Comments on: Feminist Porn Awards, dot-XXX and DaneJones postmortem

By: Iamcuriousblue

Iamcuriousblue — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:50:14 +0000

Hmmm…. Say what you will about jumping on the .XXX bandwagon, but DaneJones and Lesbea.com are some of the best new sites out there, easily rivaling or surpassing anything from X-Art, Joymii, or like “erotic hardcore” sites. Their content speaks for itself.

And, really, blaming them for pushing .XXX? Looking at the date on the masthead of the post, I’d say you’re a bit behind how these sites have been progressing. They started out in late 2011 pushing their main sites as Orgasms.xxx and Kiss.xxx, but quickly demoted them to mirror sites for DaneJones.com and Lesbea.com, respectively. By May 2012, they had abandoned promotion of the .XXX versions of their sites entirely, even though they still exist. This is as good of an indicator as any as to the lack of viability of .XXX.

Also, where did you get the impression that “Dane Jones” is supposed to be a female name?

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:32:00 +0000

Given that as a freshmen webmaster with a few dozen pieces of content who got an honorable mention for a website 100% scraped together by me an my partner with one year under our belt, I would have to say that I personally believe it has less to do with the FPA’s taking a bribe or knowingly boosting a vanity domain and more to do with how many submissions there are.

The FPA’s don’t go through porn on the web and pick their favorites, you have to submit an entry for a website or a film. Then they judge based on how it looks. Chances are, the FPA’s did not research the domain and saw something that looked neat, clean, and accessible. Maybe what you revealed more than anything is that feminist porn makers should write the submission deadline on their calendars so they don’t miss it.

By: Totally NOT Dane Jones

Totally NOT Dane Jones — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:31:31 +0000

I think you are grossly over-estimating the FPA ‘s as a promotional tool and traffic generating source. I work in the industry. I am opposed to .XXX, but this is a stretch. Dane Jones content sells. Months ago, a bunch of us in the office had a conversation about the quality of their content. These things might have more to do with the award than a conspiracy theory about a small studio, a boutique award ceremony and ICANN.

By: criolle johnny

criolle johnny — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:03:05 +0000

I have NOT been keeping up with the dot-XXX mess. This entire story left me scratching my head and muttering a few words I’d rather not repeat … For those of your readers who might be rowing the same boat, could you please post a side bar/permanent link that briefs and updates on the story?