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Reddit purges all NSFW subreddits (pawb.social)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) by amju_wolf@pawb.social to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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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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[-] fmtx 19 points 1 hour 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.
[-] Anarki_ 10 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[-] vertis@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 minutes ago

I don't think this is really tinfoil hat. I'd like to see they explain how it just happened to remove that subset and not other things.

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 3 points 55 minutes ago

Did they? I just looked and my porn multi is still full of everything I expect it to be.

[-] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Reddit is run by big business and greedy corporate America. When it went public for the stock price to make even more money then it did before, I left that place.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

According to a post from our Admin, in the small instance I'm in there has been a sudden influx of new users (about 200) in the last day or so (as new users have to be approved, somebody is getting cramps on their approve finger).

(Guess Anarchism and Piracy could technically count as NSFW in most workplaces, especially the latter)

[-] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago

Let's goon

[-] Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 12 points 5 hours ago

Good news to me. I can watch reddit and twitter self destruct from the comfort of the Fediverse. Welcome home, fellow refugees.

[-] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

They would rather hop into another corpo boat instead of choosing an instance.

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 26 points 8 hours ago

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

[-] mo_lave@reddthat.com 44 points 10 hours 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.

[-] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] whytho@lemm.ee 21 points 11 hours ago

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

[-] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 129 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 28 points 16 hours 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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[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Lol they still didn't ban r/piracy?

That's so surprising, I thought it would be one of the first ones to go...

🤔

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 22 points 12 hours ago

Since when is drinking rum, singing sea shanties, and downloading content hidden behind a monthly subscription in 4k illegal?

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago* (last edited 4 minutes ago)

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 91 points 18 hours ago

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

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

I wonder if we'll see enough users for interactive communities to take off. I'm into literate erotic roleplay (basically cowriting smut), but there's never been enough folks on the fediverse for me to try to get into it.

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[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 31 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours 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)

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 49 minutes ago

That's so sad. It was not a sub to sell anything but to help and comfort those who need it in this space.

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[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 186 points 21 hours 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.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 21 minutes ago

You... see who's in charge, right? Republicans always target LGBTQ+ folks for "pornographic" violations.

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 30 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 47 points 16 hours ago

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

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

A baby is a cream pie that has finished cooking.

[-] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Oh that's the most vile and gut wrenchingly nauseating comment i read all year. Well done and well said.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

Porn is made by actors who sometimes roleplay scenes that aren't actually real.

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