Alfred Kinsey earned the permanent ire of social conservatives with his (in)famous groundbreaking studies of Americans’ sexual behavior—the first of which clocked in at number four on Human Events’ list of the most dangerous books of the past two centuries. And in fact, they’re probably right to think that Kinsey at least helped to erode sexual taboos by exposing the vast disconnect between the sexual behaviors considered officially “normal” and those then-shocking numbers of people engaged in behind closed doors.

Wired sex columnist Regina Lynn doesn’t make the comparison explicit, but seems to be suggesting that the Internet—perhaps especially for the generations growing up as cyberspace natives—could be Kinsey on steroids, as talented amateurs become less reticent about broadcasting their proclivities—sometimes with audiovisual aids.

You do wonder, though: Insofar as there’s always a certain percentage of people who want to try something novel and weird precisely because it’s novel and weird—in-flagrantrepreneurs, call ’em—could this cause an acceleration in the turnover of innovative sexual practices (furries? how passé!) akin to the effect of 24 hour cable news channels on the news cycle? We can only hope.