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This is just my opinion, but anything that makes advertising revenue no longer no longer a dependency could potentially be a viable path if properly thought out
by LinuxBender 4y ago
This is just my opinion, but anything that makes advertising revenue no longer no longer a dependency could potentially be a viable path if properly thought out now that Twitter is a privately held company and there are fewer investors with voting input. Adult content could be one path but there are a few obstacles.
One potential obstacle would be existing investors in the middle east that would not want to be associated with something that breaks their laws and conflicts with their ethics. I suspect those investors would have to cash out first. Or perhaps things have evolved and this is no longer an issue?
Another potential obstacle that could be overcome is a payment processor. Elon could probably find a way around this, but corporate banking payment processors will threaten to drop Twitter should they accept payments for adult entertainment. Perhaps Elon would embrace this and just require everyone to use the virtual currency of his choice? Does Elon own any currency exchanges? Perhaps another way around this would be to split Twitter into multiple companies similar to how Facebook is under Meta and Google is under Alphabet. Twitter legacy could remain with Mastercard/Visa and Twitter Ultraviolet could use virtual currencies.
Another obstacle for a mainstream platform to officially support the financial aspect of the adult entertainment industry would be the compliance with the 2257 [1] regulations and associated verification. Not impossible but there would have to be an entire org in Twitter that manages this. This is why I dumped one of my forums. I am too lazy to do everything required to be compliant. Twitter could probably manage this however.
My favorite part of this is the required changes to HR training. Everyone except for the people at that table are prohibited from viewing porn at work. We received some inquisitive looks from everyone else.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_film_industry_regulations#2257_regulations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adult_film_industry_regulation...