In the end it's all the same... traffic and conversions. All internet based companies know that adult is the king of traffic. Also, from a technical perspective, adult has it's respect in the mainstream world. Adult is known to be the early adopter of the latest tech (payment processing & video streaming technologies were pretty much first mass implemented by adult companies). I personally know a couple of people who work at Yahoo and Disney who used to have full-time positions at adult companies. Getting hired by a mainstream company would ultimately come down to personal opinion on how they view my skills and experience.
This side of the biz has long interested me, so it's fascinating to hear your experiences in this area. There were a lot of pretentious proclamations (how's
that for alliteration?) from some quarters about the Internet back in the '90s, asserting that it would essentially be a giant, electronic, very edifying Encyclopedia Britannica. However, similar to the introduction of the VCR in the late '70s, the truth is that without X-rated content the Internet never would've proven as popular as it has.
If I may, my next question would be as follows. Kristin, is there a particular growth area, genre-wise, for your company that you see on the horizon?