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/r/interestingasfuck forced open, lowers its standard of what qualifies as "interesting", gets flooded with adult content [NSFW within two clicks] (www.reddit.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Iron_Lynx to c/maliciouscompliance

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I think the title speaks for itself.

EDIT: UPDATE: So apparently the former r/jailbait mod that is The CEO purged the sub’s mods and forced the sub to re-reopen under the old rules.

Mission failed! We’ll get them next time!

EDIT2: aaaaaaand the sub's archived and no longer accepts new submissions. The garbage fire keeps going....

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[–] Apoidea 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They are clearly itching to ban NSFW content site wide (paid API doesn't even include NSFW posts). This sort of thing might make a good excuse.

But at the same time, who is going to enforce that? The unpaid moderators you just fired? LOL

[–] sirboozebum 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A lot of their users would leave.

It was why spez championed subs like /r/jailbait staying open until they got bad publicity in the mainstream press.

[–] beanz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why does reddit consolidating all nsfw content delivery under its website and first party app suggest they want to stop NSFW content?

[–] lich_hegemon 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

They don't want to deal with the legal implications of it. Spez has said ad nauseum that they don't want to risk 3PA providing NSFW content to users that Reddit is not allowed to serve because they don't want to be held responsible for that. Especially now that some US states are requiring actual ID verification for 18+ content.

While Spez is a lying weasel, I don't doubt that Reddit is worried about NSFW-related lawsuits, bad press, and ad revenue impact.

And, the next step after having control of the content is to further restrict it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

i would say that nsfw content as well as grey legal content was a big part of reddits appeal. Frome homemade porn to piracy and dnm how tos up to documentation of current wars filled with gore.

It felt like users were relatively well considered self responsible adults, unlike on other platforms.

Losing that is another loss of value. all the while nsfw bans are difficult to enforce without enough moderators.

[–] regeya 7 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I simultaneously don't blame them, and suspect a high amount of their traffic comes from NSFW forums. Allegedly Spez was a /r/Jailbait mod and if so, eww, he should have known better.

I wouldn't blame them for trying to find a way to monetize the NSFW content, because it's become a dumping ground for Onlyfans promotion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Reddit could require some kind of verification on the account level and still allow 3rd party apps to work though. Seems like an excuse or they are just being lazy.