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by Matachines 2935 days ago
What surprises be about reddit is that they get advertisers and ads while having one of the largest porn communities.

No one talks about this, and people are quick to say "Tumblr/4chan is just porn!", but not only is there a myriad of porn subreddits, many of them have OC content (people posting themselves), who thanks to reddit's new profile followers feature have a fanbase. One only needs to look at /r/sexsells (NSFW) to see this in action.

With the shutdown of Craigslist personals, people are (using and have been using) reddit for hookups as well. Crazy that they "get away" with the #1 killer of social media platform ad revenue.
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jonlucc 2935 days ago
I suspect this is due to a firewall between the types of content. I don't remember what interview I was listening to years ago, but I think it was Matt Cutts who said that Google has a whole porn team that makes sure that when you want porn, you get the most relevant porn sites and when you don't want porn, you get none.

I think Reddit is in the same boat. People don't avoid Google ads because they might end up on porn; in fact, lots of products only want to be placed next to porn.

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manfredo 2935 days ago
If my understanding is correct, subreddits that host NSFW material (or at least, a substantial amount of it) get tagged and age gated. I imagine it's pretty easy to let advertisers opt out of those areas.
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bruhbruhbruh 2935 days ago
That is correct. Advertisers target specific subreddits and/or "interest groups". No NSFW advertisements should appear in safe-for-work communities.

https://www.reddithelp.com/en/categories/advertising/adverti...

What are age-gated subreddits?

Age-gated subreddits are those that are listed as NSFW(18+). We ask that advertisers advertising adult-related products/services focus their targeting on these subreddits to ensure we are serving ads to the appropriate audience.

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Anon1096 2935 days ago
Well 4chan has safe for work boards as well but has a lot of trouble attracting advertisers even to those.
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sotojuan 2935 days ago
All blue boards mean is no actual porn or like, gore. You can post people in the underwear or other racy imagery that is not actually safe for work.
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