough for porn aficionados to stick around with. Even if there are some great clips, it's still seems like a lot of work to hit refresh-next-whatever (I don't know, I don't have the app), nevermind wading through all the unsatisfying clips. Meanwhile, the many users who do not want to see porn, either at all, or at least during daytime hours, will have a negative user experience.
- __alexs 14y ago
  You are clearly not a Tumblr user. Porn GIFs are crazy popular there.
- mnicole 14y ago
  I think you underestimate people here. They've been hitting refresh and waiting for static images to load for a long time. Vinepeek makes allows you to just sit back and watch, and with the addition of tag searching, I'd imagine that sitting through this content isn't a chore at all considering the lengths people will go to find new material to begin with.
notahacker 14y ago
Except that there already are thousands of sites for the discerning porn connoisseur that don't distract with cats or comic clips, and are unconnected with personal Twitter profiles people usually use for safe-for-work activities. It's reasonable to expect Twitter to take steps to make the porn much harder to find in the near future too. It's going to make it easier for Facebook to justify blocking the app too, assuming they want to, which might slow adoption through that channel.
notatoad 14y ago
The controversy might attract attention, but if it gets the app pulled from the app store it'll do a lot more harm than good. of course, twitter probably has a lot more sway with the app store moderators that anybody else does, they'll probably be okay.

danso 14y ago

I don't think so in this case...even if we assume that porn is a major driver in tech (I think iOS's whitewashed dominance is a clear counter argument), six-second porn is likely not satisfying enough for porn aficionados to stick around with. Even if there are some great clips, it's still seems like a lot of work to hit refresh-next-whatever (I don't know, I don't have the app), nevermind wading through all the unsatisfying clips. Meanwhile, the many users who do not want to see porn, either at all, or at least during daytime hours, will have a negative user experience.

__alexs 14y ago
You are clearly not a Tumblr user. Porn GIFs are crazy popular there.
mnicole 14y ago
I think you underestimate people here. They've been hitting refresh and waiting for static images to load for a long time. Vinepeek makes allows you to just sit back and watch, and with the addition of tag searching, I'd imagine that sitting through this content isn't a chore at all considering the lengths people will go to find new material to begin with.

notahacker 14y ago

Except that there already are thousands of sites for the discerning porn connoisseur that don't distract with cats or comic clips, and are unconnected with personal Twitter profiles people usually use for safe-for-work activities. It's reasonable to expect Twitter to take steps to make the porn much harder to find in the near future too. It's going to make it easier for Facebook to justify blocking the app too, assuming they want to, which might slow adoption through that channel.

notatoad 14y ago

The controversy might attract attention, but if it gets the app pulled from the app store it'll do a lot more harm than good. of course, twitter probably has a lot more sway with the app store moderators that anybody else does, they'll probably be okay.