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[–]Mnemonic 15 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 2 fun16 insightful - 3 fun -  (13 children)

Hey since you're new: https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/37r/welcome_to_saiditnet/

In the footer of the site is a lot of other great stuff.

You can spank your monkey anywhere, crank the shaft anywere on the web even or oogle boobies on facebook! It's more of a problem when people, and they do, link to clearly illegal (or borderline illegal nobody knows the origin of) It's an easy way to send the feds on someone.

And again, if you read the introduction post you'll get a clearer picture of saidit and that it's Not just a reddit clone, one of those differences is the porn rule.

[–]Wanga 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (12 children)

[–]Mnemonic 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

After your edit : 'so go there instead if you're interested in that type of content.'

Is pretty clear in my view.

But i was referring more to:

We're trying to create an environment that encourages thought-provoking discussion, like how reddit used to be 5+ years ago, when Aaron Swartz was still around.

from https://saidit.net/s/SaidIt/comments/37r/welcome_to_saiditnet/

[–]Wanga 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

OP is correct in saying that porn subs won't interfere with/affect thought-provoking discussion on other subs.

[–]magnora7 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

OP is wrong because that stuff bleeds over in to the front page and affects the culture and the way people behave on the site. There's just no reason to have it around. It brings almost only negatives, and very few positives.

[–]Wanga 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

very few positives

Tittays!

And the way people are chilll with each other in porn comments much moreso than political or even music/art comments

[–]magnora7 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Meh, go hang out on pornhub if that's what you really want. It already exists.

[–]Wanga 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Can you name one kind of content SaidIt can be used for that does NOT already exist elsewhere on the web?

[–]magnora7 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I don't want to have to moderate tons of porn, and I don't want people to be able to post illegal porn to be able to shut down saidit. Porn is one of the few pieces of content that can can be used to shut down the site. It's also everywhere for anyone who wants it so there's absolutely no shortage of it, it's probably the least shortage of any information on the internet. So we don't need it.

[–]Intuit 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Does the lack of porn negatively impact thought-provoking discussion? Would people who would leave here because of a lack of porn have contributed significantly to thought-provoking discussion? I think both are no. I have to think that some thought has gone into this barring of porn, so arguments "what's the harm", "why not eliminate all these other things as well" are last-ditch pleas.

[–]rockstarsball 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I worked at Microsoft and when I was there, free tool specifically for scanning porn submissions and flagging suspected illegal porn. I forget the name of it but I can reach out to some friends and see if they can hook you up if that's your main concern. As long as you make a reasonable effort to remove and block illegal content you wont get hassled.

[–]send_nasty_stuff 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I totally support you on this porn exclusion. How does saidit feel about 'beauty' subs? I.e. subs that just deal with aesthetically pleasing women or men. Not that I want to run one of those I'm just curious where the line is. Reddit was so hilariously evil when it banned r/whitebeauty but allowed all other racial beauty subs to keep operating.