[dylanjha]

Hey there :). Author here. It was a fun experiment to play around with some different strategies for adding content moderation to https://stream.new

Hive ended up being the one I landed on after trying Google Vision first (https://cloud.google.com/vision).

The other one I was looking at is Clarity.ai but I didn't get a chance to try that one yet.

[donclark]

stream.new seems really cool. However there is no account button to see all of your video URLs, or a download option for the video. If there was, I would probably make it my default (not sure if that is what you want)

[dylanjha]

Thanks! Yeah that would be a significant improvement.

This started as a little demo project with Nextjs + Mux and then evolved into more of an actual product (https://github.com/muxinc/stream.new).

Right now the lightweight utility aspect of stream.new feel right, but if we continue to build upon it as a standalone free product then adding the concept of an "account" with saved videos makes a ton of sense.

[tomjen3]

One thing that wasn't obvious to me is, why did you care about uploads of NSFW? As I understood it, you want to become Imgur of video. Imgur only became so big because they allowed NSFW stuff.

[dkh]

Not involved with this project, but there's a couple big reasons most would care about this.

* Child porn and similar content that is a level beyond simply "NSFW"

* Uploaders of NSFW stuff are always in need of a new platform they haven't been kicked off yet, and newer platforms are likely to be dominated with this type of content. Unless you want your platform to gain a reputation as the place for mostly NFSW content, you probably don't want this.

[hnbad]

In addition to what others have said:

* Porn is almost always posted in violation of copyright.

* Hosting porn opens you up to legal issues if you can't verify that everyone involved is adult and consenting.

* Payment processors, hosting companies and other service providers you rely on usually have strict policies excluding porn.

And that's just addressing legal pornography, not other "NSFW" content like child abuse, animal abuse, general violence or gore. If you run a large enough public user generated content service people will use it to distribute illegal content or flood it with jihadist execution videos to ruin someone's day.

[dredmorbius]

NSFW affects not only the site, but its users.

If a site is specifically intended as, or is incidentally used in the course of, professional work, then NSFW content can literally get your users fired if overseen, logged, or otherwise detected.

That turns out to shift your user demographics in the medium-to-longer term, and not in a direction that's generally compatible with high-quality and engaging content and interactions.

Where NSFW content is permitted, it should be specifically tagged as such, and not presented unless users specifically opt in to it.

[crakhamster01]

Great write up! Curious if you/Mux have ever considered offering content moderation alongside content hosting? Seems like most platforms do one or the other, but I imagine you could charge quite a premium if you offered both in tandem.

[DelightOne]

Is there a way to delete videos again?