The clock has struck midnight and yet another year is upon us. Rockit Reports first went online in 2012. It is now 2020. They say time flies when you’re having fun. There have been ups and downs, but I continue to write here with the same motivations I started with. I hope to entertain readers with information about the commercial sex industry around the world.
I’ve been wishing regular readers of this website a happy new year for five of those years. In addition, I usually take the opportunity to give an update on this website and its plans going forward. This year I will do a more general update on the state of sex industry journalism. While this website has not changed much over the years, the environment it operates in surely has.
The sex industry and the internet
When this website was first launched there were few like it. In some ways there still aren’t many websites that are like Rockit Reports. But there are now plenty of websites covering the various aspects of the sex industry.
Don’t get me wrong. Sex has been a topic of discussion from the first days people used the internet. We all know that sex sells. And that sex is on the minds of a lot of people. The desire to watch porn famously influenced the adoption of VCRs and the VHS format.
But original reporting on specific aspects of the sex industry in an organized way was uncommon even a few years ago. Those who did write about the industry were usually on the margins and published through their own websites. Rockit Reports was no exception.
Early on some of the reports posted here caught on with readers and were quickly spread around the internet. That showed just how many people were interested in the subject. I figured that would be the case. The urge to shine light on things like blowjob bars was part of the reason I started this website. I found the subject absolutely intriguing. I figured others would too.
How sex industry reporting went mainstream
Quite a few mainstream sources have picked up information on this website and then reported it to a wider audience. In some cases they linked back or at least gave credit for the reporting. In other instances they didn’t. I was even offered opportunities to talk about the commercial sex industry on television networks with international range. No matter the outlet, the information was almost always presented in a sensational manner. It’s almost as if there are adults in this day and age who still can’t believe women exchange sexual services for money.
That is nothing new. Sensationalist reporting has been around almost as long as mass media. The major changes have come on the internet. There has been a sort of mainstreaming of reporting on the commercial sex industry. It is now possible to find out about brothels in exotic locations on some of the biggest websites in the world.
These days you can find untold numbers of sex shops on mainstream websites. Nuru massage parlors in Bangkok are pinpointed on Apple Maps and Google Maps. In the latter case they even come complete with user reviews. Go go bars in Pattaya and Red light districts in Amsterdam are featured on Trip Advisor with user comments. Algorithms and input from the general public has created a virtual database of sex industry information online.
I don’t expect Yahoo news to start running reviews of soaplands in Tokyo anytime soon. But I’m not surprised when I find information on those kinds of places and even more risque material on other mainstream websites like Facebook and Quora. That is the way things have been going for a while now.
Rockit is still reporting
Despite everything that has happened over the years, Rockit Reports continues to publish at least one new post per week. The publishing schedule has increased at times. But not a single week has gone by since late 2012 without at least one new post appearing on this website. It hasn’t always been easy. But it has always been done.
A few years ago a number of new sites sprung up with similar subjects. Some went as far as to pull content directly from this website. One did a great imitation of the layout and format. Another simply copied text directly from Rockit Reports without any indication of the original source. Then there were the webpages written by people who obviously had little to no actual experience with the subjects at hand.
The rise of such sites along with changes in the way sex industry venues were treated by mainstream websites and search engines may have had an influence on the visibility of this website. There were times in past years when traffic dipped or declined. But with time things have always turned around. That was true again last year. The number of people visiting the site dropped off in the middle of the year. Not long after it was stable and back to the higher levels seen in earlier years. So obviously people are still interested in what is being written here.
That is one of the biggest reasons I continue to press on with my work. I plan to continue reporting on the same regular schedule in the year ahead. I will write about new venues in places that have been covered here in the past. I also have my sights on some new areas that have not yet been covered here. I hope that readers will continue to visit the site and comment on the posts. I appreciate your time and your support.
Cheers.
Your site has given me much enjoyment over the years and I’m so glad it exists. I don’t even go to brothels (with the exception of accidentally having a massage in a hotel one in South East Asia) but just the reviews and breakdowns give me hope and if I decide to pull the trigger and try some stuff I know the site to go too for the best advice.
I really hope the increasing censorship of the net does not effect this site it’s been so useful
And there is an amount of living vicariously through the posts too lol.
All the best
Thanks for the kind words. I report only to entertain. This website has been blocked in a few countries for years. Though it is still available in most places that maintain at least a pretense of free speech. Cheers.
Please keep up the good work. I have benefited a lot from the field reports on this website.
Thanks for the comment Lee. Cheers!
I am new to reading Rockit and would enjoy receiving the newsletter.
Thanks for the comment. I rarely send out emails. Though you’re welcome to sign up for the list. Cheers.
Hi,
I just recently ran across your site. It has some great information. I learned about a lot of new options that I need to try. ☺️
One of those things that I want to try is the “Kiss bang” or ” Kiss Room”. I tried looking for one on internet but I was not able to find any. Do they still exist? Do you know of any that still operates?
Also, I did not see anything on your site on ” Hands free restaurant”. I tried one in Bangkok in 2010 ( I think). It was called Butterfly Restaurant. Do they still exist? Where can I find one?
Thanks for the comment Tony. There are still kiss rooms in South Korea. Though they have been severely impacted by the pandemic. Even prior to that they were becoming more secretive and closed off to foreigners. There was at least one place in Bangkok where women would feed customers in the past. I don’t think it’s around any more. Alternatively if you’re referring to the blowjob bars they have been covered here extensively. Cheers!
Thanks for your reply.
I believe you and I are talking about the same place in Bangkok where women would feed customers. I had been to that place but it has closed since my last trip.
It was a nice and unique experience. The system was pretty similar to a lot of adult places in Bangkok. When you go to this restaurant, you will be seated in a private room with Japanese style dinning table set-up (you sit on the floor with a table in the middle). The mammasan brings you a menu of food served. In that menu there was also a section for girls. When I went, there were three kind of girls with different rates ranging from 1000-2500 THB. You pick your food and girl category. Then they will have your chosen category girls come in and you can pick one or more of the girls to serve you.
After mammasan goes out the girl sat down with you and try to make you comfortable. During this time you can grope and kiss her but cannot remove the clothes. After food is served. The door of the room is closed and then the real fun starts. If you have any food fetishes, you can try them all. At the end you will get a Hand job. If you want a BJ you have to pay extra. You can also bar fine the girl back to your hotel for a full service.
The girls were really nice, mostly ranging from 20-30. Bar fine was 1000 THB and the girl asked for another 2000THB for full service. So overall it was fairly expensive – around 5000 for the top of the line girl during dinner and bar fining her for full service.
I wanted to try it again but was not able to find any more such places
Thanks Tony. As far as I know that place no longer exists. Nor do some other really unique Bangkok institutions like the airport barbershop with BJ services. There are many straight forward places around however. Cheers.