Finding credibility by the industry, was: How did *you* get into

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> I am on the cusp of finishing the lastest revision (v5.00) and the FAQ is
> now 9 parts and about 200K...

That's about the size of mine now. And I'm planning a Major Revision
this summer.

> But its a good thing. I am now consulted by members of the adult video
> industry who want to participate in our forum without becoming
> universally hated like the first participant in or group is... the
> President of Vivid Video has made the FAQ and select postings from a.s.m.
> required reading for his employees...
>
> It's a pretty exciting time, actually, because the industry never had a
> collective installed fan base like they do now. Hollywood always had the
> Neilsen familys of CineScores or whatever polling groups, but the adult
> video industry never had such a thing. And now, if you believe Brian
> Reid, we have 130,000 people (read consumers) to poll.

Interesting! Has anyone here besides Tim found credibility within The
Business (for whatever FAQ/newsgroup they handle) BECAUSE you do the
FAQ? This does not count people who were already recognized as a
specialist in the field before they started maintaining a FAQ.

It's one thing to be recognized by your readership, but very exciting
to be recognized by the adult film industry itself!

Lani Teshima-Miller (teshima@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.edu) "Sea Hare" o/ /_/_/
UH School of Library & Info Studies. "Whatever the cost of our o|<0_0>------*
libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant \=^-| |_| |
nation." -Walter Cronkite [R.a.b.bit--FAQ Maintainer: "Think Ink!"] \_B}\_B}

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