The Fist Of An Angry God

Perfection

God I’d like to play with those sweet, sexy tits.

Permission to come aboard?

No doubt dumped for her butter-face.

Via www.exgfpics.com

On Monday, November 20, 2006 I posted to this site a selection of pictures taken from eBay auctions selling Playstation 3s. These particular auctions featured women in little or no clothes posing with the PS3 being offered for sale. Two days later, on Wednesday afternoon, I submitted a link to that posting to Digg. A few hours later and we hit the front page. As of this minute we have 762 diggs.

“remember when ppl were wondering how long it would take before porn sites got to the front-page?” This question was posed by rukiri in a comment on our Digg submission. Well, this is an adult site and we were linked on the front page, but why is this something worth noting? As far we can tell, we’re the first adult site to make it to the hallowed Digg front page. This is an honor for sure, but why has it taken so long?

For those who are unfamiliar, Digg started as a tech news site and they have recently added categories for Sports, Videos, Entertainment, Gaming, Science and World & Business. With this new broadening of focus to cover things of interest beyond technology, why would something as fundamental and universally important as sex be overlooked or even snubbed? Of course a mainstream site like Digg would never and should never give itself over to unrestrained adult content - to do so would not be true to the origin or intent of the site.

Nevertheless, why would something as essential as sex face such taboo status?The answer to this question no doubt lies in the fact that the majority of the audience and therefore the editorial force behind Digg is American. Compared to many other areas of the world, America has long had a very conservative attitude towards all things related to sex. This is still the perception that is given in the mainstream media and, to a large extent, in the new media of the Internet. That being the case, how did we manage to get linked to from the front page of such a mainstream element of new media?

While I am sure that many neo-cons would blame this on the degradation of American decency and likely on the Democrats’ recent takeover of both houses, I think the reason is deeper than that. I think that this highlights the power that so-called “user driven social content” sites such as Digg actually have. While the vocal elements of American society would have us believe that sex is something to be talked about in hushed tones behind closed doors, the actual opinions of average Americans are somewhat more liberal. This is an opinion that the untold billions of American dollars spent every year on adult materials would seem to support.

Even if the average American is, in fact, as conservative as mainstream media would have us believe, perhaps the average Digger is more enlightened. This site is run by two people who just might fit the description of “average Digger”. We are all IT professional, all with degrees - two of which are in Computer Science. We started this site because this is content we are interested in. It is a fact that young men are interested in young women, especially sans clothing. I challenge anyone to deny that this interest is any less in young men that are technologically adept and well educated. If we like this stuff and are interested in it, why then is it such a stretch to think that other geeks would be too?

So, where do things go from here? Was our ascendance to the front page just a fluke? Or was it more than that? Could this be the beginning of something bigger? There is not a person on this planet who would not be here without sex. Those who haven’t had it, want it. Those who have had it, want more. Why should we let the vocal minority influence us so much? Speak up and do not be ashamed. If you see a story come up in the queue on Digg or similar sites, give it your vote based on whether you liked it or not. Don’t feel you have to shun an article because of what you are told is acceptable.