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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by amju_wolf@pawb.social to c/reddit@lemmy.ml

Something big is happening, as Reddit seems to have purged literally every NSFW sub they know. Reason is always "unmoderated" despite some of the banned subreddits being fully moderated.


Edit: seems to have been a bug in automation (thanks @lefty7283@lemmy.world):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1ii67mt/_/mb3fewv

It's still a good reminder on how quickly a community (or communities) thousands of people enjoy and in some cases rely upon can disappear.

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[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 267 points 1 month ago

Man, I hope lemmynsfw is ready, lol

[-] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 142 points 1 month ago

As a quick reminder: don't expect them to handle your load (lol) for free. If you are a gooner/goonette with some income, leave a tip for the server costs and consider volunteering for mod duties if you have time and some internet social skills. If you value your nsfw communities, they don't exist without work, like any other community.

[-] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 56 points 1 month ago

RIP lemmynsfw's inbox.

[-] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

They're gonna need so much money to host all the new content.

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 200 points 1 month ago

r/transgender_surgeries wasn't porn. It was a community outlet for results so people could understand what to expect. Queer folk always get swept up with porn, cishet only see us as a "kink" and assume our existence is entirely sexual.

It's fucking infuriating.

[-] dumples@midwest.social 93 points 1 month ago

Queer folk always get swept up with porn, cishet only see us as a “kink” and assume our existence is entirely sexual.

This is the whole point of these porn bans is to remove queer people from the internet. The porn cover just allows it to happen. So whenever you see anything about porn bans think queer ban first and then some porn removal that comes right back

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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 152 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unironically devastating for Reddit financially and could see a gooner exodus to Lemmy.

[-] Ethalis@jlai.lu 73 points 1 month ago

As far as I remember they weren't monetizing NSFW subs, so I guess their reasoning is that banning them reduces server costs while not impacting their ads revenue.

Now what will be interesting is to see how much of Reddit's userbase was there at least partly for the porn, and how many users will leave Reddit altogether because of this move

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

I'm against the ban, but I also don't want that gooning here. Although that's what drives like half of the internet so maybe it's a good thing for the fediverse.

[-] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 43 points 1 month ago

pretty much just lemmynsfw, and nsfw can easily be turned off here

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 month ago

It'll be constrained to pro-gooning instances, most seem to be defederated from porn but the influx of users in general will spill over to the non-gooning instances.

[-] Wxnzxn@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago

Like - a lot of Reddit users seemed to have accounts specifically to interact with porn, I think that transfers well into the Fediverse, you just get your porn account on an instance that is federated with the porn ones.

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[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 141 points 1 month ago

Remember when tumblr got rid of porn and everyone stopped using it.

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of an old favorite CollegeHumor video comedy skit series - "A Message From Your Favorite CEO" featuring the Tumblr CEO...

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 100 points 1 month ago

in other news, lemmy's NSFW instances see an influx of users

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 89 points 1 month ago

This has been predicted for many years. Most were expecting it to happen before the IPO, since investors are afraid of porn.

They had also been gradually heading down this path for a long time, making porn harder and harder (heh) to find and view.

[-] Michal@programming.dev 30 points 1 month ago

It's not only porn. Today i google-image searched a skin condition. Most results were reddit links, but i wasn't able to open any of them without their app as the subreddits were apparently 18+!

I wasn't able to view any of the information as i refuse to install the app. Google should deprioritize the results that can't be viewed in the browser.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 27 points 1 month ago

You should still be able to navigate to those posts by changing the link to old.reddit.com. But I assume that will go away at some point too.

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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 62 points 1 month ago

The subs are back up for the record. According to an admin, it was a glitch.

[-] almost1337@lemm.ee 53 points 1 month ago

The glitch being they got caught and people complained

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

How were they ever not getting "caught" lol

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[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

😂 like that Facebook "glitch" that banned any inclusive terms and force-followed Trump on people's profiles? Lol these fuckers

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago

I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're making a ban list for all these communities, but the 'glitch' was that someone turned it on before whatever PR move/manufactured scandal they were going to use to justify it was ready to go.

Or this was just a test fire to see how people would react.

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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Reddit is preparing to surrender to somebody who does not want NSFW content on their site in an attempt to appease advertisers. Possibly Musk.

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[-] fmtx 50 points 1 month ago

I see they're following the Tumblr model:

  • Get bought at overinflated values.
  • Ban all NSFW content.
  • Users leave and seek NSFW content elsewhere.
  • Valuation plummets.
  • "Actually, moderating NSFW is really hard you guys. We're just going to try best efforts moderation only."
  • Sell at near total loss.
  • There is still NSFW content on the platform, and the policy is used as a cudgel against LGBTQ accounts.
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[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 48 points 1 month ago

I don't care about NSFW subs per se, but they're useful canaries in the coal mine. If they're gone gone, it's a fine indicator of what's about to come next.

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 44 points 1 month ago

Reddit accelerates it's own downfall

[-] leraje 40 points 1 month ago

Spez: "Daddy Elon wants me to get rid of all the twitter critical and trans related subs. How can I do it without it being too obvious?"

Snoo Lackey: "Easy. What we'll do is ban a load of morally grey subs like porn and drug related ones along with the twitter critical and trans ones. Then, when the predictable uproar kicks off, we'll wait awhile then announce it was all a terrible mistake and we'll reactivate all the porn ones. We just won't reactivate the twitter critical or trans ones. Because lets be honest - no one really cares and as long as the simpletons have their wank bank back, they'll neither notice nor care either!"

Spez: "Brilliant!"

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[-] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

First they came for the NSFW, and I did not speak out—because I was not NSFW.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 33 points 1 month ago

OK but how the FUCK did r/forcedcreampie survive the purge?

[-] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 49 points 1 month ago

Under the New Founding Fathers, forced cream pies are ok, willing abortions are not.

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[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

r/drugs has been banned?? That was one of my favorite place on Reddit back in the days :(I haven't found a community for that here :(

(Edit: Drug Reddit was amaziiing, especially r/shrooms r/trees r/dxm | can't really start a community because I'm not regular enough in this area, I guess that's a good thing)

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[-] Mechaguana@programming.dev 30 points 1 month ago

Wonder how this move went for tumble

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

Yeah this worked out great for OnlyFans, Tumblr, and Flickr. At least OnlyFans was smart enough to remember which side their bread was buttered on.

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[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

I welcome all the porn y'all want to post ....

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[-] lefty7283@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Ai iS ThE fUtURe

Lmao ok sure. Any money says they tried to plug an LLM into AutoMod.

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[-] whytho@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago

this was literally why i still kinda used reddit. welp hello lemmynsfw!

[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Thankfully /r/cumsluts has been spared... for now!

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My guess is that they’re expecting some new federal anti-porn legislation and are prepping for that. Porn is already basically outlawed in much of the south, (if not explicitly, then implicitly due to how many hoops porn makers need to jump through), and republicans have made it clear that they want to bring conservative policies at the federal level so liberal states can’t overrule them.

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[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago

You mean all my reddit porn is now gone?

Fuck it. They all should migrate to Lemmy. There was some hard to find porn that I haven't saved yet...

[-] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago

I sure am grateful for how easy it is to avoid porn on lemmy, may that continue to be the case with the certain upcoming influx of it.

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