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Twitter’s child porn problem ruined its plan for an OnlyFans competitor

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Not really that topical, but this passing remark in the article opening is interesting:

>OnlyFans, the most popular by far of the adult creator sites, is projecting $2.5 billion in revenue this year — about half of Twitter’s 2021 revenue — and is already a profitable company.

It's amazing how being profitable is so much not the norm of silicon valley companies that the moment a company actually does make a profit, it is notable.

Well I for one and shocked that Twitter, a social media company, has not solved both all human social and sexual issues with a 100% accuracy at a rate of less than 0.000001 pence per post! What is taking them so long? Why can't they reconcile all human behaviour, morals and law and do it for free?

They neglect to ban people for advocating widespread genocide but ban people who don’t want to experience genocide and say so. Your numbers are a caricature of the actual platform as it operates.

Because the problem with genocide is that people are allowed to call for it on twitter, not that it happens and we let it...

How do you think genocide happens? It’s not a force of nature.

I am pretty sure it happened before twitter, so we can start by discarding that theory when we work out how...

Seriously, we need to get past this weird idea that social media is both the cause and cure for all world problems, from genocide to CP. Where does this notion even come from?!

I will say that the timing of this release and the passing of AB 2273 is suspect, especially given the beating it has received in recent days by some voices in the press (and not just techdirt). NCMEC makes an appearance in the article, and I wouldn't be surprised it was pitched by them who are generally good people and likely sincere, although they are a bit eager in pushing tech companies to employ more surveillance and drop encryption.

I find it concerning because in western democracies, small but loud groups often get what they want over and above the majority. Hardly anyone actually thinks Twitter (or rather all social media) should be forced to close down. But that is what will happen when a small group of otherwise conflicting people all keep demanding legislation like this. Some of them will be pleased, but 99% of people will not.

The media are only too willing to wrote uninformed, uncritical reviews of those loud groups' demands and that is both part of the problem and a problem itself.

All of this is pushing me (normally a classic liberal) towards libertarianism: If you don't like twitter don't use it (I don't), but don't tell me what I can or cannot do with my time...

Meanwhile consenting adult sex workers are consistently driven out of legitimate work, and restricting any kind of content no matter who it harms is called censorship.

> Meanwhile consenting adult sex workers are consistently driven out of legitimate work, and restricting any kind of content no matter who it harms is called censorship.

Sometimes I really have no idea what points people here are trying to make... are you arguing that child porn or snuff movies should be legal?

No I’m saying my friends who do sex work should be allowed to do so and that restricting non-consensual porn isn’t censorship. I’m explicitly calling for recognition of consensual sex work.

It's legal where I live. It just makes sense. Much safer for everyone. Sky hasn't fallen down either.

Off course it is censorship, what definition of the word are you using that it isn't? Before anyone jumps in with something off topic, I'm all for for censorship of non-consensual porn.

What I find really interesting about this is that I think this is the first case of a story about Twitter that makes them look good. The standard news about Twitter is basically the whole platform is a total mess, inconsistent and capricious moderation, a totally lackluster advertising business, and an engineering environment that is constantly on the verge of collapse. So the news that they had a new product and went through a sensible process to evaluate its pros and cons and in the end came to the correct conclusion - is weird. They're actually doing something right. Interesting.

Elon you bought, it you pay for it, you may kiss the bride and your pride goodbye. Stop funding lousy smear campaigns to get out of it. Sockpuppeteering out of a loveless marriage wont save you the feasts costs.

Lol thoughts and prayers for you bud.

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