Once we established the criteria, we’ll be back with part two: who needs to come off the list and who needs to be added before the re-tabulation. one point for every listing in the major gay porn blogs Industry ( Cybersocket Web Awards, The Prowler Awards, The Grabbys, The Xbiz Awards) award achieved during 2016
Perhaps a way to bridge that would be to award a single point for a point for each social media account in addition to Twitter and IG (like Facebook, a YouTube channel) to not punish those that are restricted and only reward those that go above and beyond. While the importance of social media in building and communicating with directly with their fans can’t be disputed, The Sword commentator Talk Dirty To Me brought up an important consideration: some bona fide stars are on “sites that either do not allow social media or discourages it,” such as Sean Cody or ChaosMen. The sum of those two will produce a pretty accurate idea of how popular a porn star was last year: in the comments, please let us know what other criteria you think would be relevant. – Total number of scenes released in 2016 equals _ – A social media score (Twitter + Instagram followers) equals _ Let’s even the playing field to get current, and more accurate results by establishing new, simple guidelines: 3 years in the industry means multiplying by 1.3). – And the whole sum of points gets multiplied by a factor based on the number of years the model has been working in the industry, with one tenth for every year (e.g. – 1 pt for every Grabby Award won in the last three years, and 1 pt for a 2015 Hookie Award nomination – 1 pt for being one of the most-clicked stars on NakedSword in February 2015 – 1 pt for being one of the most searched names on The Sword in the last year – Half point each for having their own active YouTube channel, appearing recently on QueerMeNow, or being one of the top ten most searched on Str8UpGayPorn – 1 point each for being included on The Sword’s Hottest Bodies, Hottest Cocks, or Best Asses lists – Number of scenes shot: 1 point if it’s greater than 20, 2 points greater than 50, 3 points greater than 100 – Twitter following: 1 point per 5,000 followers The 2015 rankings were based on the following: The computations are accurate it’s the criteria that needed help. There were others who were much more popular that didn’t make the cut at all.
There were models who had stopped working that made the list. But even at the time, I questioned the results.
He even recruited me for the nifty graphic. My predecessor here at The Sword spent a lot of time compiling his list. The next thing will tackle is cleaning up the list and removing the non-working models and make sure your favorites are included: watch this blog! The new time frame will be Januto the present day.Īgain, your thoughts and input are encouraged.
One point can be awarded for every vote you award the model you feel has best grooming and enthusiasm.ĥ) Industry ( Cybersocket Web Awards, The Prowler Awards, The Grabbys, The Xbiz Awards) award achieved during 2016 to present.Ħ) The original list was compiled in mid-2015. We can, however, put up a semi-final list in terms of a poll that would encompass those factors. And everyone has their own opinions on that. While not without merit, there is no universal standard – what works for one model doesn’t work for another. One point for every scene releasedģ) Number of posts on the major gay blogs – 1 point each: the question that will roll-over is in addition to The Sword, which blogs to includeĤ) The ink/tat/shaving are subjective.
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There were some good ideas and a general consensus about quite a few things.ġ) Social media: A point if they use it, no points if they don’t – that way no one is penalized is their studio prevents them, someone reported them and their account was terminated etc.Ģ) Number of scenes released: this will give an even playing field to both exclusives and free agents. The yellow squares are ripe to be ’86’d.Īnd there are many to take their place: Jack Harrer, Calvin Banks, JJ Knight, Woody Fox, Bruce Beckham, Alex Mecum, Markie More, and Gabriel Cross come to mind, for example. The graphic below has the originals 50 models.