Candy From Strangers
Mon 3 Jun 2002 10:30:55
Candy From Strangers, an old Salon article detailing the gritty, greedy underside of camgirl culture. It's like all the nasty parts of high school: only online with pictures, wishlists, and blogs.
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That is like spooky. I can't decide who's exploiting who. Is it virtual prostitution? Wow.
It's odd, isn't it? Wishlists, webcams, and teenage girls ... relatively innocent and innocuous on their own, but put them together on a webpage and show it to the right target audience, and you have this.
On the other hand, I doubt this is any different from the world that underlies certain facets of youth culture in high schools everywhere. The "camgirl world" just brings it out into the open.
So be sure to raise the kids right, folks. ;)
Wishlist and webcam... you're two for three, Pau! :)
Yet no matter how much flesh I show on my cam, no one buys me stuff from my wishlist! ;D
I never knew this side of web cam culture existed. I'm in the Dark Ages. But it is frightening.