this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2025
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Something big is happening, as Reddit seems to have purged literally every NSFW sub they know. Reason is always "unmoderated" despite some of the banned subreddits being fully moderated.


Edit: seems to have been a bug in automation (thanks @lefty7283@lemmy.world):

https://old.reddit.com/r/ModSupport/comments/1ii67mt/_/mb3fewv

It's still a good reminder on how quickly a community (or communities) thousands of people enjoy and in some cases rely upon can disappear.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 2 points 35 minutes ago

You mean all my reddit porn is now gone?

Fuck it. They all should migrate to Lemmy. There was some hard to find porn that I haven't saved yet...

[–] fmtx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I see they're following the Tumblr model:

  • Get bought at overinflated values.
  • Ban all NSFW content.
  • Users leave and seek NSFW content elsewhere.
  • Valuation plummets.
  • "Actually, moderating NSFW is really hard you guys. We're just going to try best efforts moderation only."
  • Sell at near total loss.
  • There is still NSFW content on the platform, and the policy is used as a cudgel against LGBTQ accounts.
[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] vertis@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

I don't think this is really tinfoil hat. I'd like to see they explain how it just happened to remove that subset and not other things.

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Did they? I just looked and my porn multi is still full of everything I expect it to be.

[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Reddit is run by big business and greedy corporate America. When it went public for the stock price to make even more money then it did before, I left that place.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

According to a post from our Admin, in the small instance I'm in there has been a sudden influx of new users (about 200) in the last day or so (as new users have to be approved, somebody is getting cramps on their approve finger).

(Guess Anarchism and Piracy could technically count as NSFW in most workplaces, especially the latter)

[–] Eyedust@sh.itjust.works 15 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Good news to me. I can watch reddit and twitter self destruct from the comfort of the Fediverse. Welcome home, fellow refugees.

[–] khaleer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They would rather hop into another corpo boat instead of choosing an instance.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 39 minutes ago

Some would, some would rather go to Lemmy.

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago
[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 25 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I welcome all the porn y'all want to post ....

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] plzExplainNdetail@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago

Or is it just the typ?

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 49 points 12 hours ago

I don't care about NSFW subs per se, but they're useful canaries in the coal mine. If they're gone gone, it's a fine indicator of what's about to come next.

[–] sheetzoos@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago

First they came for the NSFW, and I did not speak out—because I was not NSFW.

[–] whytho@lemm.ee 23 points 13 hours ago

this was literally why i still kinda used reddit. welp hello lemmynsfw!

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 135 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Remember when tumblr got rid of porn and everyone stopped using it.

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 30 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Reminds me of an old favorite CollegeHumor video comedy skit series - "A Message From Your Favorite CEO" featuring the Tumblr CEO...

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 49 minutes ago

Miss that series so much

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol they still didn't ban r/piracy?

That's so surprising, I thought it would be one of the first ones to go...

🤔

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 25 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Since when is drinking rum, singing sea shanties, and downloading content hidden behind a monthly subscription in 4k illegal?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 98 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

in other news, lemmy's NSFW instances see an influx of users

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder if we'll see enough users for interactive communities to take off. I'm into literate erotic roleplay (basically cowriting smut), but there's never been enough folks on the fediverse for me to try to get into it.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 minutes ago

Can it be Linux themed?

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