The funny thing about this Web 2.0 is that everybody thinks that everybody wants to have conversations around any topic. So now they’ve created Boobik? which has been labeled the “Twitter for sex”. And there are people who actually believe that it will help users start conversations around sex.
Now, if you think about the fact that some people spend 15 minutes to upload porn videos on YouPorn just to get the chance to post their spam links in the description field (as this guy says in the comments to the TechCrunch post), you won’t be surprised if spammers will start colonizing Boobik? and make it a repository for crap. Which it already is, by the way.
Conversation (the social media way) does not exist in porn and, for what that matters, people who look for sex online go to real time chat rooms and plug in their webcams. Someone said that Boobik? wants to appeal users that are not geeky. I am not sure about that; I believe that only those people who already know Twitter will give a chance to Boobik? and that’s just because it’s “Twitter for sex”.
Here’s my conclusion: Boobik? will attract geeks who already know Twitter and will be used to post quick messages such as “anybody wants to have sex in East London?”. Also, since the service is new, there will be mostly fake accounts created to stimulate the… conversation, yep.
Anyway, it’s just a funny way to ride the Twitter wave. Though not as smart as Twatter.
