In this provocative interview, Fetlife's John Baku tells the story of the kinky social media site and it's origin story. He discusses some of the challenges that exist when trying to be a site for all people. And he answers direct questions from the audience. If you have ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of this site, this is a must see interview! About John Baku: John started FetLife because he didn’t want anyone to ever feel alone.This platform exists to help people feel comfortable with who they are sexually and know that there are other people like them out there.Since 2008, we wanted people to feel like they had a home, a place where you were accepted for who you are.We designed FetLife to be a safe space for the kink community to openly explore and discuss their sexual interests, without judgement. At our core we seek to connect people and normalize different sexual expressions, we put community well-being first and always try to do the right thing. Overtime we have grown but our vision stayed the same, to help 10,000,000+ people feel more comfortable with who they are sexually.

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