Richard Brautigan
2008-06-22 15:08:55 UTC
(I heard a great story about FriendFinder, the other day. It seems that
they had just terminated a senior member of the company, about two years
ago - a VP or something - and he got pissed, left the premises, and
returned with a gun. Apparently, the Palo Alto SWAT team had to be
called in!)
(Oddly, FriendFinder's Human Resources personnel neglected to mention
this colorful bit of corporate history, during the interviewing process.
I can't imagine why.)
A few words about Adult FriendFinder ... from someone who used to work
there.
80% of FriendFinder's income reportedly comes from Adult Friend Finder.
They have a couple of dozen other sites - Asian Friend Finder, German
Friend Finder, Gay Friend Finder - but none of them even earn their own
keep, it's all just fluff to hide the main event - which is selling
pornography.
And it's no coincidence that they are constantly buying up new domain
names; they simply repackage their 'singles' ads under a new name and
resell the same old tired collection of photos, all over, again and again.
I understand that they are reselling video streams imported from Nevada,
where prostitution is legal, from their websites, here in California,
and their affiliates' websites.
That is, they are pumping Nevada's biggest product out for export, over
the Internet, to communities and nations that are less than thrilled
about their business model - like The People's Republic of China, for
instance.
So, in essence, one of the biggest purveyors of porn in the United
States is right there, in the center of beautiful Palo Alto, a few
hundred feet from the sacred soil of Stanford University, itself ...
pumping out filth, and raking in money.
They keep the money coming in by hiring a steady stream of droids to
keep places like Craigslist populated with links to their affiliates' URLs.
Oh, yeah - I understand that the management of FriendFinder is Jewish, too.
I'm not saying that they are a bunch of Jewish pornographers ... or that
their multi-ethnic approach to pandering is wrong ... but it's
reasonable to wonder if there is a connection between the two facts,
don't you think?
To make matters worse, there are rumors that Adult FriendFinder does not
recycle their backup tapes, and that they are accumulating an incredible
amount of very intimate information - which accumulation can most easily
be explained by suggesting that this data has some sort of commercial
value, and that the data will be subjected to intensive data-mining ...
by parties unknown ... for reasons unknown. In short, blackmail seems
possible.
So, in conclusion, it's no coincidence that the owners of FriendFinder
are constantly checking to see where the new sign-ups are at; this is
their greatest source of income - new suckers - and so it is the one
index that they pay the most attention to.
Trust me - your money is better spent, and your privacy, better served,
by buying someone you're attracted to, some flowers ... or a drink.
(You don't hire someone ... sabotage his family's access to medical and
dental benefits ... and then, fire them, for fraudulent reasons ... on a
major holiday ... without there being consequences.)
they had just terminated a senior member of the company, about two years
ago - a VP or something - and he got pissed, left the premises, and
returned with a gun. Apparently, the Palo Alto SWAT team had to be
called in!)
(Oddly, FriendFinder's Human Resources personnel neglected to mention
this colorful bit of corporate history, during the interviewing process.
I can't imagine why.)
A few words about Adult FriendFinder ... from someone who used to work
there.
80% of FriendFinder's income reportedly comes from Adult Friend Finder.
They have a couple of dozen other sites - Asian Friend Finder, German
Friend Finder, Gay Friend Finder - but none of them even earn their own
keep, it's all just fluff to hide the main event - which is selling
pornography.
And it's no coincidence that they are constantly buying up new domain
names; they simply repackage their 'singles' ads under a new name and
resell the same old tired collection of photos, all over, again and again.
I understand that they are reselling video streams imported from Nevada,
where prostitution is legal, from their websites, here in California,
and their affiliates' websites.
That is, they are pumping Nevada's biggest product out for export, over
the Internet, to communities and nations that are less than thrilled
about their business model - like The People's Republic of China, for
instance.
So, in essence, one of the biggest purveyors of porn in the United
States is right there, in the center of beautiful Palo Alto, a few
hundred feet from the sacred soil of Stanford University, itself ...
pumping out filth, and raking in money.
They keep the money coming in by hiring a steady stream of droids to
keep places like Craigslist populated with links to their affiliates' URLs.
Oh, yeah - I understand that the management of FriendFinder is Jewish, too.
I'm not saying that they are a bunch of Jewish pornographers ... or that
their multi-ethnic approach to pandering is wrong ... but it's
reasonable to wonder if there is a connection between the two facts,
don't you think?
To make matters worse, there are rumors that Adult FriendFinder does not
recycle their backup tapes, and that they are accumulating an incredible
amount of very intimate information - which accumulation can most easily
be explained by suggesting that this data has some sort of commercial
value, and that the data will be subjected to intensive data-mining ...
by parties unknown ... for reasons unknown. In short, blackmail seems
possible.
So, in conclusion, it's no coincidence that the owners of FriendFinder
are constantly checking to see where the new sign-ups are at; this is
their greatest source of income - new suckers - and so it is the one
index that they pay the most attention to.
Trust me - your money is better spent, and your privacy, better served,
by buying someone you're attracted to, some flowers ... or a drink.
(You don't hire someone ... sabotage his family's access to medical and
dental benefits ... and then, fire them, for fraudulent reasons ... on a
major holiday ... without there being consequences.)