Hey Reddit, this is my 2nd try at this as my first post got taken down for being too spammy.

Porndora was something I wanted to build for a long time. I was an early engineer at Tinder and I thought, "Why can't we apply simple swipe mechanics (like/disliked) with a recommendation engine to other things besides people? Could we apply them to porn?"

At the time, the domain porndora.com, was parked, but I put a watch on it, and in 2018 acquired it at auction for about $2500. I was building another company, Safara.Travel, at the time, but started to tinker away at Porndora when I had time.

When Covid hit in 2020, all of a sudden I had a lot more time, so I dove in, raised some money from friends and family, and went at it full time.

Since then, I've built up a 7-person, remote-first team with people all over the world , we've scaled our user base to the thousands monthly, we started making some money, and we've built some really cool shit, including an adult NFT marketplace and PornDJ, which is a true expression of my original vision for Porndora.

We've also tried to raise money from institutional investors / VCs and been unsuccessful. I knew it would be hard raising money in a sinful industry, but it was even harder than I imagined. So now I'm bootstrapping the company.

We've been in business for a couple years now and are NOT affiliated with the old porndora.sexy.

Site: porndora.com

Twitter: twitter.com/porndoracom

Proof: https://twitter.com/porndoracom/status/1589408666909900800

Proof (image of me in Porndora gear with today's date and /u/prndra): https://photos.app.goo.gl/e5a1Lp1fshoX87PL7