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Hey Reddit!
I am the Community Coordinator at the world’s biggest porn site, Pornhub. I’ll answer your questions about working at and managing the social and community aspect of our site. I also have some other members of the Pornhub team nearby to answer pretty much anything related to your favorite site.
(Me) Pornhub Katie – Community Coordinator
Corey Price – VP Operations
Brett Hall – VP Product
Rusty Gitalto – Lead Developer
Some others will join along the waySome new cool things the team has been working on recently that you may have heard of (and hopefully like): Pornhub Select [NSFW] – HD videos, minimal ads, clean experience.
PornIQ.com [NSFW] – Curated porn for the masses.
Pornhub Insights [SFW] – Porn stats for all!
We’re open to (almost) all questions, any feedback, suggestions or big ideas.Proof (Me!): Tweet! [Kind of SFW]
After 9 long hours we need to take a break! Thank you so much everyone for your amazing questions and comments, it has been a blast. You can still leave more and I'll try to answer them tomorrow morning.
Remember... Keep fapping and follow your dreams!
- Katie and the rest of the Pornhub team.
Katie_Pornhub3238 karma
We love it!!
They are amazing.
They are actually real pornhub comments.
-Corey
Billywubba3195 karma
Your website gave my right hand carpal tunnel. I demand compensation!
EDIT: 8hrs later and still no premium. But that's prob for the best, I don't think my left hand could handle it!
BDTS3156 karma
Why is it that porn websites have better video players than other sites that also host videos like Youtube?
Katie_Pornhub3792 karma
Because I keep our flash developers in a cage programming 24/7. We accept nothing less. Rusty
GOODFAM3038 karma
Are there hot horny singles in your area as well?
EDIT: I'd like to thank not only God, but Jesus as well. But seriously, i've dreamed about reddit gold, i never thought i would actually get it. You're amazing stranger.
Katie_Pornhub3131 karma
There are ALWAYS hot and horny singles in EVERYWHERE in the world.
-Katie
kennywu10052602 karma
that always bugged as a programmer and i figured it was unintentionally but I had no idea how to report a bug on a porn website. Now it is done... thank you reddit.
laststandman3013 karma
How often do people really share a video on reddit, Twitter, etc.? That option has always amused the shit outta me
Katie_Pornhub3289 karma
Thousands a day. You would be surprised. We get millions of social traffic visits a month.
-Brett
thekingadrock932934 karma
Did you guys ever get a response to your proposition of fixing the US Healthcare site?
Katie_Pornhub3635 karma
Yes we got a response! The Whitehouse officially declined to work with us. Our developers were sad.
-Corey
TheWizardOfMagicLand2884 karma
Why don't you have the option to pick things that fall into multiple categories?
What I mean is, you have a "categories" page that hast stuff like "Asian," "Blowjobs," "Big Tits," etc, but on the page you just click one.
Why not make it a checkbox thing where you can check off a bunch of different categories and then search for the videos that are grouped into all of those categories?
Could be a pretty handy SQL query: SELECT * FROM VIDEOS WHERE CATEGORY="ANAL" AND CATEGORY = "BIG_TITS";
Alternatively, maybe you don't like Asians, but you like blowjobs and you check that you don't want them.
SELECT * FROM VIDEOS WHERE CATEGORY = "BLOWJOBS" AND CATEGORY != "ASIANS";
It's just something I've always wondered. No porn sites do this and it doesn't seem like it would be hard to implement.
EDIT: Thanks, guys.
EDIT 2: I get it. It's a reddit comment, not my databases 101 final. I don't know their DB schema, either. I appreciate it, though. I've never been a DB guy.
Katie_Pornhub3189 karma
It's coming this month! I actually just approved a mockup today. -Brett
ajb19902802 karma
How did you feel about being used so prominently in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Don Jon? Did he approach you about it, or how did that work?
Katie_Pornhub3092 karma
The studio approached us about it. We thought it was a great idea. We never met Joe but we heard he was happy to have us on board.
-Corey
captainJackDan2799 karma
Do any of you ever look at some of the videos and just think " what the fuck is that?" or does nothing surprise you anymore?
Katie_Pornhub3328 karma
haah yes it still happens. Anal prolapses, eels in asses, tentacles. It still surprises me from time to time.
-Katie
Kiviks-Mustfri2795 karma
How did you react to charities rejecting your donations to breast cancer research?
Katie_Pornhub3440 karma
A bit disappointed, how can you turn down our hard earned money for a great cause?
-Corey
iDisc2692 karma
Did Justin Bieber ever follow up with you after you offered free premium membership for him on his 18th birthday?
Katie_Pornhub3170 karma
AHHA. No but I'm renewing it for his 20th birthday coming up.
-Katie
def_leper2552 karma
Are you sick of watching porn yet? Has your constantly porn filled work environment killed your libido or forced you into extreme kinks?
SongOfUpAndDownVotes2522 karma
How are your office headquarters decorated?
Just curious about what type of environment you all work in.
Katie_Pornhub3203 karma
Pretty standard office. The only difference is the hardcore scenes sometimes playing on people screens.
-Katie
InvalidUsernameAgain2228 karma
So you basically have one of the only jobs where NSFW is actually SFW.
Katie_Pornhub2985 karma
Yeah, my boss looks at me weird when I DON'T have porn on my screen.
-Katie
huachaos2513 karma
Do you guys have a masturbation room? I mean, being around so much porn all the time has to take its toll on you.
i_cry_evrytim_3180 karma
There are two types of men in the world: those who have masturbated in the work bathroom, and goddamn liars.
polarbearjockey2437 karma
How do you feel about your jobs? How would you answer if someone asked you what you do for a living?
Katie_Pornhub3271 karma
We love it. We work for the 60th biggest website in the world, porn or not, that's pretty impressive.
-Katie
Eenjoy528 karma
Speaking of facebook... is there a good deal of people that actually link your videos to their facebook... I mean, I don't want my family knowing I like mother/daughter stuff so much.
TardisDude2069 karma
How do you deal with competitors ? Do look at other porn site for new features / search options / categories ?
Basically, How do you stay on top ?
Katie_Pornhub2751 karma
Constantly listening to users. We have a great feedback forum. I also am always checking competitor sites.
-Brett
splosionp2048 karma
How often does content that has nothing to do with porn get uploaded? How long does it take for you guys to notice? Has any non-porn related content been left alone after it had been noticed?
Katie_Pornhub3082 karma
I would say it's 99% porn but the odd HALO game or soccer highlight gets uploaded.
-Katie
Katie_Pornhub2665 karma
Teen, Milf, Amateur are the big ones. It varies by geo and time of the day.
Katie_Pornhub1777 karma
Check http://www.mindgeek.com/careers we're always looking for good people.
Thatone3rdbass1844 karma
Is there anything that is NOT allowed on the site besides minors?
Katie_Pornhub2775 karma
The illegal stuff, beasts, rape, stabbings, beheadings, executions of political leaders.
-Brett
Katie_Pornhub3063 karma
I ask my parents for suggestions to improve the UI of the site all the time.
-Brett
WiseWordsFromBrett1646 karma
First of all, thanks for having a decent Search Engine, so many sites suck at this, how businesses don't understand how important this is for porn is beyond me.
Any stories about someone asking you to take down a video because "hey, thats me, how did that get on the internet"?
Thanx, I am going over to do some "Market Research" while I wait for an answer...
cocaine_badger1624 karma
What usually happens during those "maintenance hours"? And how do you guys handle such large amounts of traffic so well?
drivin121517 karma
What was your reaction to CBS refusing to air the super bowl commerical?
earsfrederickson1408 karma
To what extent do you guys moderate comments? Do you have any specific commenting guidelines? It seems like pretty much anything goes in terms of what people can say.
Katie_Pornhub2276 karma
Anything goes! As long as it's not harassing other members. We love limericks.
-Brett
TheDutchDevil1225 karma
What's are the usage statistics of gay and lesbian videos compared to straight videos?
bowersbros821 karma
How do employees deal with hardons at the office? OR is it so commonplace to have porn playing you're effectively immune to it?
Dinner_or_Breakfeast653 karma
What do you guys think about OzTheWizardOfPorn (the guy who comments on every porn video. Don't act like you've never noticed him).
Katie_Pornhub1073 karma
We have many servers. Encoding servers, web servers, DB servers, load balancers, redis, memecache, mongodb. We have over 50 servers. Rusty
CaptainUninformed519 karma
You've probably seen a lot of porn, but has anyone at Pornhub ever featured in a porno?
FuckingZakumi466 karma
Has working at/for PornHub changed your perception of pornography?
Do you ever use the site, while not at work?
Thanks for the AMA.
tapomirbowles390 karma
How big is you development team? I am in a fairly sized IT company, and I always thought we had many programmers/developers considering our size, but I am always told that is normal. So how big is your team?
Katie_Pornhub66 karma
Because they don't have a medical explanation for your three penises.
-Katie
Katie_Pornhub887 karma
I've met a few of them once or twice. It was fun.
Then I fapped to their videos.
-Katie
Katie_Pornhub280 karma
Good question... We have over 1.5 million videos.. I'd have to ask Rusty for an exact number but he's busy coding again.
-Brett
godmin147 karma
Is there 1 statistic about pornhub that you think would blow our minds? What is it?
Katie_Pornhub583 karma
A couple days ago we had more visitors on the site in single day than the entire population of Canada.
dalziel863257 karma
What do you think of http://pornhubcommentsonstockphotos.tumblr.com/ ?
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