Hard to moderate. Brings influencers and bots. Doesn’t contribute anything that can’t be easily found elsewhere.
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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Anything that can cut down on the ability to monetize a platform is worth it.
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Because we dont want to moderate porn, simple as that. Other instances are free to do this differently.
@Marv IMO we need some NSFW instances. It wouldn’t be a problem with the rest of lemmy/kbin because it’s easy to filter out communities/magazine or entire instances.
There is a legitimate demand for NSFW content. And NSFW content can be a decisive factor in the success of a platform. (See Tumblr vs Twitter, photographs on instagram, etc.) Sex workers are also a vulnerable group and one of the goals of the fediverse is to provide a place for marginalized groups.
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BUT, it needs moderation and moderating NSFW is hard, exhausting and time-consuming. Not everyone wants to do that. Also when I say NSFW content, it doesn’t have to be porn bot posting content they don’t own. It could be OC only, a photograph community that allows nude models, etc. Unlike porn dumps communities, those are important places to have.
Edit: Also research the history of switter, it’s very interesting. And one of the big failures of the fediverse. We should learn from it.
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I'm fine with no porn. It gets so tiring seeing porn and pseudo-porn everywhere.
Porn should stay in dedicated instances so it can be blocked. NSFW tagging is unreliable at best.
Agreed. Power to anyone who wants surprise porn intermixed with their memes and tech news, but I’d like the choice to keep that separate without blocking all NSFW content.
I don't need that while I'm on the train
Many of us do not want porn, so it only makes sense that porn goes into specific instances that people who do not want porn can block out. It's a freedom of choice thing.
Personally, I don't see why we'd want to bring erotica to Lemmy.
There's already an abundance to be found on other platforms. Why load moderators with the tasks of filtering porn? If one must watch porn so desperately -- why not go to porn sites? I don't see the point.
I find it better to use my imagination anyway. Not thinking any less of people who want to watch porn, you do you, but I find the industry itself rather appalling. In the end, I don't see why we'd want to bring all trouble porn entails here.
I don't use reddit for p0rn, but the fact is that a lot of reddit users won't consider lemmy an option unless there's porn.
Actually, I think it's important to have one also because it's better to compartmentalize that shit on its own dedicated instance, anyway.
PSA: WE NEED A PORN INSTANCE. Any takers?
If I had the means, I'd honestly try to run an instance on Tor or something.
And then probably shut it down after a week because how do you deal with all the spam?
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Because that would end up making a good portion of potential users feel uncomfortable using the site. There is no lack of pornography on the Internet, go look at it elsewhere.
it's blocked in your instance, others allow it
Go set up your own instance and never raise this subject here again
Not sure why your getting downvoted. That’s the beauty of the fediverse lol
I think its the "never raise this subject here again" Comes off as a bit aggressive.
Absolutely fair, I see that now lol
Never realized this was a lemmy.ml post. Got confused with the downvote there. As beehaw where I'm from has no downvotes.
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When you say "this site", do you mean lemmy in general, or lemmy.ml(your home instance)? Because lemmy in general DOES allow nsfw content, its just that no one (to my current knowledge) had been willing to start+moderate a NSFW instance yet. If you think you are up to it, you are more than welcome to spin up your own instance. Just remember you still have to follow all the laws regarding server hosting where you live(or where the server is hosted maybe? Idk I'm not a lawyer).
Thanks for the response. Still learning how lemmy works. I just followed a link I was sent thinking it was lemmy in general and not just this instance.
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Is it really though?
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