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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by dragontamer on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @08:46AM (#36585955)
When these social networks became connected to ones professional career.

Let's say you are a marketing director for (small video game company) and are using social media (Twitter, Reddit, etc. etc.) to market, network and hype your games.

Suddenly, porn appears. Possibly your characters in the game get rule34'd. Do you engage?

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by animuchan on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @09:34AM (#36586423)
I see what you mean, but specifically for a small video game company this is a potential goldmine of free advertising.

Maybe if you're developing a spreadsheet app or some such, then sure.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by dragontamer on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @09:38AM (#36586483)
> potential goldmine of free advertising.

No one is going to sacrifice their 30+ year career for a bit of free advertising to a video game that you're only going to put 1 or 2 years more into.

I think "mainstream" porn is accepted for the most part. But you don't have to go very far before people ask "How old is that character by the way?" and then everything goes to shit.

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