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i can't stand megathreads -- no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

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[-] mamaMiata@lemmy.world 448 points 1 year ago

This may be an unpopular option since I've already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I'd like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing "PORN" on my screen.

At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

[-] DrMango@lemmy.world 142 points 1 year ago

I saw a post about a community created here called "pixel passport" which I thought was a hell of a lot better that "earth porn."

[-] ImOnLemmyWow@lemmy.world 106 points 1 year ago

EarthPixels. CarPixels. PornPixels. HistoryPixels. This could work.

[-] MrPear@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Those are great names! I would subscribe to more communities with names like that.

[-] LemmyRefugee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

OnlyPixels sounds great, too, for a general community of nice everything.

[-] Asraelite@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Voat, when it was still around, had this same discussion and settled on using _Pix for everything.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What a wild site that was, some real loons were on it, but I did appreciate the fact it wasn't so overly moderated. At the end though it just felt like a sanctuary of hate that had driven out most of the sane people.

[-] MrPear@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I really like that name. Way better than Earthporn. Thank you for sharing, I subscribed!

Link: !pixelpassport@lemm.ee

[-] TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Indeed. I like 'Earthporn' too, but I think it should be all nature pictures that look like genitalia and suchlike. Rocks or trees that look like penises for example.

[-] Skiv@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago

Damn, I had forgotten how obnoxious that was on Reddit. Blocked all of those years ago because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos.

[-] z500@startrek.website 28 points 1 year ago

It never bothered me per se, but it's definitely awkward to come across some chapter of human suffering on r/HistoryPorn.

[-] finthechat@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Blocked all of those years ago

Hey, me too.

because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos

These subs lost all value years ago when they just became karma-laundering fronts.

[-] Dagnet@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

Couldn't agree more. It sucks to try to bring someone to a new platform and go "you love decorating right? Then check /r/roomporn! No no, it's not porn I swear... Sigh"

[-] GONADS125@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Nothing like someone peaking over your shoulder and seeing you're browsing r/AnimalPorn....

I totally agree with you. Hopefully lemmy can be a little more mature with community names. (Yeah, yeah.. I know the hypocrisy of my username.. It's my gamertag)

[-] average650@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I agree. I think it's terrible name, and ti just invites unnecessary drama.

[-] Romdeau4@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Do you mean actual NSFW content or things being called “_____ porn” like “unix porn” or “fight porn”?

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 27 points 1 year ago

not op but they mean the latter

[-] DontAskAboutUpdog@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There is (was?) a ”nosillysuffix” sub that would aggregate all those *porn subs.

[-] slicedcheesegremlin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I agree, but I also think that porn should still be welcome here. The issue is there needs to be better control over it entering the feeds, not that the communities themselves should be abolished.

[-] ApatheticAlligator@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago

I think the above commenter is referring to stuff like EarthPorn or FoodPorn or UnixPorn

[-] slicedcheesegremlin@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

Oh duh I always hated the names of those subs. The only thing worse are subs like InterestingAsFuck and NextFuckingLevel which always gave the same vibes as a Watchmojo video.

[-] th0mcat@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

BeAmazed

no. fuck you.

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

always gave the same vibes as a Watchmojo video.

Oh, that's because those subreddits were literally astroturfed and the mods were shills making money off of the products being shown off.

[-] Lemmypy@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

he is referring to subs like foorporn/cableporn etc. which are not actually porn

[-] RivenRise@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've tried a couple apps and it looks like they're trying to at the very least not have uncensored porn on your all feed. So that's a step up.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

On Lemmy? I block multiple porn subs a week that are popping up on my feed. It feels relentless to me.

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] kosure@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I agree on the names, but I'm really missing that kind of content. The ________porn communities from Reddit were a treasure trove of stuff.

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Funny you say that cause I've been here less than a day and already have seen more porn in All than I ever did on reddit's /r/all.

[-] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We have a completely separate instance dedicated for NSFW. So that may be a reality

[-] wolfcatreader@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I sometimes block them within the app. I use Liftoff.

[-] SpaceToast@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

That and the unnecessary profanity.

Subs like nextfuckinglevel. It just seems so immature.

[-] frokie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Wait till you hear how much I learn and engage with the world in r/animetitties

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