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>We do not allow adult content I just expressly wanted to un-thank you for this. Sincerely hope you would either change this - or fail. It's 2019, and "adult"

>We do not allow adult content I just expressly wanted to un-thank you for this. Sincerely hope you would either change this - or fail. It's 2019, and "adult" content creators could do with less of this nonsense. Erotic content creators (let's call things what they are) drink coffee too.

HatchedLake721 7y ago
I don’t believe it’s up to them, but their payment processor. E.g. if you would use Stripe for adult content, you wouldn’t be able to process any payments at all quite quickly.
Babiker 7y ago
No, it's ok, we've had enough of your filth. I, on the other hand, would like to thank them for this.
- WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
  > your filth That got personal, I like selling adult books like Don Quijote, Brave New World and 1984... but keep getting banned on other platform.
- munmaek 7y ago
  Why such a puritanical view? When payment providers rescind access at whim, nobody wins.
- romwell 7y ago
  >No, it's ok, we've had enough of your filth 1. Who is "we"? 2. What my filth? 3. Game of Thrones, until the unfortunate last season, has been one of the most successful ever, and it was notorious for "adult" content (read: sex and violence). It is mainstream. So please get off the high horse, there is clearly enough demand and acceptance of "adult" content in mainstream culture. Individual artists would benefit from the ability to get paid in the case they don't luck out and get HBO to back them, though.
- serf 7y ago
  I downvoted you, for a number of reasons. 1) There is no collective 'we' 2) there is no collectively defined 'filth' 3) 'your filth' seems like a personal attack. I hope they figure out how to include everyone in their service, rather than a discriminatorily chosen group of people at their payment processors' whims. Meanwhile payment processors are okay with 'filth' at every other level of their businesses -- don't paint them as wholesome, they're just legally cautious. Also, for the sake of this discussion, let's re-evaluate what adult content is; it's not just pornography.
throwthisaway2 7y ago
Supply, demand ... i think pornhub and others have cornered that market. Unless theres a feature that is lacking. As far as i know porn is lucritive, so what is not being provided that you need. Dont force others to support adult content if they dont want to, and will not force you to stop participating in it if you want. Its teally not that important of an industry.
jijosunny 7y ago
We hate to do this, but payment providers have clear terms around hosting adult content. I sincerely hope this will change one day.
- romwell 7y ago
  Thanks for the response and consideration - and my apologies for wrongly assigning the blame. Several questions: 1. Which payment providers specifically? 2. What do you mean by "hosting", and what are the rules? 3. Do I understand it correctly that adult content creators can use your service as long as their actual buymeacoffee.com page does not show "adult content" 3a. If so, it would be better if you clarified this with a <see more> link after the "no adult content" blurb. 4. Since the restrictions come from payment providers, you would be better off telling what the restrictions are and where they come from to avoid confusion.
  - meddlin 7y ago
    If I had an upvote button, I would on this response. I was critical of your previous comment, but these are the questions I think deserve an answer for this general concern. Good on you, and thank you for asking them.
    - OnlineGladiator 7y ago
      > If I had an upvote button You don't have an upvote button?
      - paulcole 7y ago
        FWIW, I’m in the same boat. Something got mixed up on the backend and they gave me two downvote buttons by mistake.
      - meddlin 7y ago
        I used to, but did something change a while back with how HN handles profiles and upvotes? I just don't see an upvote button...maybe I really, really don't see it? lol
meddlin 7y ago
That's a bit jilted, no? It might not be the popular stance, or even one the founders philosophically/morally agree with individually. However: - They appear to be forthright with this information. (That's certainly better than terminating users.) - Aren't they at the mercy of the payment processor? If the demand still stands for a "buy-me-a-coffee-for-erotic-content", then couldn't anyone else create that service? I empathize with your frustration, but I reject the sentiment that Buy Me a Coffee has intentionally done anything wrong.
- romwell 7y ago
  That was absolutely jilted, but I think we made amends in the above comment thread :)
  - meddlin 7y ago
    Sure did :) and I went back to mention that in a later comment. It's all good!
dannytatom 7y ago
like someone else said, it's likely not up to them. i had looked into starting a market place for that kinda stuff, since they're constantly kicked off of every other platform. but almost no payment processor allows you to do it.

HatchedLake721 7y ago

I don’t believe it’s up to them, but their payment processor. E.g. if you would use Stripe for adult content, you wouldn’t be able to process any payments at all quite quickly.

Babiker 7y ago

No, it's ok, we've had enough of your filth. I, on the other hand, would like to thank them for this.

WrtCdEvrydy 7y ago
> your filth That got personal, I like selling adult books like Don Quijote, Brave New World and 1984... but keep getting banned on other platform.
munmaek 7y ago
Why such a puritanical view? When payment providers rescind access at whim, nobody wins.
romwell 7y ago
>No, it's ok, we've had enough of your filth 1. Who is "we"? 2. What my filth? 3. Game of Thrones, until the unfortunate last season, has been one of the most successful ever, and it was notorious for "adult" content (read: sex and violence). It is mainstream. So please get off the high horse, there is clearly enough demand and acceptance of "adult" content in mainstream culture. Individual artists would benefit from the ability to get paid in the case they don't luck out and get HBO to back them, though.
serf 7y ago
I downvoted you, for a number of reasons. 1) There is no collective 'we' 2) there is no collectively defined 'filth' 3) 'your filth' seems like a personal attack. I hope they figure out how to include everyone in their service, rather than a discriminatorily chosen group of people at their payment processors' whims. Meanwhile payment processors are okay with 'filth' at every other level of their businesses -- don't paint them as wholesome, they're just legally cautious. Also, for the sake of this discussion, let's re-evaluate what adult content is; it's not just pornography.

throwthisaway2 7y ago

Supply, demand ... i think pornhub and others have cornered that market. Unless theres a feature that is lacking. As far as i know porn is lucritive, so what is not being provided that you need. Dont force others to support adult content if they dont want to, and will not force you to stop participating in it if you want. Its teally not that important of an industry.

jijosunny 7y ago

We hate to do this, but payment providers have clear terms around hosting adult content. I sincerely hope this will change one day.

romwell 7y ago
Thanks for the response and consideration - and my apologies for wrongly assigning the blame. Several questions: 1. Which payment providers specifically? 2. What do you mean by "hosting", and what are the rules? 3. Do I understand it correctly that adult content creators can use your service as long as their actual buymeacoffee.com page does not show "adult content" 3a. If so, it would be better if you clarified this with a <see more> link after the "no adult content" blurb. 4. Since the restrictions come from payment providers, you would be better off telling what the restrictions are and where they come from to avoid confusion.
- meddlin 7y ago
  If I had an upvote button, I would on this response. I was critical of your previous comment, but these are the questions I think deserve an answer for this general concern. Good on you, and thank you for asking them.
  - OnlineGladiator 7y ago
    > If I had an upvote button You don't have an upvote button?
    - paulcole 7y ago
      FWIW, I’m in the same boat. Something got mixed up on the backend and they gave me two downvote buttons by mistake.
    - meddlin 7y ago
      I used to, but did something change a while back with how HN handles profiles and upvotes? I just don't see an upvote button...maybe I really, really don't see it? lol

meddlin 7y ago

That's a bit jilted, no? It might not be the popular stance, or even one the founders philosophically/morally agree with individually. However: - They appear to be forthright with this information. (That's certainly better than terminating users.) - Aren't they at the mercy of the payment processor? If the demand still stands for a "buy-me-a-coffee-for-erotic-content", then couldn't anyone else create that service? I empathize with your frustration, but I reject the sentiment that Buy Me a Coffee has intentionally done anything wrong.

romwell 7y ago
That was absolutely jilted, but I think we made amends in the above comment thread :)
- meddlin 7y ago
  Sure did :) and I went back to mention that in a later comment. It's all good!

dannytatom 7y ago

like someone else said, it's likely not up to them. i had looked into starting a market place for that kinda stuff, since they're constantly kicked off of every other platform. but almost no payment processor allows you to do it.