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These past couple years must have beaten all records in censorship So we are cool with political censorship, scientific and medical censorship, covid... But se

These past couple years must have beaten all records in censorship So we are cool with political censorship, scientific and medical censorship, covid... But sex censorship adjacent is the thing we need to investigate A lot of the points have nothing to do with 'Silicon Valley' since it broadly reflects society views. It seems more a hint that someone wants 'Silicon Valley' to manipulate society views I don't think anyone has any problem finding sexual content Also I don't think we want sex related content being forced on us 24/7

int_19h 5y ago
Or, maybe, we're not cool with any censorship? And nobody is suggesting that sex-related content should be forced on anyone 24/7. But there's no reason why one shouldn't be able to find and join a group on, say, FB that caters to such things.
- alanwreath 5y ago
  Some things should be censored, just like some things should not be promoted or given air time. I'm sure that even though you stated "we're not cool with any censorship", even you can find something. And given previous statements here, the second that Steam or any other platform knows you're an adult they will not stop suggesting "adult" themes/products to you. Advertisers don't need to wait and gauge whether you will respond well to sexualized material. It's a given that you most likely will. There is no problem with publishing or finding erotic material on the internet. The reverse, however, is much harder problem. Anyone that has tried to create a platform with content sharing knows this. So, yeah: Sex censorship does harm everyone, because it saps resources from actual product development. But boy oh boy please keep doing it. Trim out the noise, many appreciate it.
  - int_19h 5y ago
    You're missing the point. It's not about "erotic material" at all! It's about discussions on topics related to sexuality. The sex work angle here is not about sex workers finding clients - it's about them being able to discuss their work in general. Not to mention that whole thing where anything "gay" is automatically "sexual" etc.
    - alanwreath 5y ago
      The point I mentioned still stands. There are plenty of places where discussions of the sort you mentioned are allowed and encouraged. There is more need to allow for heterogenous topic hubs than to homogenize everything into one hub. That’s already happened by virtue of the content being available on the web.
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int_19h 5y ago

Or, maybe, we're not cool with any censorship? And nobody is suggesting that sex-related content should be forced on anyone 24/7. But there's no reason why one shouldn't be able to find and join a group on, say, FB that caters to such things.

alanwreath 5y ago
Some things should be censored, just like some things should not be promoted or given air time. I'm sure that even though you stated "we're not cool with any censorship", even you can find something. And given previous statements here, the second that Steam or any other platform knows you're an adult they will not stop suggesting "adult" themes/products to you. Advertisers don't need to wait and gauge whether you will respond well to sexualized material. It's a given that you most likely will. There is no problem with publishing or finding erotic material on the internet. The reverse, however, is much harder problem. Anyone that has tried to create a platform with content sharing knows this. So, yeah: Sex censorship does harm everyone, because it saps resources from actual product development. But boy oh boy please keep doing it. Trim out the noise, many appreciate it.
- int_19h 5y ago
  You're missing the point. It's not about "erotic material" at all! It's about discussions on topics related to sexuality. The sex work angle here is not about sex workers finding clients - it's about them being able to discuss their work in general. Not to mention that whole thing where anything "gay" is automatically "sexual" etc.
  - alanwreath 5y ago
    The point I mentioned still stands. There are plenty of places where discussions of the sort you mentioned are allowed and encouraged. There is more need to allow for heterogenous topic hubs than to homogenize everything into one hub. That’s already happened by virtue of the content being available on the web.

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