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Also, the whole issue that sparked Tumblr's decision was illegal content, and Pornhub most likely has the resources and technical capability to detect and remov

Also, the whole issue that sparked Tumblr's decision was illegal content, and Pornhub most likely has the resources and technical capability to detect and remove it quickly, whereas Tumblr was a ghost town of moderation that attracted the worst types of content. Of course, Tumblr needed a sheriff but they chose a nuclear weapon and the rest is history.

Hamuko 7y ago
Isn't Pornhub filled to the brim with illegal content as it is?
- nickthegreek 7y ago
  by illegal, I believe the poster was mostly referring to child or violent content as opposed to copyright.
- arcticbull 7y ago
  My understanding is that they and their subsidiaries actually own a lot of the content that you're probably thinking is "illegal" or "copyright infringing" [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek
  - Hamuko 7y ago
    I've seen a lot of like "boutique" porn videos on PornHub that seem to have come from small-ish porn sites. Don't really know if PornHub owns the rights to those. Also, I've also seen some foreign porn flicks there and I also had my doubts about those.
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falcolas 7y ago
Illegal content? I am under the impression that it was more about the advertiser unfriendly content.
GrumpyNl 7y ago
There is more illegal content on pornhub then any other site.
- jklinger410 7y ago
  Citation needed
  - iamthatiam 7y ago
    See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19819608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19819608
beager 7y ago
Tumblr has the resources and technical capability to detect and remove illegal content quickly, and the resources to identify adult content in general. I firmly believe that the issue is in monetizing the adult content, which Yahoo, Oath, and Verizon did not seem to want to do. By removing it, you don't have to host it anymore, and a greater proportion of your traffic is monetized.
- holy_city 7y ago
  >I firmly believe that the issue is in monetizing the adult content, which Yahoo, Oath, and Verizon did not seem to want to do Working in the adult content space will get your business blacklisted from mainstream content. No one is going to have official relationships or work on exclusive deals for your platform if their content is going to be side by side with pornography, or even perceived to be alongside it.

Hamuko 7y ago

Isn't Pornhub filled to the brim with illegal content as it is?

nickthegreek 7y ago
by illegal, I believe the poster was mostly referring to child or violent content as opposed to copyright.
arcticbull 7y ago
My understanding is that they and their subsidiaries actually own a lot of the content that you're probably thinking is "illegal" or "copyright infringing" [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek
- Hamuko 7y ago
  I've seen a lot of like "boutique" porn videos on PornHub that seem to have come from small-ish porn sites. Don't really know if PornHub owns the rights to those. Also, I've also seen some foreign porn flicks there and I also had my doubts about those.
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falcolas 7y ago

Illegal content? I am under the impression that it was more about the advertiser unfriendly content.

GrumpyNl 7y ago

There is more illegal content on pornhub then any other site.

jklinger410 7y ago
Citation needed
- iamthatiam 7y ago
  See this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19819608 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19819608

beager 7y ago

Tumblr has the resources and technical capability to detect and remove illegal content quickly, and the resources to identify adult content in general. I firmly believe that the issue is in monetizing the adult content, which Yahoo, Oath, and Verizon did not seem to want to do. By removing it, you don't have to host it anymore, and a greater proportion of your traffic is monetized.

holy_city 7y ago
>I firmly believe that the issue is in monetizing the adult content, which Yahoo, Oath, and Verizon did not seem to want to do Working in the adult content space will get your business blacklisted from mainstream content. No one is going to have official relationships or work on exclusive deals for your platform if their content is going to be side by side with pornography, or even perceived to be alongside it.