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Reddit is one of the most-used pornography sites on the internet, mostly because it's mixed in with a much larger amount of non-pornographic content so can't be
by fffv 3y ago
Reddit is one of the most-used pornography sites on the internet, mostly because it's mixed in with a much larger amount of non-pornographic content so can't be filtered by the usual domain-blocking tools. Children are certainly accessing porn via both the website and apps that use the Reddit API.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the first step towards removing all the pornography off Reddit entirely, for good reason as much of it is very extreme and not something children should be looking at at all really. And even more of it is degrading to women, depicting them just as holes to fuck. It was worse in the past too, with so-called "jailbait" subreddits and pornographic images of dead women, which were only removed after a considerable amount of pressure on the admins. Really makes one wonder what their priorities are.
- scrum-treats 3y agoThis is correct.
- cmdli 3y agoWhere are they accessing porn that doesn’t already restrict all of Reddit? I feel like schools wouldn’t allow either.
- LikesPwsh 3y agoHome computers/mobiles with parental controls, for example.
- nullindividual 3y agoThis isn't the first step. The first step was to reduce visibility by removing NSFW porn subreddits from /r/all.
- nemothekid 3y agoYou cannot access NSFW content from third party apps, such as apollo, without logging into reddit.com and changing a setting. If the goal was to remove porn, then just enforce higher moderation standards. Removing porn from the API doesn't give the impression of "we want to make the site safer to use", it's communicating "if you want your smut, use the official app so we can blast you with ads". I have my own qualms with the "protect the children" argument that everyone hides behind for their distaste of porn and this is why; it's never about protecting children; it's about controlling other people. If you view reddit's motivation as driving people towards to the official app where they can be monetized, then these actions make the most sense. If you delude yourself into think they are doing this to protect children, then why are they acting so inefficiently? Reddit already has precedence for banning crude subreddits.
- faangsticle 3y agoOr you could parent your children instead of relying on Big Tech to do it for you.
- wiseowise 3y agoWill someone think of children?!!
- networkchad 3y ago[dead]