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.

  • Eddbopkins@lemmy.world
    1·
    12 minutes ago

    Reddit is run by big business and greedy corporate America. When it went public for the stock price to make even more money then it did before, I left that place.

  • fmtx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    1·
    3 minutes ago

    I see they’re following the Tumblr model:

    • Get bought at overinflated values.
    • Ban all NSFW content.
    • Users leave and seek NSFW content elsewhere.
    • Valuation plummets.
    • “Actually, moderating NSFW is really hard you guys. We’re just going to try best efforts moderation only.”
    • Sell at near total loss.
    • There is still NSFW content on the platform, and the policy is used as a cudgel against LGBTQ accounts.
  • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    7 minutes ago

    <tinfoil hat> Other corporate social media has also had “bugs” that delete or hide advertiser unfriendly content, with staff scrambling to go “oopsie!”. That ain’t a bug, they’re testing something. </tinfoil hat>

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    According to a post from our Admin, in the small instance I’m in there has been a sudden influx of new users (about 200) in the last day or so (as new users have to be approved, somebody is getting cramps on their approve finger).

    (Guess Anarchism and Piracy could technically count as NSFW in most workplaces, especially the latter)

  • Eyedust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    4 hours ago

    Good news to me. I can watch reddit and twitter self destruct from the comfort of the Fediverse. Welcome home, fellow refugees.

  • molave@reddthat.com
    43·
    10 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.

  • whytho@lemm.eeEnglish
    16·
    10 hours ago

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

    • derpgon@programming.dev
      20·
      11 hours ago

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

  • hector@sh.itjust.works
    321·
    16 hours ago

    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
      16·
      16 hours ago

      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.

        • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          9 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.

      • codenul@lemmy.ml
        2·
        12 hours ago

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

      • hector@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        16 hours ago

        I learned all the thing that kept me safe on there too; and the life story were interesting and also the trip reports and experiment!

        This was something I couldn’t get IRL until a long time, and still, is not very active today (my friends and I are all busy we can’t really experiment !! Maybe next time we see each other)