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Hmm, this raises the question: why hasn't Pornhub (or anyone) started a successful X-rated Tumblr clone yet? The demand seems to be there.

levi0214 7y ago
Yeah, I was thinking exactly the same question. This also raises other questions: What is the difference between Pornhub and a pornographic Tumblr? What is the essential demand behind the demand for a pornographic Tubmlr? A very interesting phenomenon is that since Tumblr announced the ban on adult content, many bloggers have turned to Twitter instead of Pornhub.
- shiningdays 7y ago
  I think the difference is in branding/positioning, and therefore the mental state of the person engaging with the site and creating content. Porn = male gaze-y[1], intentionally and overtly about sexual gratification, less about exploration A free-wheeling blog site = a place open to the exploration of a number of different aspects of identity, of which sexuality is one of them. In short: If Pornhub were to create a tumblr clone, they'd inherently be enticing people to _produce porn_ rather than producing content which might happen to be somewhat pornographic. There's a huge mental barrier there for lots of people, even if they happen to enjoy viewing porn or producing sexually explicit imagery. [1] Yes I know women watch porn, the default assumption of porn viewership is still a cis male audience
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- Traubenfuchs 7y ago
  The difference is that each tumblr was curated individually and there were also lots of image focused/exclusive tumblrs. This curation by hand + sometimes extremely narrow definition of a tumblrs content allowed one to find exactly what one wanted. Pornhub is like a swamp, content wise.
Cthulhu_ 7y ago
Is there a demand for an NSFW-only Tumblr alternative, or was it the mix of content that made Tumblr popular? I mean personally I think if e.g. pornhub were to launch a product like that, they should make sure that it's not associated with PH or pornography directly. That creates a stigma - "oh, it's that porn blog" - which in my outsider's perspective was never Tumblr's identity.
- okmokmz 7y ago
  Anecdotally, the only people I know that used tumblr used it exclusively for porn, lewds, kinks, etc.
guardian5x 7y ago
There have been multiple.
bazooka_penguin 7y ago
Who's paying for it?
- okmokmz 7y ago
  Users. Paid porn is huge, I'm sure they would have no problem providing it as a paid service. They already have pornhub premium which is apparently very successful >Pornhub Premium launched in 2015, and now has more than 1 million signups. That's nearly the number of people who subscribe to the Showtime channel's streaming service. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-interesting-things-might-not-141704415.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-interesting-things-might-n... >According to various reports, currently, the porn industry’s net worth is about $97 billion. This money is enough to feed at-least 4.8 billion people a day. Every year, Hollywood releases roughly 600 movies and makes $10 billion in profit. And how much porn industry makes? 13,000 films and close to $15 billion in profit. The porn industry makes more money than Major League Baseball, The NFL and The NBA combined. https://medium.com/@Strange_bt_True/how-big-is-the-porn-industry-fbc1ac78091b https://medium.com/@Strange_bt_True/how-big-is-the-porn-indu...

levi0214 7y ago

Yeah, I was thinking exactly the same question. This also raises other questions: What is the difference between Pornhub and a pornographic Tumblr? What is the essential demand behind the demand for a pornographic Tubmlr? A very interesting phenomenon is that since Tumblr announced the ban on adult content, many bloggers have turned to Twitter instead of Pornhub.

shiningdays 7y ago
I think the difference is in branding/positioning, and therefore the mental state of the person engaging with the site and creating content. Porn = male gaze-y[1], intentionally and overtly about sexual gratification, less about exploration A free-wheeling blog site = a place open to the exploration of a number of different aspects of identity, of which sexuality is one of them. In short: If Pornhub were to create a tumblr clone, they'd inherently be enticing people to _produce porn_ rather than producing content which might happen to be somewhat pornographic. There's a huge mental barrier there for lots of people, even if they happen to enjoy viewing porn or producing sexually explicit imagery. [1] Yes I know women watch porn, the default assumption of porn viewership is still a cis male audience
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Traubenfuchs 7y ago
The difference is that each tumblr was curated individually and there were also lots of image focused/exclusive tumblrs. This curation by hand + sometimes extremely narrow definition of a tumblrs content allowed one to find exactly what one wanted. Pornhub is like a swamp, content wise.

Cthulhu_ 7y ago

Is there a demand for an NSFW-only Tumblr alternative, or was it the mix of content that made Tumblr popular? I mean personally I think if e.g. pornhub were to launch a product like that, they should make sure that it's not associated with PH or pornography directly. That creates a stigma - "oh, it's that porn blog" - which in my outsider's perspective was never Tumblr's identity.

okmokmz 7y ago
Anecdotally, the only people I know that used tumblr used it exclusively for porn, lewds, kinks, etc.

guardian5x 7y ago

There have been multiple.

bazooka_penguin 7y ago

Who's paying for it?

okmokmz 7y ago
Users. Paid porn is huge, I'm sure they would have no problem providing it as a paid service. They already have pornhub premium which is apparently very successful >Pornhub Premium launched in 2015, and now has more than 1 million signups. That's nearly the number of people who subscribe to the Showtime channel's streaming service. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-interesting-things-might-not-141704415.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-interesting-things-might-n... >According to various reports, currently, the porn industry’s net worth is about $97 billion. This money is enough to feed at-least 4.8 billion people a day. Every year, Hollywood releases roughly 600 movies and makes $10 billion in profit. And how much porn industry makes? 13,000 films and close to $15 billion in profit. The porn industry makes more money than Major League Baseball, The NFL and The NBA combined. https://medium.com/@Strange_bt_True/how-big-is-the-porn-industry-fbc1ac78091b https://medium.com/@Strange_bt_True/how-big-is-the-porn-indu...