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That's a strange and interesting theory. I can think of a few anecdotal places where this is the case, but I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a pre

That's a strange and interesting theory. I can think of a few anecdotal places where this is the case, but I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a predictor of platform success/failure... Edit: Just thinking about the business of porn, this is probably a decent heuristic for simplicity and cost effectiveness. Porn is usually very low budget (compared to other mass market media), with a very high volume of consumers. From my experience in non-profit oceanographic research, nothing focuses an engineering effort like trying to succeed on a shoestring budget (wow, I never thought that'd compare to working in the porn industry).

arctangent 13y ago
I think this might be what you are looking for: http://history.tamu.edu/faculty/coopersmith/coopersmith%20personal/pornography%20technology%20and%20progress.pdf http://history.tamu.edu/faculty/coopersmith/coopersmith%20pe...
paganel 13y ago
> but I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a predictor of platform success/failure... For better or worse, FB could be a good example of "platform success" that partially relies on that. It's not porn per se, just beach/bikini photos of one's lady-friends, or his work-mates, or the wife's friends.
- frozenport 13y ago
  Perhaps, but what do think of the JCPenny catalog?
  - wcfields 13y ago
    Proves the point: No JCPenney Catalog, profits falling, oust the new CEO.
- ssupra 13y ago
  *female friends fixed that for you
SatvikBeri 13y ago
Apple as a whole is pretty anti-porn, and they dominated the profits (though not necessarily market share) in the smartphone/tablet market for a long time.
- saraid216 13y ago
  What? Their entire brand is "look how sexy we are".
  - SatvikBeri 13y ago
    I was responding to GP's sentence "I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a predictor of platform success/failure". Apple prohibits porn on their platforms, e.g. the App store is pretty conservative in what they allow.
- Fuzzwah 13y ago
  If you don't think that the feature of being able to browse porn video sites on an iphone or ipad had a huge push in making their success you're missing out.

arctangent 13y ago

I think this might be what you are looking for: http://history.tamu.edu/faculty/coopersmith/coopersmith%20personal/pornography%20technology%20and%20progress.pdf http://history.tamu.edu/faculty/coopersmith/coopersmith%20pe...

paganel 13y ago

> but I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a predictor of platform success/failure... For better or worse, FB could be a good example of "platform success" that partially relies on that. It's not porn per se, just beach/bikini photos of one's lady-friends, or his work-mates, or the wife's friends.

frozenport 13y ago
Perhaps, but what do think of the JCPenny catalog?
- wcfields 13y ago
  Proves the point: No JCPenney Catalog, profits falling, oust the new CEO.
ssupra 13y ago
*female friends fixed that for you

SatvikBeri 13y ago

Apple as a whole is pretty anti-porn, and they dominated the profits (though not necessarily market share) in the smartphone/tablet market for a long time.

saraid216 13y ago
What? Their entire brand is "look how sexy we are".
- SatvikBeri 13y ago
  I was responding to GP's sentence "I wonder if anyone has done a study of porn as a predictor of platform success/failure". Apple prohibits porn on their platforms, e.g. the App store is pretty conservative in what they allow.
Fuzzwah 13y ago
If you don't think that the feature of being able to browse porn video sites on an iphone or ipad had a huge push in making their success you're missing out.