Dudesnude
Encyclopedia
dudesnude is a popular social networking website dedicated to gay
, bisexual, bicurious and men who have sex with men
. The site was launched in 2002 and it has over 500,000 members. The website's purpose is to facilitate chat, dating, and setting up sexual encounters
known as a "hookup". The company slogan is "picture, video, and profile sharing for men!" The company is based in London and the homepage is flanked by a sexy young fit bare chested man staring upward, partially obscuring his face.
s in that it allows a more nuanced search function for attributes within user profiles. It acts as a pre search, along with age range preferences, so that members only see, and are only seen by, other members who they are likely to find attractive. Thus giving the impression that the site is dedicated to their tastes and requirements and avoiding unwanted contact.
The site is almost completely free of advertising, with the exception of some promotion to visitors (people who come to look at the site without creating a profile of their own). Promotion of members own commercial activities is also heavily restricted.
Another of the site's features, once a USP but something other sites have since adopted, is an optional verification feature, used to give other members a greater degree of certainty that the pictures on the profile are of the person using it. Each member has a unique profile ID number. They take a picture of themselves holding up this number which is checked by site staff, and if it can be seen to match the profile pics, a verification mark is awarded. The site also has a complex search feature to search for type of pictures or video by the various characteristics listed above.
dudesnude is free for a basic profile, which gives access to almost all features and is not as restricted as the offerings of some of the larger players in the field. dudesnude has been reported as "fun" to carouse through, A paid profile allow for more storage space, faster video download, the ability to message those with full inboxes and a 'tracker' facility to show who looked at your profile. Dudesnude is owned by invates Ltd. It is hosted in the USA but is administered from United Kingdom.
Twink
porn star Tory Mason
was discovered off of his dudesnude profile.
and third only to competitors adam4adam
and manhunt.net
.
In 2005 the British magazine QX
reviewed the site and said that it had one of the best search functions for making social connections.
Dudesnude makes over US$163,000 a year in revenues from advertising, memberships, and an online porn viewing section and store. The site receives more than 72 million hits a year. The estimated worth of the website is US$329,482.99.
Dudesnude won a Boyz Magazine
scene award in April 2011.
, Europe or Australia but dudesnude is popular throughout. Dudesnude is most popular in the United States followed by South Korea, Canada
and México
. The Alexa website rank in South Korea is #431.
In 2007 dudesnude featured in the controversial GenderBender Festival in Italy
, being the topic of the audio collage "Into My Eyes".
, gay.com
, and adam4adam because of the their high incidence of facilitating unprotected sex and therefore the transmission of HIV and other STDs. In fact, research in Australia shows that condom usage between partners that meet through dudesnude is low.
Dudesnude has been criticized for allowing members to select condom preference including a "when appropriate" option that has been described as inconsistent with safe sex
practices.
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, bisexual, bicurious and men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men
Men who have sex with men are male persons who engage in sexual activity with members of the same sex, regardless of how they identify themselves; many men choose not to accept sexual identities of homosexual or bisexual...
. The site was launched in 2002 and it has over 500,000 members. The website's purpose is to facilitate chat, dating, and setting up sexual encounters
Casual sex
Casual sex or hooking up refers to certain types of human sexual activity outside the context of a romantic relationship. The term is not always used consistently: some use it to refer to any extramarital sex, some use it to refer to sex in a casual relationship, whereas others reserve its use for...
known as a "hookup". The company slogan is "picture, video, and profile sharing for men!" The company is based in London and the homepage is flanked by a sexy young fit bare chested man staring upward, partially obscuring his face.
Interface and users
Members select various stats which include, race, age, height, weight, adherence to safer sex practices, amount of body hair, body type, penis size, and other criteria. They also upload pictures of themselves, at least one of which must show their unclothed body, shirt off. As a result, the site has been described as the most graphic and audacious of the gay dating sites. There is a space on the profile dedicated to a text description of the member and what he is looking for, these blurbs range from a few sentences to full pages. Members join any of several communities such as those reserved for those that are visibly muscular. Members can then choose to allow or disallow other communities from being able to see them. This community-based system is one of the site's unique selling propositionUnique selling proposition
The Unique Selling Proposition is a marketing concept that was first proposed as a theory to explain a pattern among successful advertising campaigns of the early 1940s. It states that such campaigns made unique propositions to the customer and that this convinced them to switch brands...
s in that it allows a more nuanced search function for attributes within user profiles. It acts as a pre search, along with age range preferences, so that members only see, and are only seen by, other members who they are likely to find attractive. Thus giving the impression that the site is dedicated to their tastes and requirements and avoiding unwanted contact.
The site is almost completely free of advertising, with the exception of some promotion to visitors (people who come to look at the site without creating a profile of their own). Promotion of members own commercial activities is also heavily restricted.
Another of the site's features, once a USP but something other sites have since adopted, is an optional verification feature, used to give other members a greater degree of certainty that the pictures on the profile are of the person using it. Each member has a unique profile ID number. They take a picture of themselves holding up this number which is checked by site staff, and if it can be seen to match the profile pics, a verification mark is awarded. The site also has a complex search feature to search for type of pictures or video by the various characteristics listed above.
dudesnude is free for a basic profile, which gives access to almost all features and is not as restricted as the offerings of some of the larger players in the field. dudesnude has been reported as "fun" to carouse through, A paid profile allow for more storage space, faster video download, the ability to message those with full inboxes and a 'tracker' facility to show who looked at your profile. Dudesnude is owned by invates Ltd. It is hosted in the USA but is administered from United Kingdom.
Twink
Twink (gay slang)
"Twink" is a gay slang term describing a young or young-looking gay man with a slender, ectomorph build, little or no body hair, and no facial hair. In some societies, the term chick or chicken is preferred. The related term twinkle-toes, which implies that a man is effeminate, tends to be used in...
porn star Tory Mason
Tory Mason
Tory Mason is an American pornographic actor who has appeared in gay pornography; both in pornographic films and online at commercial amateur porn websites. Born in Idaho, he lived in Belgium for five years as a child...
was discovered off of his dudesnude profile.
Site popularity and review
The site receives more than 72 million hits a year. According to Alexa rankings the site is the 7,583rd most popular website, making it more popular than competitor and pioneer gay.comGay.com
gay.com is a chat, personals, and social networking website catering to the LGBT community. The site is a digital brand of Here Media Inc. In addition to community features, the site features LGBT-related news and features. As of September 2005, San Jose Mercury News ranked gay.com as the most...
and third only to competitors adam4adam
Adam4Adam
Adam4Adam is an American online dating website designed for men to meet other men "for friendship, romance, or a hot hookup".-Ranking:Out of over 800 personals sites in the United States, Times Herald-Record mentions Adam4Adam as among the most notable.As of September 2005, San Jose Mercury News...
and manhunt.net
Manhunt.net
MANHUNT.net is a social networking website operated by Online Buddies, Inc., that facilitates same-sex introductions. It is owned by its founders, Jonathan Crutchley and Larry Basile. The site has over 4 million profiles worldwide, over 1 million of which are in the United States...
.
In 2005 the British magazine QX
QX (British magazine)
QX Magazine also known as QX International is a free gay weekly magazine distributed at most gay bars, gay clubs and other gay venues across London and the UK. As a free magazine, it has a high proportion of advertising space for revenue...
reviewed the site and said that it had one of the best search functions for making social connections.
Dudesnude makes over US$163,000 a year in revenues from advertising, memberships, and an online porn viewing section and store. The site receives more than 72 million hits a year. The estimated worth of the website is US$329,482.99.
Dudesnude won a Boyz Magazine
Boyz (magazine)
Boyz is a free, London-based magazine, targeted at gay men and distributed mainly through gay bars, clubs and saunas in the United Kingdom. Published weekly, it tends to focus on news about the gay scene and celebrities popular with young scene-going gay men.Boyz is relatively light on "serious"...
scene award in April 2011.
Global appeal
The website is popular worldwide, which is an oddity as most gay hookup sites are based either in the United StatesLGBT in the United States
-LGBT rights:LGBT rights in the US has evolved over time and varies on a state-by-state basis. Sexual acts between persons of the same sex have been legal nationwide in the U.S. since 2003, pursuant to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas....
, Europe or Australia but dudesnude is popular throughout. Dudesnude is most popular in the United States followed by South Korea, Canada
LGBT in Canada
-Festivities:Pride parades have been held in various cities throughout Canada since the events of Pride Week were first held in Canada in 1981, and have also become larger in attendance as legal and cultural attitudes towards LGBT citizens in Canada are relaxed...
and México
LGBT in Mexico
-LGBT rights:The LGBT community has been gaining some rights in the first years of the 21st century. On 29 April 2003, the Federal Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination was passed...
. The Alexa website rank in South Korea is #431.
In 2007 dudesnude featured in the controversial GenderBender Festival in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, being the topic of the audio collage "Into My Eyes".
Public health
Many public health groups targeting STD treatment have criticized or worry about online sex sites such as dudesnude in addition to its counterparts, ManhuntManhunt.net
MANHUNT.net is a social networking website operated by Online Buddies, Inc., that facilitates same-sex introductions. It is owned by its founders, Jonathan Crutchley and Larry Basile. The site has over 4 million profiles worldwide, over 1 million of which are in the United States...
, gay.com
Gay.com
gay.com is a chat, personals, and social networking website catering to the LGBT community. The site is a digital brand of Here Media Inc. In addition to community features, the site features LGBT-related news and features. As of September 2005, San Jose Mercury News ranked gay.com as the most...
, and adam4adam because of the their high incidence of facilitating unprotected sex and therefore the transmission of HIV and other STDs. In fact, research in Australia shows that condom usage between partners that meet through dudesnude is low.
Dudesnude has been criticized for allowing members to select condom preference including a "when appropriate" option that has been described as inconsistent with safe sex
Safe sex
Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. It is also referred to as safer sex or protected sex, while unsafe or unprotected sex is sexual activity engaged in without precautions...
practices.