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Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Post by anigbrowl »

SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #6
bluefirebrand wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am friends with some artists who do some NSFW content and they feel they are just being strangled off of the internet at this point Even ones that are just looking for a place to have easy hosting and sharing of images are being pushed off of more and more sites

I’m actually quite optimistic about this! Yes! Push the porn to the “dark web”. Make it a pain in the ass. Ask for ID. Go all out!! …because… this is how we’ll get a free internet again. This is how we’ll get real encrypted networks. This is how we go back to the good internet - except - it’s going to be harder to remove the bad stuff. But this is what they’re doing. Strangling themselves with faux-morality and New P…

…because… this is how we’ll get a free internet again.

X to doubt. You can do this now but it's limited to people with technical skills, and once you have figured out torrent trackers or TOR or whatever it is you're interested in, there isn't that much incentive to radically improve the tooling to make it more consumer friendly. If nothing else having it require some work insulates you from Eternal September. The less work it is, the easier it is for cops and politicians to whip up a moral panic about.

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

#42

Post by anigbrowl »

minebreaker wrote: post #30
_23sd wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what you're on about, it has nothing to do with being anti-American or not. Twitter is where everyone in Japanese creative industries posts about their work (unlike the West that didn't change when Musk bought the site), it's where the Japanese audience is, and it doesn't hurt that the global audience is there too. But sure, if you want examples of this trend try searching Pixiv by title for stuff like "twit…

Well, they still multipost on Twitter, but AFAICT it's getting unpopular these days. Tough I agree that Pixiv is not as popular as its old days too. By "anti-Americanism", I'm insisting that a good number of Japanese anime artists see the ban as a beneficial feature, not a disadvantage. They would see this as an automated "Sorry, Japanese Only" filter.

unpopular these days

Compared to what? Line, or do you have something else in mind?

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

#45

Post by SuperNinKenDo »

anigbrowl wrote: post #41
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m actually quite optimistic about this! Yes! Push the porn to the “dark web”. Make it a pain in the ass. Ask for ID. Go all out!! …because… this is how we’ll get a free internet again. This is how we’ll get real encrypted networks. This is how we go back to the good internet - except - it’s going to be harder to remove the bad stuff. But this is what they’re doing. Strangling themselves with faux-morality and New P…

…because… this is how we’ll get a free internet again. X to doubt. You can do this now but it's limited to people with technical skills, and once you have figured out torrent trackers or TOR or whatever it is you're interested in, there isn't that much incentive to radically improve the tooling to make it more consumer friendly. If nothing else having it require some work insulates you from Eternal September. The les…

You're definitely pointing out a real problem, but I will say, back in the day when Netflix didn't exist, even some of my most technically and intellectually challenged friends would figure out stuff that now seems to confuse people who present as above-average in tech literacy. The will to do somrthing, and a social network that shares information count for a lot more than people seem to think.

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Post by vibero »

commandlinefan wrote: post #2

I've been thinking all my adult life that, eventually, society has _got_ to get more reasonable about the human body but... there doesn't seem to be any evidence that we're getting anywhere close anytime soon.

Did you read this section of the article:

> The restrictions include several kinds of content that are illegal in the US, including sexualized depictions of minors and bestiality, as well as non-consensual depictions and deepfakes.

This has nothing to do with being "more reasonable about the human body", as you euphemistically put it.

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Post by colinsane »

miki123211 wrote: post #32
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m actually quite optimistic about this! Yes! Push the porn to the “dark web”. Make it a pain in the ass. Ask for ID. Go all out!! …because… this is how we’ll get a free internet again. This is how we’ll get real encrypted networks. This is how we go back to the good internet - except - it’s going to be harder to remove the bad stuff. But this is what they’re doing. Strangling themselves with faux-morality and New P…

Not if the only computing platform you have is a walled-garden smartphone with parental spyware. The only reason we had a free internet in the first place was because we had free computers. Many people no longer have free computers. It's not just the App Stores that are at fault here, almost unbeatable screen time[1] protections, limited mobile APIs, battery usage optimizations and carrier-grade NATs also matter here…

i'm typing my reply on a Linux mobile phone (NixOS + SXMO). it's true i don't run p2p stuff on the phone, but most utilities like 'transmission-remote' and NFS mounts, cryptocurrency wallets etc work OOTB such that if you can figure it out on a PC you can figure it out on a phone.

no, not accessible to a layperson. but increasingly accessible to anyone who's comfortable with desktop Linux.

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Post by minebreaker »

dotnet00 wrote: post #39
minebreaker wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, they still multipost on Twitter, but AFAICT it's getting unpopular these days. Tough I agree that Pixiv is not as popular as its old days too. By "anti-Americanism", I'm insisting that a good number of Japanese anime artists see the ban as a beneficial feature, not a disadvantage. They would see this as an automated "Sorry, Japanese Only" filter.

I think the anti-Americanism among artists only relates to not wanting to deal with hypocritical American policies on nudity and their tendency to impose their views on everyone. They're very likely perfectly fine with Americans and foreigners in general seeing and sharing work without trying to change the culture of the site (which is fair and something more communities need to start expecting, there's an increasing…

I don't know. Maybe I've spent too much time on the worst part of the Japanese internet. Not about Pixiv, but the kicking out of Dlsite by Mastercard caused so much anger among them.

The social divide is getting really worrying these days.

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

#49

Post by userbinator »

blackeyeblitzar wrote: post #14
riffic wrote: post #7

> users whose account region is set to the US or UK there seems to be a really simple workaround unless I'm missing something. By the way if a website asks me for my date / year of birth it's always 1969 because why the fuck not? specifically 1969-12-31

It may not be enough in the future. The problem is every little incremental change like “giving in” to block content by region ends up welcoming the next incremental step in that direction. Other countries and regions may now apply the same pressure on Pixiv. Some might call this the slippery slope fallacy but it’s exactly how most political battles play out. In terms of geographies - one thing I read about recently…

WEF, NWO. They aren't even trying to hide it anymore. Those who point out the obvious truth will of course be labeled "conspiracy theorists".

Re: Pixiv Blocks Adult Content, but Only for US and UK Users

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Post by dotnet00 »

minebreaker wrote: post #48
dotnet00 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the anti-Americanism among artists only relates to not wanting to deal with hypocritical American policies on nudity and their tendency to impose their views on everyone. They're very likely perfectly fine with Americans and foreigners in general seeing and sharing work without trying to change the culture of the site (which is fair and something more communities need to start expecting, there's an increasing…

I don't know. Maybe I've spent too much time on the worst part of the Japanese internet. Not about Pixiv, but the kicking out of Dlsite by Mastercard caused so much anger among them. The social divide is getting really worrying these days.

That's actually exactly the incident I was thinking of, my interpretation of the reaction to it was everyone being frustrated at American companies forcing their beliefs on everyone again, rather than being happy that American consumers were having it harder. It could also just be that my little circle is a niche within a niche though.
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