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Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by tatami »

Consultant32452 wrote: post #114
DisruptiveDave wrote: post #91

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I always giggle at the concept that Reddit is anti-corporate, because they are the easiest people to advertise to if you do it correctly. Generally speaking, they already pre-assemble into groups that are very often themed by patronage to the Corporate Gods (marvel, GoT, video games, whatever), and it becomes their entire identity.

Yesterday Youtube switched me over to this model. On the home page now it primarily recommends subscribing to "topics" rather than individual channels. For example, I regularly look up recipes on Youtube, so it has suggested I subscribe to the "cooking" topic as opposed to Alton Brown, Tasty, etc. I have two "modes" though which I use Youtube. The first is searching for the answer to a specific question such as how t…

These YouTube topics are hilarious, I regularly get the recommendation for the "Pets" topic filled with cooking videos.

But content-wise, it does not feel much different than the usual "recommended videos" section.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by CryptoBanker »

burgerzzz wrote: post #168
DoreenMichele wrote: post #163

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I didn't say porn was being criminalized. Just curious, can you give me a list of good resources for sex education?

How much education do you really need for safe sex?

More education is never a bad thing. Especially in a topic this important

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by kartan »

zaksoup wrote: post #96
kartan wrote: post #92

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https://www.reddit.com/r/hailcorporate started to gain some momentum and was killed fast. My guess is that the professional community, people that earn money manipulating/contributing paid-content to Reddit, is quite big. Or, at least, their impact is really big. Most people are just readers and Reddit professionals have time, motivation and knowledge to game the system. I have fun reading Reddit. And I read it very…

> [...] and was killed fast. I'm /r/OutOfTheLoop... what happened that Hail Corporate was killed?

> what happened that Hail Corporate was killed?

As has happened with other subs, it began to be full of extreme opinions on one side and the reasonable posts were downvoted in the other.

So, you end up with a toxic environment where it is difficult to have a rational conversation.

I am really grateful for the moderation done in Hacker News. I have seen also that kind of strategy tried here. Controversial posts being promoted to the main page and fake extreme opinions show up in the comments. But, the post is flagged a later removed. That stops the anger to spread to real users.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by zimpenfish »

no1youknowz wrote: post #21

If I were Pornhub, I'd really low-ball them. After all Verizon wrote down the purchase by 30%? [0] and I'm sure they just want rid by now. So between 10% - 50% is a good offer. On Pornhubs side, it's essentially a steal. They could very well foster a good atmosphere when it comes to porn and then offer through their mindgeek advertising platform access to Tumblr for their marketing affiliates. These marketing affilia…

On the other hand, when I'm wanting to browse my Tumblr feed in public, I'm not mad keen on seeing Pornhub-style ads. Some of the existing perfume ones were bad enough with their half-naked models.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by [deleted] »

Hamuko wrote: post #84
michaelchisari wrote: post #76

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Also, the whole issue that sparked Tumblr's decision was illegal content, and Pornhub most likely has the resources and technical capability to detect and remove it quickly, whereas Tumblr was a ghost town of moderation that attracted the worst types of content. Of course, Tumblr needed a sheriff but they chose a nuclear weapon and the rest is history.

Isn't Pornhub filled to the brim with illegal content as it is?

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Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by pests »

huffmsa wrote: post #149
olivermarks wrote: post #30

pornhub is one of Mindgeek's properties. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MindGeek I've never understood their business model - they seem to host endless illegally uploaded porn yet more and more porn seems to be being created. Not clear where the money is made ultimately. Mindgeek dominate the online porn world which gets huge traffic. https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2018-year-in-review Tumblr was historically another…

It's basic freemium. They own the tubes and the content producers. Give away a lot for free, offer premium stuff. It's not illegally uploaded, MG owns most of the underlying copyright, and they do revenue share with others. People pay.

Exactly. Porn has always led some form of tech innovation.

PornHub now offers purchasable videos now competing with manyvids who owned the space before.

There is also a premium subscription ala Twitch with monthly recurring. Live, a chaturbate competitor, with tokes and everything.

Really they are a huge industry powerhouse with a large marketing and PR department. They are also pretty good with tech. It reminds me of how Netflix or Facebook stumbled into being a top tier tech company just due to business needs.

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Post by nkkollaw »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #163
nkkollaw wrote: post #161

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How is porn criminalized? If anything, it's the opposite. Pornstars are heroes for kids nowadays, we should be trying to avoid kids getting their sex education from PornHub, not favor even more exposure.

I didn't say porn was being criminalized. Just curious, can you give me a list of good resources for sex education?

I can't, I'm 37 with no kids.

I can tell you that PornHub isn't one of them, though.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by DoreenMichele »

nkkollaw wrote: post #177
DoreenMichele wrote: post #163

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I didn't say porn was being criminalized. Just curious, can you give me a list of good resources for sex education?

I can't, I'm 37 with no kids. I can tell you that PornHub isn't one of them, though.

Everything I've ever read indicates that the widespread and ready availability of porn serves as excellent sex education. It is considered to be responsible for the end of the "That's not my bellybutton!" type joke levels of lack of basic knowledge of how sex even works at all. Its availability also has been shown to reduce the incidence of sexual assault.

There are certainly downsides. For example, it can lead to various unrealistic expectations concerning looks and predilections of a partner.

But my understanding of life, the universe and everything is that porn serves to fill a much needed role in basic sex education that we have yet to find another way to fill. Furthermore, comments here suggest that bringing back NSFW Tumblr will be different from actual commercial porn. The manner in which it is likely to be different is likely to be a positive antidote to some of the problems porn does have.

NSFW Tumblr is likely to be ordinary people expressing themselves without looking or acting like porn stars. It is much more likely to provide realistic expectations for what a partner is likely to look like, as well as serve as a space for personal exploration for sexual expression.

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Post by nicc »

DoreenMichele wrote: post #178
nkkollaw wrote: post #177

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I can't, I'm 37 with no kids. I can tell you that PornHub isn't one of them, though.

Everything I've ever read indicates that the widespread and ready availability of porn serves as excellent sex education. It is considered to be responsible for the end of the "That's not my bellybutton!" type joke levels of lack of basic knowledge of how sex even works at all. Its availability also has been shown to reduce the incidence of sexual assault. There are certainly downsides. For example, it can lead to va…

Everything I've read points to kids thinking that sex is not sex without a facial, gangbangs are normal, and women are objects.

I got particularly sad when I read about that Australian 16-year-old that has to shit in a bag for the rest of her life because she and her friends wanted to re-enact a rought-sex gangbang they saw on PornHub.

I also don't think porn explains what and where a clitoris is, or maybe we're watching different kinds of porn.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by [deleted] »

nicc wrote: post #179
DoreenMichele wrote: post #178

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Everything I've ever read indicates that the widespread and ready availability of porn serves as excellent sex education. It is considered to be responsible for the end of the "That's not my bellybutton!" type joke levels of lack of basic knowledge of how sex even works at all. Its availability also has been shown to reduce the incidence of sexual assault. There are certainly downsides. For example, it can lead to va…

Everything I've read points to kids thinking that sex is not sex without a facial, gangbangs are normal, and women are objects. I got particularly sad when I read about that Australian 16-year-old that has to shit in a bag for the rest of her life because she and her friends wanted to re-enact a rought-sex gangbang they saw on PornHub. I also don't think porn explains what and where a clitoris is, or maybe we're watc…

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