Pornhub Just Purged All Unverified Content From the Platform
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After changing its policies to ban unverified uploaders and Mastercard and Visa's decision to drop the platform entirely, Pornhub has removed millions of videos.

11.1 million (Out of about 14 million) to be more exact. Almost 80% of all their videos.

Isn’t my main porn site personally, but still pretty lame that all that amateur stuff is gone. Looks like it’s heading the way of Tumblr.

Just a reminder that Pornhub is worth nearly 3 billion dollars and easily could've afforded as big of a moderation team as they could've wanted lol.

Edit: Alright, this got dumber than I thought it would, so I'm leaving off with this:

I can't believe I have to say this, but it does not make someone a rapist or a pedophile to suggest that a multibillion dollar company, one responsible for a site where the public can upload things to it, can afford to have a moderation team.

Literally every site that allows public uploads. porn or otherwise, runs the risk of someone uploading something fucked up to it, that's why moderation teams exist in the first place. To find and remove such content.

Yes, it sucks ass that those mods would have to even glance at such things, but Pornhub is not some crazy unique special case here. Mods everywhere have to see fucked up shit before it can be removed to protect others.

Rule-breaking content has to verified that it is, indeed, breaking the rules. That's how moderation works.

I apologize for nothing.

Peace.

  • budoguytenkaichi [he/him,they/them]
    12·
    4 years ago

    You have to at least see that something breaks the rules before you remove it for breaking said rules, that's literally how all moderating works you fucking dumbass.

    • Bread_In_Baltimore [he/him]
      4·
      4 years ago

      If the video IS an underaged girl but there is no way to verify that, they should just keep it up? Is that your solution?

    • Saint [he/him]
      4·
      4 years ago

      Yeah that's his point. It's a shortcoming of the moderation approach that you're advocating for that doesn't exist with the verified user approach that he's advocating for

      • AStonedApe [they/them]
        7·
        4 years ago

        So you would favor this approach for all video/picture uploading sites?

              • AStonedApe [they/them]
                4·
                4 years ago

                I'm not sure, but I don't see how it's relevant to your argument. Moderating pictures/videos for CP is unethical, so we need to find another way; your proposed solution is only allowing verified users to upload. Is that a strategy you'd push for other sites, or only Pornhub?

                  • AStonedApe [they/them]
                    4·
                    4 years ago

                    So any site that allows uploading of nude pictures/videos, you'd favor this approach? How do we catch and remove pictures/videos of nudes on a site like ChapoChat without employing moderators that may accidentally see CP?

        • Saint [he/him]
          3·
          4 years ago

          Which sites are we taking about that have a problem with publically publishing child porn and revenge porn?

          • AStonedApe [they/them]
            2·
            4 years ago

            I wasn't talking about any specific sites, I just wondered if you think this strategy would benefit other sites, or only Pornhub?

            • Saint [he/him]
              3·
              4 years ago

              If there are other sites that have this problem then yes, probably. It's obviously always going to be a trade off- you can distribute illegal porn through the mail too but that doesn't mean we should ban the post.

              But I think this is veering off into whataboutery. Yes there's a million ways child porn can be distributed and we could argue the cost and benefit of each one. We'd probably disagree about some of them. But just because there exist examples which aren't clear cut doesn't mean pornhub isn't clear cut. You should be able to defend it on its own merits. And (other than wanting a magical omniscient moderation team), budoguy is making no attempt to do so.

              • AStonedApe [they/them]
                7·
                4 years ago

                Me asking you if this approach would benefit other sites is whatabouttery? Idk, seems like if you think this decision was materially benefitial to children then you'd advocate for it to be expanded to other sites. Is there a reason only Pornhub should do this, or ought we encourage other sites to follow suit?

                • Saint [he/him]
                  2·
                  4 years ago

                  Did you read the rest of my comment? I think I made it pretty clear that there are some channels of distribution of child porn which I think would be worth the cost of closing and some I wouldn't. Other porn sites with a similar problem to pornhub, for example, I would support going to a verified user model. Whereas I wouldn't support banning email.

                  What's your point exactly? We could probably have a long conversation and reason out exactly where I draw the line, but to what end? Are you willing to defend unverified content on pornhub on its own merits?

                  • AStonedApe [they/them]
                    6·
                    4 years ago

                    Are you willing to defend unverified content on pornhub on its own merits?

                    Until I hear a convincing argument I don't really know what to think. That's why I'm asking you questions and trying to understand the reasoning more.

                    I can't figure out why, if this decision is a good one, it shouldn't apply to YouTube or any other picture/video uploading sites as well.