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The Man Behind Online Porn's 'Steve Lightspeed'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-to-know-your-neighbors dept.

Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "'In the online pornography business, just about everybody has heard of Steve Lightspeed,' who runs a network of sites, reports the Wall Street Journal Online. 'But few in the porn world know much about Steve Jones, the 39-year-old married father of two behind the Lightspeed persona -- and that's the way he wants to keep it.' In WSJ.com's profile of Jones, tension between his job and the rest of his life is evident: 'He said he and his wife mostly socialize with others inside the porn business, in part because it avoids the awkwardness of explaining his line of work. "Most of our friends tend to be in the industry," he said. Relationships with family members can also be tricky. Mr. Jones's mother works for Lightspeed Media, handling customer service duties, but he said some relatives don't know about his work and likely wouldn't approve.'"

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  1. Naive parents. by Funkcikle · · Score: 5, Funny
    "My kids have no clue what we do."

    Yeah right. And Steve Ballmer's children have never touched an iPod or used Google.

    They'll have an idea something is not quite right. Moving house because the neighbours won't let you play with their kids? Not at all suspicious.

    Keep up the good work though, Superdad! Shame you can't get that bumper sticker "Your AP kid gets DP'd by my kids".

  2. This being slashdot... by thepotoo · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...this is something that a lot of us are interested in.

    I have no problem with WSJ submitting one or two articles that we might like now and again, but if it happens more than a couple of times, I'll start getting really worried.
    Bottom line: The occasional submission; OK, regular submissions; they're using us.

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    Obligatory Soundbite Catchphrase
    1. Re:This being slashdot... by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Carl Bialik" from the WSJ has had dozens of stories accepted. Who cares? His summaries are usually concise and accurate and the linked articles are informative as well.

      I have no problem with him or the WSJ submitting articles to Slashdot

  3. Re:This is news? by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yah, I don't want my family to know I work with computers either. In order to avoid the embarrasment, I tell them I'm a piano player at a brothel.

  4. I can just imagine the kids' conversations... by cliveholloway · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...when they become teenagers.

    Joe Ordinary: "I found my dad's secret porn stash - four copies of Hustler!".

    Lightspeed Jr: "*cough*, well..."

    I have a feeling they'll be very popular at High School :)

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    -- Trinity in high heels carrying a whip: The donimatrix - there is no spoonerism
  5. Then there's San Francisco by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then there's San Francisco. I stop in at a bondage shop to see a friend who works there and find the manager, a striking blonde who's been in several pornos and is unashamed about it, working the cash register. She usually has her clerks doing that, and I ask her where everyone is. "Oh, they're at dildo training".