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(one of the older non-granular breakdowns was NSFW versus NSFL)
Yeah we need to bring that back
The problem with that distinction has always been advertisers. Letting users label content for adults is one thing, letting users specifically say their content involves disturbing content seems like a tacit approval of the behavior. Most advertisers have little interest in doing business with those platforms
Which is to say that lemmy might have an opportunity there because the platform is less ad centric!
It's a little naive to assume there's zero advertising on lemmy. Plus at some point someone has to pay to keep the lights on here, especially if we're going to continue growing. Historically we have seen that users don't like to pay for content and that advertisers will pay to be on the platform
I mean we're already discussing porn, so I'll just point out most of the "gonewild" posters are just advertising their onlyfans. Do you think every single article posted here is done so with pure intention? Several of the popular apps for lemmy have banner ads. I hate ads more than the average person (in real life not on lemmy) and even I acknowledge that you'll never escape them. Even when you totally ban them, they still will be present
I think we all know there's going to be a few bigger instances that people use for lemmy and those ones will eventually resort to ads to keep the lights on. Historically, that doesn't cause users to run away screaming and lemmy instances not federated with the most popular instances will face a tough uphill battle retaining users
It works* for peertube, one of the largest (if not the largest) instance is bestgore.
*depending on your definition of "works"
On lemmy we need a third: DCAL Don't Care About Linux