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by bobitsaboy 1931 days ago
They've failed to remove porn from /r/all if they attempted to do so. When free time and boredom show their head, I will randomly go there and inevitably see porn when all I want is the opportunity to see something fresh on the internet.

I suppose reddit is the wrong place to go for such a thing after 2010 and I should have known better!

EDIT: Somewhat related? I've noticed a trend of many OnlyFans-linked accounts participating in random niche subreddits with enticing names like "juicyBODYPART" or whatnot. When you click on their account, you are met with a load of NSFW content and posts asking for you to check out their OnlyFans.

I'm far from a prude, but if I want to view niche content and see what other communities posters are involved in to discover more subreddits, it sucks to be met with this blatant advertising. I have NSFW content unfiltered so I can find it when I want to look for it, but dang.

Usually, their posts in the niche communities feature primarily pictures of themselves doing activities related to the community. The very stereotypical "female body in front of the object" sort of pictures.

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I use the "reddit is fun" app and filter nsfw content and images/video (by blocking a bunch of domains). It's alright like that, although it's still not a great use of time. I do find it annoying how much NSFW content gets close to the top of /r/all though. I don't want to be one of those "think of the kids" people, but I'm sure tons of very young kids use reddit and are introduced to extreme content (including gore) way earlier than they otherwise would have.
> It's alright like that, although it's still not a great use of time.

I don't understand why you go through this effort at all. A filtered view is why r/popular exists.

> EDIT: Somewhat related? I've noticed a trend of many OnlyFans-linked accounts participating in random niche subreddits with enticing names like "juicyBODYPART" or whatnot. When you click on their account, you are met with a load of NSFW content and posts asking for you to check out their OnlyFans.

There is an extreme amount of product placement on Reddit now, and people hawking their onlyfans is part of it. I’m basically down to searching very specific topics via DuckDuckGo or Google, but it’s basically ad central if you’re casually browsing.

I'd suggest maintaining two accounts. One that allows NSFW and one that doesn't. This is what I do, because you are on a user generated content site.

I don't mind NSFW content at all but if I'm surfing reddit in line at the bank or something I don't want that content to pop-up with people around me.

I don't believe its reddits job to filter the content out though. They already warn you if you click on someone's profile that is an NSFW profile so you have to agree you want to see their posts.

They never even admitted that bots were present in WSB despite the evidence. This whole Gamestop saga just gave them a lot of publicity and a lot of traffic from people who never would have visited Reddit before.