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Is this "revenge porn" for real or is this another case of the media taking porn industry kayfabe at face value? Between 2257 record-keeping laws and various s
by bcoates 14y ago
Is this "revenge porn" for real or is this another case of the media taking porn industry kayfabe at face value? Between 2257 record-keeping laws and various state anti-peeping-tom laws doing a profitable revenge porn site for real seems a lot harder and riskier than just faking it.
- dfc 14y ago"In professional wrestling, kayfabe (pronounced /ˈkeɪfeɪb/) is the portrayal of staged events within the industry as "real" or "true," specifically the portrayal of competition and rivalries between participants as being genuine or not of a worked nature. "[1] Was "kayabe" a new word for anyone else? The wikipedia article is remarkably long for a word I had never heard of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe
- rdl 14y agoI looked up "heel" since it was used to describe someone, and seemed more specific than just "bad person", and wasted another 30-60 minutes learning about Kayfabe, Mexican wrestling, etc. It's this kind of thing Wikipedia excels at, vs. Quora or forum sites or really anything since USENET.
- StavrosK 14y agoI had heard it before, but, based on the frequency with which I hear it, it is a new word for the majority of people.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoYes, they're real. Ars has done some good articles on them, particularly IsAnyoneDown. Ex-boyfriends post sext pics online, ex-girlfriends then pay "independent" lawyers to take the pics down, it's a brilliant racket.
- ZoFreX 14y agoThese ones do appear to be real. I don't know HOW, due to the reasons you give. Most sites that claim to be revenge porn are "fake" (in the sense that - thankfully - everyone in the videos has consented). You can tell 'cos the submit page requests signatures and documentation from all people in the film.