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Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by mrhappyunhappy » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:21 PM UTC

MrMember wrote: post #49

Angostura wrote: post #39

If there’s one thing PornHub is good at, it’s generating positive PR for itself. I’m always very impressed how much of Reddit - often very skeptic all about corporate manipulation- will roll over to have its tummy tickled by Pornhub.

Reddit has quite a few blind spots when it comes to obvious advertising. Disney properties get a free pass, for example.

Reddit is one of the easiest places to game because you just have to spend a few minutes skimming through topics to see what that sub will respond to well, then play wolf in sheep’s skin.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by crowbahr » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:33 PM UTC

zimpenfish wrote: post #174

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.

I'd hope they'd be smart enough to not drive away their existing sfw userbase by cross contaminating the ads.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by crowbahr » Sat, May 04, 2019, 2:36 PM UTC

burgerzzz wrote: post #168

DoreenMichele wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 than the public school system provides in things like abstinence only states.

Knowing how birth control works is important. Knowing how STDs are transmitted: also important.

Knowing that you can, in fact, get pregnant even when the girl is on top: important.

These are things not understood by children who go through the public school systems in some of the less liberal states.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by srndh » Sat, May 04, 2019, 4:43 PM UTC

So, Tumblr will soon become the twitter for pornstars.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by toper-centage » Sat, May 04, 2019, 5:50 PM UTC

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #115

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…

> https://www.reddit.com/r/hailcorporate started to gain some momentum and was killed fast. Killed how? They've got 168,000 subscribers and seem to be fairly active.

They became a meme.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by toper-centage » Sat, May 04, 2019, 5:57 PM UTC

nkkollaw wrote: post #161

DoreenMichele wrote: post #100

I hope they succeed. Tumblr is not really my thing and neither is porn, but I have been dismayed by the seeming trend to criminalize and stamp out all expressions of consenting adult sexual behavior on the internet. It would be nice to see some successful push back.

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.

Maybe not criminalised per se, but for instance the UK has been restricting porn access, blocking certain websites. And with the new Porn ID, they want to further ban certain sex practices in porn.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by Anthony-G » Sat, May 04, 2019, 6:20 PM UTC

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.

Over a decade ago, I recall the studios that produce feature films for DVD or other high quality productions complaining that MindGeek (they had a different name back then) were either turning a blind eye to or very slow to react to DMCA notifications submitted by these studios. Over time, MG were able to buy out many of their former competitors so now they do own the copyright for a lot of the content uploaded to tube sites.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by nkkollaw » Sat, May 04, 2019, 6:23 PM UTC

toper-centage wrote: post #186

nkkollaw wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Maybe not criminalised per se, but for instance the UK has been restricting porn access, blocking certain websites. And with the new Porn ID, they want to further ban certain sex practices in porn.

Alright, but that's in the UK.

In Muslim countries it's illegal.

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by acct1771 » Sat, May 04, 2019, 7:15 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #167

acct1771 wrote: post #152

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I Think we're approaching a time where it will be honourable to use a competitor to a shit behemoth, and will engage a following more.

I fail to parse your sentence 'to a shit behemoth' ?

a competitor to a behemoth that is shit, sorry, reads awkwardly!

Re: Pornhub wants to buy Tumblr

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Post by duxup » Sat, May 04, 2019, 8:21 PM UTC

HeyLaughingBoy wrote: post #128

duxup wrote: post #70

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I think a high profile purchase would make it more likely than not, particularly as it pertains to porn.

Again, I think that unlikely. Even I have to think hard to remember who owns e.g., Reddit. And I'm the site multiple times a day.

Probably because it isn't pornhub, you'd remember that.