Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

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      I’ve heard it was a popular discussion place people would go to. Even called the front page of the internet because it was the first and best source for compiled news and information. Its CEO had some quotes that showed how important free flow of information was.

      “I don’t think we should silence people just because their viewpoints are something we disagree with. There is value in the conversation, and we as a society need to confront these issues. This is an incredibly complex topic, and I’m sure our thinking will continue to evolve.”

      “We are not the thought police. It’s not the role of a private company to decide what people can and cannot say.”

      He was also forward thinking in designing an open forum, controlled by individuals.

      “Our approach to governance is that communities can set appropriate standards around language for themselves. Many communities have rules around speech that are more restrictive than our own, and we fully support those rules.”

      Wait, that sounds more like the Fediverse.

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      A Reddit is when you destroy a social media platform because you’re angry with its users. It’s a common billionaire or wannabe billionaire move.

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      One of those dead websites like Digg, MySpace, Livejournal etc.

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    Not just porn! Since reddit only has one such tag you can apply to posts, many subreddits were using the NSFW tag for a wider variety of reasons such as spoilers, content which may contain unsettling material (aka “triggers”), and more!

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      The stoners on Reddit got screwed - many of the weed subs got the banhammer, and the rest got NSFW’d because spez wants Reddit as G-rated as Disney for the IPO.

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      To be fair, there’s been a site wide spoiler tag for a few years now, but yeah before it was introduced people used NSFW for that if a community didn’t allow actual NSFW stuff or whatever

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      It’s not all NSFW. The Synology community I followed went full NSFW in protest and I can still view their subreddit. I cannot view subreddits such as watchitfortheplot. So somehow Reddit is differentiating.

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        Well I know they forced some subreddits go back to SFW if it was obvious the NSFW was just to protest. Maybe that’s the case for the subreddit you’re looking at?

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          NSFW means no ads as well.

          I also remember the announcement was sexually explicit content won’t be served through the api, so they must have a way to differentiate then.

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      t porn! Since reddit only has one such

      It is only porn for now. NSFW content like injuries or triggers like you said aren’t part of it

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        How does reddit tell the difference? Is it just nsfw communities not in the api or all nsfw posts? There is no discrepancy at least in the UI between NSFW gore and NSFW tits.

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        users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

        the OP literally said it’s for all NSFW contents.

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    This is the true final blow to third party apps.

    I noticed they did something similar to the mobile website. Even with appropriate content blockers there’s absolutely no way you can see sexually explicit content on mobile without their app.

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        Or use old.reddit.com too.

        Interesting calculus here. Before the r/pocalyspe I’d have said old-reddit was on a 3 month clock to being summarily retired

        They also likely lost way more users than they anticipated through the blackouts, and might just let old-reddit be to protect their numbers until the IPO. As long as its not on default Main page, I doubt the advertisers will care. They’ll kill it when they can do so quickly and quietly

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          Last I heard, iThings weren’t allowed to have other browsers, everything just had to be a different UI on top of Safari.

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            Wow that’s awful. I didn’t think I could hate apple anymore than I have been for the last 17 years (I still remember the time my friend tried copying my music collection to is ipod and itunes deleted the entire folder)

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        I’d recommend setting one’s own browser to automatically redirect to old.reddit.com for the occasion they might need to find that rare technical solution/see sum tiddies.

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      I just did a quick test with the DuckDuckGo browser. Didn’t seem to have any issues loading a bunch of NSFW posts. You have to be signed in though, but I think it’s been like that for quite a while now.

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      They even do the same thing with SFW posts, they just say it’s “unreviewed content” or whatever.

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        Honestly, it seems what Reddit has been doing lately is far worse than anything Digg ever did. 🤷‍♂️ Digg basically just made a bunch of bad design decisions primarily but not entirely to please investors, and the majority of changes were not welcomed by the community.

        Reddit is straight up disrespecting their userbase and telling them to suck a fat one and deal with it, holding to their miserable decisions while openly suggesting their userbase is too weak to go anywhere else… And also doing so primarily to please misguided investors.

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          I feel like Splez is dramatically overestimating his position. Pretty wild to tell your most dedicated users to basically fuck off.

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            Yup. I was a user (different username) since 2008. I haven’t been back since June 12. I used Reddit daily. Even on vacation. Even on vacation in Europe when I’d be connected to Wi-Fi.

            See ya.

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              I was also there since 2008, and was a heavy user. I’ve checked in a few times in the past month (a lot of my more niche communities haven’t moved over yet), but I don’t comment or interact anymore. Once Relay dies it’s off my phone (it’s already lost the homescreen shortcut), and if old.reddit dies I’m done forever.

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              Same, and also an OG Reddit user. My Reddit use has probably went down at least 75% since Apollo stopped functioning. The official app UI is so bad that it’s not even worth me scrolling through all the ads or fighting the horrible layout to try and find the stuff I’m looking for.

              I now only check the desktop site maybe once a day. And funnily enough most of my favorite subs have been dead since before July 1st anyway. I would love to see Reddits metrics because there’s no way they haven’t felt this dropoff, even if most of the TikTok crowd continues to consoom the big meme subreddits.

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              Years ago I had a successful website based on the API of a growing site which has since become pretty large. The main founder/CEO was pretty prominent in the community at the time and clearly thought that he was an amazing person. His attitude reminds me of how Splez has acted to the Apollo dude… rather than think “hey, thanks for adding something to the community, we appreciate it and could work together” he seemed to think we were interlopers who stole something from them and were using it unfairly. I think for both of them there’s a feeling that successful outside developers demonstrate the CEO’s inadequacy at meeting the needs of users. Plus on a personal level, Splez is this nerd who looks like he’s from an Advice Animal meme and the Apollo guy looks like he could be on a TV show.

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    You still can if you’re a subreddit mod, so I just did this:

    1. Create your own private sub
    2. You become a mod! Yay!
    3. NSFW now works on 3rd party app
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    People should start mirroring Reddit porn to the appropriate fedi hubs. Porn is how tech grows; hate it or love it.

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    I always struggled with looking at the porn because my erection would get in the way. Thank you for reading and have a great day

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    RIP In Pieces Reddit. This is what will finally kill that site.

    So how’s the pr0n scene on Lemmy? Asking for a friend.

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        Using the connect app, how do I change my instance? It only seems to have 3 underneath it allows me to switch to, I can’t manually enter anything in the instance settings?

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          Not sure on connect. But what I personally do, I’ve made 2 accounts, one on each. And put them on liftoff inside of a secure folder. That way, I don’t have to necessarily search for what I want. I can just pop on to them and see what jumps out at me.

          Nevernind, I had connec ti stalled. If yiu want separate accounts. Just open the app, click at the top left and add the accounts there.

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          I heard somewhere but have no source, that porn was the driving reason behind VHS becoming so popular.

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            Porn may have been one factor, but the bad recording times on beta are what really killed it. Here is a series of four videos detailing the differences between beta and VHS. And there was plenty of porn available on the beta.

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            Streaming video as well. I remember when YouTube was new and PornHub was just straight up the best video host on the internet. People were uploading their SFW videos there because the buffering was so much better.

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            Imagine spending a thousand dollar right now on technology that has two standards not compatible and who knows if it is going to even work just so you could consume one type of media in the privacy of your home. Which media would be worth this great expense and risk?

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              Reminds of HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. During that time I bought into neither thankfully. I recall thinking HDDVD was the way to go but didn’t wanna invest in either.

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          The market is already pretty saturated, though. There are so many other places to view this type of content and in a better format than a link aggregator.

          Like, wouldn’t Pornhub be a more streamlined way to look at porn? Or whatever other porn website?

          I never understood the appeal of porn on reddit. I always just blocked the porn subs and went about my business.

          Having said all that, I totally agree that it should be allowed or perhaps even encouraged. It’s a free and open system - let the people do what they want. Even if I personally don’t understand the appeal.

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              People are pretty fond of the grassroots movement for independent creators to strike their own on reddit. Onlyfans is a good website for creators to monetize their content, but I don’t believe it does much for growing their following. Pornhub has gotten better for smaller creators but so many things are lost in their terrible tagging and indexing that they’re lost in the flood.

              Topical community environments like reddit on the other hand let’s them show their specific content to a group that’s primed to like it. Mods are keeping the focus narrowed, so you’re less likely to compete against the same reposted clip from a decade ago that has little connection to the tags affixed. Pretty similar reasons for why it did so well on Tumblr as well.

          • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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            You’re probably right. I think it matters more to content creators than consumers? Like, posting porn to Reddit is often advertising? And like anything, people must get some form if satisfaction interactions on specialty subs. You can’t just go to Pornhub and upload your favorite foot porn, right? Get upvotes, get that tiny dose of dopamine. Get to comment about how beautiful the girl is, hoping maybe she’ll like your complement more than the other thirsty guys’.

            Social media, man. Interaction, even meaningless… it’s its own drug.

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            in a better format than a link aggregator.

            Wouldn’t that also apply to any image content then (like comics, memes, infographics, etc)? It doesn’t stop it from being popular. The important thing is simply finding a site that allows your specific content and that doesn’t heavily compress it.

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        Anyone can just create a porn instance, so why not as long as it’s moderated (and hopefully not full of illegal content)?

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    Remember to leave a review on the official reddit app regarding it’s porno abilities - if there’s anything google/iOS app stores love more than anything it’s an abundance of apps dedicated to viewing porn

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    That was like, half the reason I used reddit, lol. Otherwise it’s just a shithole full of “aHkshUaly” people.

    Take your clothes off, or give me something actually interesting and insightful to read, or fuck right off.

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    Lmao this puritanical turn from all these tech companies over the last 5-6 years I don’t get it. All they are going to do is speed self-immolation. What is happening to the internet.