Overexposure

It's a curious phenomenon. You know how when a new face appears on the porn social media scene that you initially find adorable, a face that gives you impure thoughts whenever you run across one of his photos?

Yeah. We've all been there.

But then as the weeks and months pass and you start seeing more and more of him, you eventually reach the point where one of his photos comes up on your feed/dash and you sigh and say, "Oh her…"?

It's not something new, but I think it's definitely a by-product of the Internet age. I mean, you couldn't easily get to that point with a particular actor/model when your only source of photos were $20 glossy magazines that came in sealed plastic bags (unless you had a lot of disposable income)—and even then it might've been difficult.

Several faces (one famous example of this overexposure phenomenon being Steve Kelso) come to mind as I think back over my years online, but what prompted this screed is one boy in particular who popped up on Instagram a couple years ago and is now quickly approaching maximum online saturation. When I first spotted him, he seemed like just another cool, recently-out-of-college gay guy; a cute, fresh-faced cub with perfect skin, an immaculate beard, fuzzy body, and a wicked gleam in his eye that told you he'd be a lot of fun in the sheets (not that you'd ever get the chance) who was innocently sharing his (occasionally drunken) life through social media like any number of other Millennials.

Because he was so good looking, I knew from the moment he appeared this guy was going to be another "next big thing." Sure enough, while he hasn't signed on with any porn studios yet (that I know of), his Instagram pix are becoming more polished and starting to look like he's at least flirting with (legitimate) modeling. In addition, much more revealing selfies than what he's posted on Instagram are finding their way onto Tumblr with increasing frequency. If he's not "illegitimately" modeling yet, I'm sure it's only a matter of time until he's discovered by some enterprising studio and is offered to go pro. (It's obvious he's comfortable getting naked in front of a camera, and is still young enough that he could—pardon the expression—milk several years worth of work out of it if he was so inclined to pursue a career in adult entertainment.)

But I'm rapidly reaching the point where I'm over it. Part of the attraction was that fresh-faced realness he had a year ago, but now it's almost as if he's starting to realize what a hot commodity he's becoming and has lost some of that authenticity. He still comes off as a nice guy, so this isn't a condemnation of him or whatever path he's pursuing, but simply an observation about how too much of a good thing can still be too much of a good thing. I'm not to the point yet where see one of his photos and think, "Oh her," and obviously I'm still downloading his pix, but it is getting close to that point.

Sigh.