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A lot of people are saying it's revenge porn. How would it be revenge porn, specifically?
Publicly posting or showing sexually explicit images of someone you don't like without their consent in order to hurt their reputation or shame/humiliate them is revenge porn. Most of the time the person doing the posting is a former lover, but it's not exclusive to former lovers. It can also be done by schoolmates (like bullies for example), coworkers, family members, political rivals, etc.
Thank you. I've always assumed that it was specific to a former lover or at least personal relationship. I can't think of any cases I've heard of that weren't.
The reason it's more common with former lovers is because they're the most likely person to have access to the victim's nudes due to the past relationship. So it is rare for it to happen with other people, though it's not unheard of.