Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

  • magnolia_mayhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    732·
    1 year ago

    People should start mirroring Reddit porn to the appropriate fedi hubs. Porn is how tech grows; hate it or love it.

      • Sc00ter@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Ok can I add this server to my profile some how? Or do I need a new account? The fediverse confuses me

        • Move to lemm.ee@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          As long as you have nsfw content enabled and your instance is federated with it (you’ll have to check since some instances do not federate with porn lemmys due to legal concerns). The list of federated and blocked instances for your instance is listed in the “Instances” link in the footer of your instance.

          If you find that you are indeed federated with it, you can subscribe to its comms simply by finding them in the search feature on your own instance. They will then be visible on your homepage when you sort by “subscribed”.

        • HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          On desktop, logged into whatever instance on which you have an account, select “All” (instead of local) on the main page. This will enable you to see all communities on all instances. Click the subscribe button on the right to subsribe to a community. Note that the community doesn’t have to live on your home server for you to subscribe. Federation makes it so that different instances can share information with each other. Not sureif theresyet a wayto do the above on any of the lemmy phone apps.

          Edit: instance as in lemmy instance as in website. For example my home instance is reddthat.com.

        • priapus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          That site is just a normal lemmy instance, it just has a custom design. You can still sub to the communities from their on your current account, or you can make a porn alt on that instance.

  • trouser_mouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    671·
    1 year ago

    I always struggled with looking at the porn because my erection would get in the way. Thank you for reading and have a great day

  • Methylman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    1 year ago

    Remember to leave a review on the official reddit app regarding it’s porno abilities - if there’s anything google/iOS app stores love more than anything it’s an abundance of apps dedicated to viewing porn

    • Rhaedas@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      I’ve heard it was a popular discussion place people would go to. Even called the front page of the internet because it was the first and best source for compiled news and information. Its CEO had some quotes that showed how important free flow of information was.

      “I don’t think we should silence people just because their viewpoints are something we disagree with. There is value in the conversation, and we as a society need to confront these issues. This is an incredibly complex topic, and I’m sure our thinking will continue to evolve.”

      “We are not the thought police. It’s not the role of a private company to decide what people can and cannot say.”

      He was also forward thinking in designing an open forum, controlled by individuals.

      “Our approach to governance is that communities can set appropriate standards around language for themselves. Many communities have rules around speech that are more restrictive than our own, and we fully support those rules.”

      Wait, that sounds more like the Fediverse.

    • TheSaneWriter@vlemmy.netEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      A Reddit is when you destroy a social media platform because you’re angry with its users. It’s a common billionaire or wannabe billionaire move.

    • Rusty@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      One of those dead websites like Digg, MySpace, Livejournal etc.

  • saltybrownsfan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    595·
    1 year ago

    That was like, half the reason I used reddit, lol. Otherwise it’s just a shithole full of “aHkshUaly” people.

    Take your clothes off, or give me something actually interesting and insightful to read, or fuck right off.

  • NAETE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    1 year ago

    Lmao this puritanical turn from all these tech companies over the last 5-6 years I don’t get it. All they are going to do is speed self-immolation. What is happening to the internet.

  • DrMango@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    1 year ago

    Not just porn! Since reddit only has one such tag you can apply to posts, many subreddits were using the NSFW tag for a wider variety of reasons such as spoilers, content which may contain unsettling material (aka “triggers”), and more!

    • Meldroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      The stoners on Reddit got screwed - many of the weed subs got the banhammer, and the rest got NSFW’d because spez wants Reddit as G-rated as Disney for the IPO.

    • ScoobyDoo27@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      It’s not all NSFW. The Synology community I followed went full NSFW in protest and I can still view their subreddit. I cannot view subreddits such as watchitfortheplot. So somehow Reddit is differentiating.

      • minnow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Well I know they forced some subreddits go back to SFW if it was obvious the NSFW was just to protest. Maybe that’s the case for the subreddit you’re looking at?

        • varzaman@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          NSFW means no ads as well.

          I also remember the announcement was sexually explicit content won’t be served through the api, so they must have a way to differentiate then.

    • neoman4426@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      To be fair, there’s been a site wide spoiler tag for a few years now, but yeah before it was introduced people used NSFW for that if a community didn’t allow actual NSFW stuff or whatever

      • Ducks@ducks.devEnglish
        31·
        1 year ago

        How does reddit tell the difference? Is it just nsfw communities not in the api or all nsfw posts? There is no discrepancy at least in the UI between NSFW gore and NSFW tits.

      • Lemmin@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

        the OP literally said it’s for all NSFW contents.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    472·
    1 year ago

    RIP In Pieces Reddit. This is what will finally kill that site.

    So how’s the pr0n scene on Lemmy? Asking for a friend.

      • Indie@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Using the connect app, how do I change my instance? It only seems to have 3 underneath it allows me to switch to, I can’t manually enter anything in the instance settings?

        • Resistentialism@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Not sure on connect. But what I personally do, I’ve made 2 accounts, one on each. And put them on liftoff inside of a secure folder. That way, I don’t have to necessarily search for what I want. I can just pop on to them and see what jumps out at me.

          Nevernind, I had connec ti stalled. If yiu want separate accounts. Just open the app, click at the top left and add the accounts there.

          • Indie@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Thanks. That eventually what I did. My brain seemed to ignore the option icon when clicking my username, and I was just looking below in the profile label and the settings label.

            Hilarious that once I read a post about adult material, I seemed to somehow motivate myself until I figured it out. Confused if that’s a good quality or not. Lol

            • Resistentialism@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              You’re welcome.

              Life truly works in mysterious way. Happy wanking, fella.

              I’d say it’s a good quality. Just bear in mind, I haven’t seen too many videos, and that’s my preferred method of viewing material.

        • tbblake@lemmy.worldEnglish
          83·
          1 year ago

          I heard somewhere but have no source, that porn was the driving reason behind VHS becoming so popular.

          • Jon Von Basslake@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Porn may have been one factor, but the bad recording times on beta are what really killed it. Here is a series of four videos detailing the differences between beta and VHS. And there was plenty of porn available on the beta.

          • Sharkwellington@lemmy.oneEnglish
            41·
            1 year ago

            Streaming video as well. I remember when YouTube was new and PornHub was just straight up the best video host on the internet. People were uploading their SFW videos there because the buffering was so much better.

          • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Technology Connections did a REALLY good series of videos on VHS vs Betamax a few years back (and it is fun, if only because it was before he felt comfortable being incredibly snarky on camera).

            But the gist is: no. That is a myth. Betamax had porn too. The real reasons VHS won were that it had a better licensing agreement for third parties, the physical format made it easier to see if the rental was rewound (so you could charge if it wasn’t), and it allowed for higher capacity recordings (so sports).

            If you have a way to monetize? Porn is nice. The rental shops with the cowboy doors in the back tended to do better than the ones that only had Air Bud 51516161616. But, increasingly, the business model of social media (and the internet as a whole) is built around ads and sponsors. And even the dick pills companies tend to not like advertising alongside straight up porn. And all the incels and puritans even make advertising next to “hot tub streams” risky (even if you can often see much more risque stuff on billboards along the interstate…).

            And of the companies that decided “porn wins the internet”: Tumblr is a shadow of its former self once it got rid of all the good stuff. Snapchat and Instagram have always walked a VERY fine line with very strict moderation. And OnlyFans and PornHub are pretty much at the mercy of credit card companies even letting people spend money there.

            Not sure the benefits to locking it behind an app (or clicking the desktop site button in firefox) but between this and the ongoing “protests”? I wouldn’t be surprised if porn is straight up off reddit within the next year.

          • afraid_of_zombies2@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            1 year ago

            Imagine spending a thousand dollar right now on technology that has two standards not compatible and who knows if it is going to even work just so you could consume one type of media in the privacy of your home. Which media would be worth this great expense and risk?

            • tbblake@lemmy.worldEnglish
              31·
              1 year ago

              Reminds of HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. During that time I bought into neither thankfully. I recall thinking HDDVD was the way to go but didn’t wanna invest in either.

        • kava@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          1 year ago

          The market is already pretty saturated, though. There are so many other places to view this type of content and in a better format than a link aggregator.

          Like, wouldn’t Pornhub be a more streamlined way to look at porn? Or whatever other porn website?

          I never understood the appeal of porn on reddit. I always just blocked the porn subs and went about my business.

          Having said all that, I totally agree that it should be allowed or perhaps even encouraged. It’s a free and open system - let the people do what they want. Even if I personally don’t understand the appeal.

          • Ludo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            51·
            1 year ago

            That’s true for most professional varieties of porn, but it’s amateur content direct from the makers that’s the unique niche. I’m sure there are plenty of other places that do that as well though. Personally I never cared about porn on reddit either.

            • Timn@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              People are pretty fond of the grassroots movement for independent creators to strike their own on reddit. Onlyfans is a good website for creators to monetize their content, but I don’t believe it does much for growing their following. Pornhub has gotten better for smaller creators but so many things are lost in their terrible tagging and indexing that they’re lost in the flood.

              Topical community environments like reddit on the other hand let’s them show their specific content to a group that’s primed to like it. Mods are keeping the focus narrowed, so you’re less likely to compete against the same reposted clip from a decade ago that has little connection to the tags affixed. Pretty similar reasons for why it did so well on Tumblr as well.

          • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.socialEnglish
            42·
            1 year ago

            You’re probably right. I think it matters more to content creators than consumers? Like, posting porn to Reddit is often advertising? And like anything, people must get some form if satisfaction interactions on specialty subs. You can’t just go to Pornhub and upload your favorite foot porn, right? Get upvotes, get that tiny dose of dopamine. Get to comment about how beautiful the girl is, hoping maybe she’ll like your complement more than the other thirsty guys’.

            Social media, man. Interaction, even meaningless… it’s its own drug.

          • anonymous_bot@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            in a better format than a link aggregator.

            Wouldn’t that also apply to any image content then (like comics, memes, infographics, etc)? It doesn’t stop it from being popular. The important thing is simply finding a site that allows your specific content and that doesn’t heavily compress it.

      • XiELEd@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Anyone can just create a porn instance, so why not as long as it’s moderated (and hopefully not full of illegal content)?

  • ZoraZ@lemmy.mlEnglish
    462·
    1 year ago

    You still can if you’re a subreddit mod, so I just did this:

    1. Create your own private sub
    2. You become a mod! Yay!
    3. NSFW now works on 3rd party app
    • Spellbind8558@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Which app are you using? On boost it tries to load (even non NSFW) but it does not load the posts.

      Edit: NVM, Took a while but SFW and NSFW posts indeed are still loading on boost, for various accounts of mine.

      • redfellow@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        The way the block works is that NSFW content works as it used to, but subs tagged by admins as porn will not.

    • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Also be sure to put a bunch of stupid shit in your sub to make the site more lame. Post about how it’s lame and people should use Lemmy or Kbin instead.

    • Hildegarde@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Reddit couldn’t meet their own deadlines. I’m using infinity on android, and its still working, at least to view content when logged out.

      The apps that don’t work either chose to close, or had their their api keys revoked.