[waitingforgodel]

The reporter seems confused.

1. Craigslist is NOT a pornographer, so talking about the voluntary (and not for lack of users) removal of their adult section doesn't make sense.

2. I think we all understand that at any time some websites will be shrinking, if we're going to talk about pornographers as a whole let's see some statistics about pornographers as a whole.

3. I would be very interested to know which sites are growing and which are shrinking. My guess is that themed sites are loving all the piracy, because some percentage of customers will want to see more of the same. Random porn scrapyards are probably getting it the worst, because that's exactly what's being offered for free.

-wfg

[sliverstorm]

In regards to #1, I think you read the article wrong.

These are tough times for peddlers of e-sex. Craigslist, a huge online marketplace, closed the “adult services” area of its website last week, under pressure from the attorney-general of Connecticut, a crusader against prostitution. That will mildly inconvenience internet pimps, but they will soon move to new websites. Pornographers are in bigger trouble, thanks to technology

[waitingforgodel]

Fair enough. Craigslist posters aren't pornographers either (even according to the article they're engaged in prostitution, not pornography).

The writer shouldn't have spent 87 out of 312 words talking about an only tangentially related topic (do we really think that Pornographers No Longer Love The Web because craigslist stopped letting local prostitutes post ads?)

[eds]

Do you know the etymology of the word "pornography?"

[waitingforgodel]

It's like seeing an article titled "Online Music Sales Drop" only to have 1/3 of it be about online movie sales. Yes they're related, no that doesn't mean it was a good title.