Pornhub Offers To Buy Vine Because 'Six Seconds Is More Than Enough' (cnet.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:00AM from the onion dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Earlier on Thursday Twitter announced it was ending Vine's short run, and the adult site was quick to come to the rescue -- maybe. In a letter from Pornhub VP Corey Price to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that was shared with CNET, Price lays out the rationale: "We figure since Twitter has dropped (Vine) and is having significant layoffs, that you and your stakeholders could benefit from a cash infusion from the sale of Vine. Not to mention we would be saving Vine gems like 'Damn Daniel,' 'Awkward Puppets' and many more." Pornhub also promises to "restore Vine to Its NSFW glory," saying that clips "of porn in six seconds is more than enough time for most people to enjoy themselves." Unless pointing out a company's recent hardships in a letter and sharing it with a reporter is the latest Silicon Valley negotiating tactic, it seems pretty clear that the offer is a tongue-in-cheek jab at Twitter and its decision to shutter the video looping platform that has caused so much joy and often humiliation. But who knows, maybe Twitter will be willing to deal with Pornhub.

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Re:How do they make money anyway? by nine-times · 2016-10-28 01:34 · Score: 4, Insightful

I think some of it is subscriptions to their pay services. I don't know if I've ever known someone who admits to subscribing, but then again it's not the sort of thing most people would readily admit to, and it must happen or else they wouldn't offer those services.
Reminds me of a 1989 SNL skit with Kevin Nealon by kaizendojo · 2016-10-28 04:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Kevin Nealon “reviewed” some heterosexual porn in a Weekend Update segment:
Kevin Nealon: I was interested at first... then got more interested... Then very interested... Then very interested... Then very, very interested... Then suddenly... not that interested.
But then Nealon “reviews” a gay porn movie, All About Jeff, featuring a cassette with a picture of gay porn star Jeff Stryker:
Kevin Nealon: I was horrified, disgusted... somewhat interested, interested... very interested, then suddenly embarrassed, disgusted with myself, ashamed."