[windo11]

Just a reminder that during reddit's so-called "golden age", it was the largest hub for underage pornography on the internet.

[adrianN]

That depends or your definition of pornography. AFAIK nothing on /r/jailbait was technically illegal.

[enraged_camel]

>>That depends or your definition of pornography

Let’s not split hairs here. There is a reason we have a saying: “X is like porn; you know it when you see it.”

[adrianN]

Different people know it when they see different things. Not too long ago showing ankles was considered basically porn.

[Eremotherium]

That saying goes back to supreme court justice Potter Stewart and it's something a lot of people would disagree with as it posits a fake universal standard for things like offensiveness and obscenity.

[windo11]

Underage "softcore" pornography. It's still reprehensible and indefensible, and it was one of the largest nsfw subs at the time.

[adrianN]

So would that title now go to Instagram or which site currently has the largest collection of underage girls in bikinis? How about TikTok or Youtube?

[windo11]

I honestly cannot continue a conversation where I have to defend the position that a subreddit devoted to sharing sexualized pictures of children is fucked up. This should be obvious and beyond debate.

[adrianN]

I'm not arguing that sexualizing minors is good, I'm just saying that there is a massive difference between the sexual exploitation that goes into the production of actual child pornography and the posting of girls in bikinis. I hope you agree that the harm done isn't even on the same level. Using the same language for both is just not right.