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Wow, that seems like a sign of desperation, doesn't it? I wonder how the other backers of the Twitter deal feel about financing pornography. This includes Mor
by consumer451 2y ago
Wow, that seems like a sign of desperation, doesn't it?
I wonder how the other backers of the Twitter deal feel about financing pornography.
This includes Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, MUFG, Société Générale, Mizuho Bank, BNP Paribas, and the KSA.
- SassyBird 2y agoWhat a world we live in that allowing NSFW content is seen as desperation, while monetisation through ads isn’t.
- atonse 2y agoBut it does change the whole feel of a site and make it not palatable to large swaths of users. Because it's one thing if you can say "I just won't follow porn accounts" – it's a whole other thing if the feed is also algorithmic. So now there's a non-zero chance that scrolling through will result in something pornographic? For the record, I have no issue with that type of content, but there's a sense of "time and place" and having it separated. If not properly gated (via special accounts that can be filtered out, etc, or profiles that have ratings baked in), this can become a mess very quickly.
- joseda-hg 2y agoYou have to specifically show NSFW on twitter, assuming the filter works, at worst you get the blurred edges of an image
- bcrosby95 2y agoYes, a world we've lived in for the past 100+ years.
- consumer451 2y agoIt seems desperate because, for example, KSA is the second largest investor in X. Porn is illegal in KSA. So this is going to get a bit awkward. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_the_Middle_East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_the_Middle_East
- verticalscaler 2y agoThe Middle East including KSA are some of the top consumers of porn per capita, especially gay porn. And Dubai is sin city. They happily invest in all manner of unislamic things, it is good to be the king. How are you so naive.
- lancesells 2y agoHow would that matter to their investment fund? Like Twitter doesn't host undesirable things towards the middle east and religions and everything else.
- lifeinthevoid 2y agoWould not be hypocritical at all, bet those execs never watch porn.
- burnished 2y agoProbably great? Looks like this will end up with better labeled risque material.
- nickthegreek 2y agoThis isnt new. Twitter has allowed adult content for a very long time.
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