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“Clearly in reference to the political maelstrom brewing over pornography of late, Mardack said some degree of change is inevitable in the adult entertainment world, but describes most venues for industry conversation as “little boys putting stuff on the wall and pounding their fists” His new blog, said Mardack, is meant to erase what he calls a narrow-minded reaction on the part of the industry to the political and cultural forces trying to change it.

“We are not participating in a new wave of business…” he said. “People are not taking advantage of alliances and associations that could benefit them. Instead we have this habitual posture against censorship, but with very little dialogue.”
DOTXXXBLOG was recently declared the blogosphere’s first political weapon by PROFITBLOG.

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QUESTION:

Do you think the Blogosphere, as it is today, could influence a national Election?

Yeah, so do I.

Allow me to introduce you to DOTXXBLOG, or as I dubbed it at launch: An Early Experiment in Networked Politics. I created it simply because I care about the issue and because I was curious what effect I might achieve using a blog as a political weapon.

It still feels a little silly rolling off my lips, too — — BLOG = Political Weapon.

Yet, there it is… undeniable.

I won’t waste your precious attention on another long exploration of how little we anticipated these developments, how incredible it is that — here we are — at full gallop AGAIN, because the technology is literally exploding in our very hands, even as we are trying to fashion weapons from it. Let’s just consider that preface digested.

For a background on the .XXX top-level domain, there’s no better place for a balanced nutshell, with both sides fairly represented — both pro-XXX and con-XXX, than the DOTXXXBLOG site itself. That’s one of the needs I wanted to address. As important as this issue is, I was aghast at how little engagement there was between the sides — directly, not by way of court filings and petitions, but in the same room working towards resolution. There was no formality nor indication that anyone was trying to create some.

I became frustrated. (more…)