Since we are seeing a lot more porn post I think it's clear Kbin is here to stay.
Porn has always been a driving force of new technologies. While Kbin isn't a new technology per se I would say it's a indication that the community is here to stay.
This post seems like a good reminder for everyone that people can see who upvoted, downvoted, and boosted any post and comment by clicking "more" and "activity".
What exactly is such a feature supposed to do, other than making it easier to try to dig through someone's history to 'win' an argument or discredit users?
Between this and the requirement for email address at registration I find the lack of privacy on kbin/fediverse a bit curious. I don't see why such a feature brings value, but at the same time I guess it's more for a technical reason. The list of users who upvoted need to be saved anyway and as it's decentralized anyway anyone can read it. Just wished it was hashed instead, or replaced by some digital signature.
I'm only guessing, but I assume email is likely to help cut down on spam bots. Maybe? (Someone do tell me if that's wrong. I wouldn't mind learning something!)
I know some users here say seeing who upvotes promotes transparency. Maybe you're less likely to upvote some hatespeech if you're attached to it and not doing so anonymously. Which then means it gets less traction and the user feels less welcome. Which curbs it.
But then privacy is important, too. There's nothing wrong with me going to the adult store and buying a gimp suit for myself with the Anal Blaster Master 3000: Destroyer of Rims vibrating dildo pack. But I also don't need my neighbors or family to know. Just like I don't need people to know I upvoted that really hot video of a man smearing chunky peanut butter on his incredibly hairy chest as a girl tries to lick it off.
I'm sticking around for now and seeing if things either change (like if the users for upvoted etc get hashed or something for example) and how things end up feeling in the long run with or without those changes.
@stephfinitely That's one of the few things that I never understood about people (users/developers) on the fediverse.
They want the fediverse to be successful, but they don't want to make it "interesting" to the common folk.
People want adult content and something that simply works. Most of the platforms on the fediverse have serious issues of UI/UX, lack of good mobile apps and a simple on boarding experience.
Amen. Neo puritanism is the most confusing thing about the modern world to me. Sex and sexuality are Good, in a moral sense. Repression is Bad. In the last decade or two, we've been going backwards.
Well boys n girls I have news for you.
There's a button on Mastodon, Lemmy and Kbin that allows you to block other instances that show content that you or I may not like.
I have like 3 instances that I've blocked.
Due to their weird porn content (even I have my limits).
The weird dichotomy of pro sex workers actual rights/unwillingness to have porn vs the ‘savior’ mentality/willingness to have porn is lowkey one of the most frustrating things about discourse these days to me. I’ve been long distance for a year, I just wanna keep exchanging porn with my goddamn boyfriend 🥲
@SylvieSuccubus@stephfinitely@Aesthesiaphilia Also is worth noting that countries like The Netherlands and Australia have rights for sex workers and their job is also legal and covered by health insurance.
This also helped to reduce human trafficking, STDS, and the general opinion about sex workers.
Also remember that in case of Australia being a pimp is also illegal which helps women sex workers into not getting part of their profit taken away or getting any physical abuse.
It's a lot easier to have a blanket porn ban to deal with actually moderating porn. And nobody wants to host revenge porn and child porn on their server
Some of them have been nothing but spam though. I don't mind porn or other erotic content, but it shouldn't be random bullshit that gets posted within 1-2 minutes by the same account.
I'm not going to lie I haven't looked at any of it. I have nothing against porn per say but it's not why I'm on Kbin. I really just thought it was funny how much I was starting to see and that then reminded me of how porn is usually a indicator of what type of technology will become popular.
I'd hoped porn stayed on Reddit. I unsubscribed or blocked everything remotely related to it. Porn is far too closely related to abuse and human trafficking.
There's been some discussion about it on gonewild@lemmynsfw.com, and the users seem to be in favor of banning anyone who does any sort of selling, even if it's just in their profile. I think that's the only way to combat it.
Because there's a thin and blurry line between "I like to post, and also happen to have an OF" and "I have this account solely to drum up business for my OF by pretending to actually enjoy posting". And inevitably if you open that door, sellers will push it. Anyone who used to hang out on nsfw subreddits saw it. Either you ban all sellers, or they drastically lower the quality.
(one notable exception being text based subs like nsfwpenpals or askredditafterdark)
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