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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 @lefty7283@lemmy.world):

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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[-] hector@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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)

[-] kylian0087@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

That's so sad. It was not a sub to sell anything but to help and comfort those who need it in this space.

[-] delgato@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

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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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 day ago

The subs are back up for the record. According to an admin, it was a glitch.

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago

😂 like that Facebook "glitch" that banned any inclusive terms and force-followed Trump on people's profiles? Lol these fuckers

[-] almost1337@lemm.ee 48 points 1 day ago

The glitch being they got caught and people complained

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

How were they ever not getting "caught" lol

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[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago

I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out they're making a ban list for all these communities, but the 'glitch' was that someone turned it on before whatever PR move/manufactured scandal they were going to use to justify it was ready to go.

Or this was just a test fire to see how people would react.

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[-] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Lol they still didn't ban r/piracy?

That's so surprising, I thought it would be one of the first ones to go...

🤔

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[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 89 points 2 days ago

This has been predicted for many years. Most were expecting it to happen before the IPO, since investors are afraid of porn.

They had also been gradually heading down this path for a long time, making porn harder and harder (heh) to find and view.

[-] Michal@programming.dev 31 points 1 day ago

It's not only porn. Today i google-image searched a skin condition. Most results were reddit links, but i wasn't able to open any of them without their app as the subreddits were apparently 18+!

I wasn't able to view any of the information as i refuse to install the app. Google should deprioritize the results that can't be viewed in the browser.

[-] frosty99c@midwest.social 28 points 1 day ago

You should still be able to navigate to those posts by changing the link to old.reddit.com. But I assume that will go away at some point too.

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

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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[-] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

Reddit is preparing to surrender to somebody who does not want NSFW content on their site in an attempt to appease advertisers. Possibly Musk.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 44 points 1 day ago

The anti-porn conservatives have always been about controlling women.

That woman who founded OnlyFans driving around in 10 different Lamborghinis, that's their worst fucking nightmare.

Before that, it was that one lady whose husband died and then she discovered massive oil reserves under her land.

That kind of stuff is an existential threat to the patriarchy, which conservative control freaks must preserve at any cost.

They cannot allow women to become self-sufficient and thereby self-determinative. Otherwise, who will take care of the men, and raise the men's babies?

[-] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago

Literally why witch hunts existed. It was just a way for authorities to expropriate the wealth of some random dowager who won't remarry (and therefore automatically cede all property to her new husband).

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

It’s on the list for project 2025.

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[-] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 day ago

Spez: "Daddy Elon wants me to get rid of all the twitter critical and trans related subs. How can I do it without it being too obvious?"

Snoo Lackey: "Easy. What we'll do is ban a load of morally grey subs like porn and drug related ones along with the twitter critical and trans ones. Then, when the predictable uproar kicks off, we'll wait awhile then announce it was all a terrible mistake and we'll reactivate all the porn ones. We just won't reactivate the twitter critical or trans ones. Because lets be honest - no one really cares and as long as the simpletons have their wank bank back, they'll neither notice nor care either!"

Spez: "Brilliant!"

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[-] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 46 points 1 day ago

Reddit accelerates it's own downfall

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[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Overwatch r34 ban

So you have chosen death by a thousand exoduses

[-] Mechaguana@programming.dev 32 points 2 days ago

Wonder how this move went for tumble

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[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just following in Tumblr's footsteps. They have to sanitize it to fully monetize it.

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