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0 pointsmjr003y ago0 comments

You have to wonder how long that's going to last, though, as Reddit is in the same situation of quietly tolerating pornographic content while not explicitly promoting it.

The worst possible outcome for Reddit is that this move shines light on how many porn communities exist on reddit, which causes media scrutiny, which causes advertisers to bail or threaten to bail, which causes Reddit to ban NSFW subreddits, which spells the end of Reddit.

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rchaud3y ago

Reddit tolerates porn because the customer base for their ads product are overwhelmingly no-name companies that aren't in a position to dictate content standards.

jabroni_salad3y ago

more like it will be mastercard that bails. I wonder how many redditors that upload thtemselves have a form 2257 on file.

aaronmdjones3y ago

I wouldn't imagine 18 USC 2257 applies to people posting themselves to Reddit. Among other things, subsection a(2) requires that the content be mailed or shipped in interstate or foreign commerce, or intended to be. In other words, the law targets commercial pornography.

midoridensha3y ago

>which spells the end of Reddit.

This would probably be a good thing for the world, except for the loss of the NSFW subreddits. All the "normal" subreddits are cesspools.

fknorangesite3y ago

> All the "normal" subreddits are cesspools.

How dare you say this about my /r/DaystromInstitute

mrexroad3y ago

Haha, I recently discovered this sub after a decade+ of being off reddit. Good god.

achenet3y ago

nah, there are some good ones. The mechanical keyboard and ergomechkeyboards ones are fun to browse, bodyweightfitness is generally good, and I've started exploring the music production one recently, it looks nice.

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