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I'm surprised that the article don't mention watching porn. I doubt rich people are immune to the main internet activity of the masses.

zaptheimpaler 12y ago
The report lists activities that wealthy people have a higher than average propensity to exhibit (index of 100 is average). It makes sense that the propensity to watch porn wouldnt depend on whether you are wealthy or not. Also, here's a direct link to the report if you don't want to fill out a bunch of info - http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2014%20Reports/7323-finding-the-mass-affluent-online.pdf http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-d...
- lodewijkadlp 12y ago
  But perhaps the types and locations would be different. I think it's been avoided because you wouldn't advertise on pornographic sites anyway, and because people tend not to be very open about sex. Maybe that's the big hole in the market though, advertising on porn websites! Most won't even tell others "I found X through porn site Y"! Someone test this? Porn sites everywhere need your advertisement moneys haha
Theodores 12y ago
The rich are likely to be older and therefore statistically less likely to use porn. Rich people are also more likely to have been married for a long time and porn habits don't usually help keep things going. For these two reasons I would be very surprised if the rich were using the internet for porn more than the general population does, however, I am sure that there are plenty of idle rich that spend their whole lives wrapped up in some porn-fantasy.
- jacquesm 12y ago
  > The rich are likely to be older and therefore statistically less likely to use porn. Right...
  - gwern 12y ago
    So, ah, how do you think sex drives work? People just stay the same from age 20 to age 70 and then it turns off overnight after the birthday party?
    - jacquesm 12y ago
      I'm sure there is a peak in there somewhere. But 'older' and 'wealthier' does not equate to 'does not consume porn' or even 'consumes significantly less porn', at least, if the adult companies that I have stats about are anything to go by. And that still side-steps the question of which age bracket spends the most money per-person on porn which further skews it. The 50+ demographic is good for approximately 20% of all visits to porn sites and good for a dis-proportionally large percentage of the money spent. So no, I don't think it turns off overnight after the birthday party.
      - gwern 12y ago
        > But 'older' and 'wealthier' does not equate to 'does not consume porn' or even 'consumes significantly less porn', at least, if the adult companies that I have stats about are anything to go by. Which are? > And that still side-steps the question of which age bracket spends the most money per-person on porn which further skews it. I think it's a reasonable first approximation that the demographic which has the highest sex drive may also be the one which spends the most. It could be wrong, of course, but it's one's prior expectation.
        jacquesm 12y ago
        > Which are? Not in here but by mail if that's ok with you, I'll drop you a line in a minute. (edit: done, sent to email from your profile). > I think it's a reasonable first approximation that the demographic which has the highest sex drive may also be the one which spends the most. It could be wrong, of course, but it's one's prior expectation You'd be surprised. One way to find a cause here is that desire does not automatically mean that it will be fulfilled and the older generation is more at risk of seeing their desires go unfulfilled than the younger one.

zaptheimpaler 12y ago

The report lists activities that wealthy people have a higher than average propensity to exhibit (index of 100 is average). It makes sense that the propensity to watch porn wouldnt depend on whether you are wealthy or not. Also, here's a direct link to the report if you don't want to fill out a bunch of info - http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-downloads/2014%20Reports/7323-finding-the-mass-affluent-online.pdf http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/reports-d...

lodewijkadlp 12y ago
But perhaps the types and locations would be different. I think it's been avoided because you wouldn't advertise on pornographic sites anyway, and because people tend not to be very open about sex. Maybe that's the big hole in the market though, advertising on porn websites! Most won't even tell others "I found X through porn site Y"! Someone test this? Porn sites everywhere need your advertisement moneys haha

Theodores 12y ago

The rich are likely to be older and therefore statistically less likely to use porn. Rich people are also more likely to have been married for a long time and porn habits don't usually help keep things going. For these two reasons I would be very surprised if the rich were using the internet for porn more than the general population does, however, I am sure that there are plenty of idle rich that spend their whole lives wrapped up in some porn-fantasy.

jacquesm 12y ago
> The rich are likely to be older and therefore statistically less likely to use porn. Right...
- gwern 12y ago
  So, ah, how do you think sex drives work? People just stay the same from age 20 to age 70 and then it turns off overnight after the birthday party?
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    I'm sure there is a peak in there somewhere. But 'older' and 'wealthier' does not equate to 'does not consume porn' or even 'consumes significantly less porn', at least, if the adult companies that I have stats about are anything to go by. And that still side-steps the question of which age bracket spends the most money per-person on porn which further skews it. The 50+ demographic is good for approximately 20% of all visits to porn sites and good for a dis-proportionally large percentage of the money spent. So no, I don't think it turns off overnight after the birthday party.
    - gwern 12y ago
      > But 'older' and 'wealthier' does not equate to 'does not consume porn' or even 'consumes significantly less porn', at least, if the adult companies that I have stats about are anything to go by. Which are? > And that still side-steps the question of which age bracket spends the most money per-person on porn which further skews it. I think it's a reasonable first approximation that the demographic which has the highest sex drive may also be the one which spends the most. It could be wrong, of course, but it's one's prior expectation.
      - jacquesm 12y ago
        > Which are? Not in here but by mail if that's ok with you, I'll drop you a line in a minute. (edit: done, sent to email from your profile). > I think it's a reasonable first approximation that the demographic which has the highest sex drive may also be the one which spends the most. It could be wrong, of course, but it's one's prior expectation You'd be surprised. One way to find a cause here is that desire does not automatically mean that it will be fulfilled and the older generation is more at risk of seeing their desires go unfulfilled than the younger one.