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 @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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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 20 points 3 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@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] whytho@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago

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

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

of course we're on pawb.social lmao.

based instance

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 points 2 hours ago

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

SpoilerHave way better sources for that, you know 😏

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 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...

🤔

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 11 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] TheFin@leminal.space 4 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] Shape4985@lemmy.ml 94 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 19 points 8 hours ago

Reminds me of an old favorite CollegeHumor video comedy skit series - "A Message From Your Favorite CEO" featuring the Tumblr CEO...

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[–] hector@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 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)

[–] delgato@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago (4 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.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Is erowid still good? I have it enshrined in the back of my head as the place for plant info

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Erowid is still good, though I wish there was a little more info about current operations and projects outside of maintaining the experience report database. As far as I can tell, both Erowid Monthly and Erowid Extracts are dead, Ask Erowid is dead, DrugsData is not currently receiving samples, etc.

There's reason to play some stuff close to the chest, obviously, but there used to be more activity than just the experience database, and it's sad to see the other functions languish. But as a repository of drug information it's still pretty great.

A newer good harm reduction/info site is tripsit.me, which also has a trip sit via chat service. Can't speak to the quality of the chat service, over something like the Fireside Project which has been around for a while now, but the infosheets on tripsit are pretty good.

Edit: Ugh, going through the other Erowid sections again...beginning to think I need to step up and see if they want more volunteers. Lots of dead links where Wayback can probably help a ton, the Character vault can probably be expanded quite a bit, etc. But this all might just be the focus moving on a bit. I just wanted to see Ralph Metzner's blog, since you hear so much about Tim Leary and Ram Dass but Metzner was right there with 'em.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Erowid is used by researchers still AFAIK. Notably on MDMA research (they teamed up with MAPS).

https://www.erowid.org/references/refs.php?C=MDMA%2F

Here's one using it from last year: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39712538/

[–] codenul@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

havent heard of 'Erowid' in a minute. Great memories back then, simpler times

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 76 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 23 points 9 hours ago (2 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

hello and welcome!

this cesspit is less bad!

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 8 points 8 hours ago (2 children)
[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

hopefully the fact lemmy is more decentralized should avoid another digg or reddit situation

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[–] superkret@feddit.org 28 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 41 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 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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[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 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@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

It’s on the list for project 2025.

[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 hours ago

No porn. No weed.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Overwatch r34 ban

So you have chosen death by a thousand exoduses

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 157 points 14 hours ago (23 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.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (8 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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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

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

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