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 @[email protected]):

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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] RizzRustbolt 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 39 minutes ago
[–] [email protected] 34 points 7 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 19 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 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...

🤔

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 117 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] JDPoZ 24 points 12 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...

[–] [email protected] 85 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 13 hours ago (6 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

r/drugs has been banned?? That was one of my favorite place on Reddit back in the days :(I haven't found a community for that here :(

(Edit: Drug Reddit was amaziiing, especially r/shrooms r/trees r/dxm | can't really start a community because I'm not regular enough in this area, I guess that's a good thing)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Same, when I was a teenager it was Erowid for all my questions, then r/drugs in college. I also loved r/tooktoomuch, which had the best life lessons to offer.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

OK but how the FUCK did r/forcedcreampie survive the purge?

[–] [email protected] 45 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Under the New Founding Fathers, forced cream pies are ok, willing abortions are not.

[–] I_Miss_Daniel 1 points 3 hours ago

A baby is a cream pie that has finished cooking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Oh that's the most vile and gut wrenchingly nauseating comment i read all year. Well done and well said.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Porn is made by actors who sometimes roleplay scenes that aren't actually real.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan 173 points 18 hours ago (16 children)

r/transgender_surgeries wasn't porn. It was a community outlet for results so people could understand what to expect. Queer folk always get swept up with porn, cishet only see us as a "kink" and assume our existence is entirely sexual.

It's fucking infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

Queer folk always get swept up with porn, cishet only see us as a “kink” and assume our existence is entirely sexual.

This is the whole point of these porn bans is to remove queer people from the internet. The porn cover just allows it to happen. So whenever you see anything about porn bans think queer ban first and then some porn removal that comes right back

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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 22 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

My guess is that they’re expecting some new federal anti-porn legislation and are prepping for that. Porn is already basically outlawed in much of the south, (if not explicitly, then implicitly due to how many hoops porn makers need to jump through), and republicans have made it clear that they want to bring conservative policies at the federal level so liberal states can’t overrule them.

[–] sleepmode 8 points 9 hours ago

It’s on the list for project 2025.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

that's funny because I was banned for saying fireworks in Brampton Ontario

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

of course we're on pawb.social lmao.

based instance

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

It's funny because I watch zero NSFW content on Reddit or Lemmy.

SpoilerHave way better sources for that, you know 😏

[–] billwashere 28 points 15 hours ago (7 children)

Yeah this worked out great for OnlyFans, Tumblr, and Flickr. At least OnlyFans was smart enough to remember which side their bread was buttered on.

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[–] [email protected] 243 points 20 hours ago (6 children)

Man, I hope lemmynsfw is ready, lol

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Overwatch r34 ban

So you have chosen death by a thousand exoduses

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