Re:Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
by wolco2 on Monday December 14, 2020 @02:26PM
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Most popular media sites do not allow adult content, nudity or other forms. Instagram,tiktok,facebook,apps stores while others like youtube may allow some suggested content if logged in but many would not classify these as porngraphic but more content geared towards adults. Whatever porngraphic material can be found is in the process of being removed.
Re:Pornhub just purged all unverified content from the platform
by jchw on Monday December 14, 2020 @03:48PM
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I was talking about Facebook and Twitter. Admittedly, I am used to the world where these services basically define social media. I think I am a bit too old to be in the demographic TikTok seems to be appealing to.
Still, Facebook and Twitter just have way more content and users than porn websites, and it’s going to be easier to fly under the radar. Twitter accounts with fewer than 500 followers are basically invisible.
Of course, banning pornography really does roughly solve this problem, but it’s a pretty nuclear solution... (I would prefer a world where we’re less weird about erotic content, not more. I get why it’s complicated, but I still think we can do better.)
- Most popular social media websites allow adult content in some forms.
- It is no easier to tell illicit content from legal content on one site versus another.
- There is likely not just far more content, but far more adult content on Twitter and Facebook than dedicated porn websites.
- Sites like Twitter and Facebook better facilitate private conversation (presumably.)
I don’t think you can make money on Pornhub without verification, so there’s probably not a money incentive to intentionally post illicit content. In fact I’m not entirely sure why you would at all, but my best guess is in hopes of trading with others. In that case, social media is actually perfect: draw people in with carefully constructed fronts, do dealings in private groups and try to fly as much under the radar as possible.
It’s hard to say and probably silly to speculate but I just don’t see the point of using a pornography website for this.