Joel SuttonApr 23, 2023
pixelfed

Imgur blocking Adult/NSFW content is most likely influenced by their monetization strategy.

You know why they (and Tumblr/IG) want to block Adult/NSFW content?

Ads. Advertisers don't want their ads (and brand) to be associated with adult/NSFW content.

We aren't beholden to advertisers, and embrace freedom of expression. We have no plans to ban NSFW content.

#pixelfed #imgur #nsfw

Apr 22, 2023 at 11:33amWeb
Show threadTioApr 22, 2023
@pixelfed #TradeRuinsEverything
Show threadBloodaxeApr 22, 2023
@pixelfed If only all people respectfully marked all their content as NSFW, but alas that doesn't always happen because we all have different opinions about what NSFW even means 🙃
Show threadMaxi 12x 💉Apr 22, 2023
@pixelfed But it’s much more than that: They delete all pictures that are uploaded without an account.
Show threadStefan SchollApr 22, 2023
@frumble @pixelfed It's so frustrating that everybody is so focused on porn and ignores this real book burning problem.
Show threadRenApr 22, 2023

@frumble @pixelfed THAT is my big issue, I use imgur for link sharing when I can't send images directly since its built into KDE Plasma's screenshot tool.

Now I have no idea what to use

Show threadMaxi 12x 💉Apr 22, 2023
@rogueren If your only problem is 'what to use now', you don’t have a problem. There are tons of picture sharing sites. The real problem lies in communities that have used Imgur extensively to host their 'content'. These links will now all go into the abyss.
Show threadRenApr 22, 2023

@frumble but only Imgur has access directly from my screenshot tool, otherwise I have take a picture, save it, name it, find it in my file browser, open an internet browser, go to a sharing site, log in, upload, THEN share.

Imgur I take a screenshot and click a button, link gets auto-copied to my clipboard

Show threadMaxi 12x 💉Apr 22, 2023
@rogueren How many screenshot do you send your friends that this is such a big deal for you? Isn’t this also really bad in a privacy perspective to upload screenshots to a public picture hoster? There might come a NextCloud integration in Spectacle.
Show threadRenApr 22, 2023

@frumble I'm not sending everything to a cloud provider, just stuff like game screenshots in things like discord servers that don't allow image uploads

I don't share to imgur anything with any personal info of any kind whatsoever

Show threadnewsorpigalApr 22, 2023

@pixelfed

Tumblr committed suicide when it banned NSFW stuff. It will be the same with Imgur.

Show threadDeusApr 22, 2023

Anyone remember Mr Grim announcing imgur with, “Hey Reddit, I created an Image hosting site that doesn’t suck”? Or “Hey Digg, I created an Image hosting site that doesn’t suck”?

But then, imageshack and photobucket sucked so badly. As time went, Mr Grim too got greedy and made imgur what he once called ‘sucks’.

Show threaddeutrinoApr 22, 2023

@newsorpigal news of tumblr's demise is vastly, vastly exaggerated. in fact, it was one of the best things to happen to the site from my perspective as a relatively late adopter, because many of the assholes left while a higher proportion of introvert art kids stayed.

also, nudes are back, though hardcore explicit content is still banned.

Show threadNadav🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇱Apr 22, 2023
@pixelfed
Meanwhile in Germany, only German porno accounts are blocked in Germany. Others are available just as before... https://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Internet-Ausgezwitschert-Twitter-sperrt-Porno-Accounts-Deutschland-31831743.html
Ausgezwitschert: Twitter sperrt Porno-Accounts in Deutschland

Nach deutschem Recht müssen Websites pornografische Inhalte durch eine Altersverifikation absichern. Während Pornhub & Co. das bislang ignorieren, zieht Twitter scharfe Konsequenzen.

COMPUTER BILD
Show threadStefan SchollApr 22, 2023

@pixelfed Fuck NSFW! They are deleting all anonymous uploads as well.

This means all the old Reddit posts with Imgur links will be worthless. Including SFW posts.

I have a few r/CoolGuides posts bookmarked on Reddit that link to Imgur. I need to save them until the end of this month, or they will be gone.

Show threadChristopher NoyesApr 22, 2023
@pixelfed they are also anti gay
Show threadducdat0507 / duducatApr 22, 2023
@pixelfed Quick, someone put the entirety of Imgur to the Internet Archive
Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹Apr 22, 2023
@pixelfed I think content warnings are great but I have discovered that once you put a content warning or mark the post as "sensitive content", there won't be any preview shown if you post the link elsewhere which is, in a way, punishing those who play by the rules. I don't have a solution for this because I don't know how this works on a technical level. It just would be nice if I could opt in to see adult content in link previews too.
Show threadDeusApr 23, 2023
There’s a setting that allows admins to enable/disable that. You should ask your site/instance’s admin. Here’s mine. I’m sure Mastodon has the same settings 🙂
Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹Apr 23, 2023
@Deus @pixelfed Ohhhh, this is amazing news!
I'm on mastodon.social right now, so I doubt I can ask them to enable it but I'll spread this info to the admins I know!
Show threadDeusApr 23, 2023

‘ORDER’ Eugen to enable it. “How dare he!” 💪

😂

Show threadErotic Mythology 🌹Apr 25, 2023
@Deus @pixelfed
I demand it NOW!
Show threadXavier Jacques CôtéApr 22, 2023

@pixelfed there is some users who does not want to be in an environnement where NSFW content can be easily accessible.

Even if you are in a perfect world (we are’nt) where all users mark the right content as NSFW, some users will simply go elsewhere who is more ”family-safe”.

And a user might just avoid to open a site/app in a public place (example: in public transit) just to avoid the embarrassment of having NSFW stuff on the screen while kids could be around.

Show threadXavier Jacques CôtéApr 22, 2023

@pixelfed An other tricky thing: it’s opens the door to a moderation nightmare. Ex.: How old the subject on the photo is? Sometimes, it’s not easy to say.

And don’t be wrong, cauz the hosting provider (who might just not allow some type of NSFW content in it’s ToS) can suspend or terminate the account where the site is hosted on.

Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKApr 23, 2023
@xavsworld @pixelfed there is that risk, but provided the app allows other Pixelfed instances which could set themselves up as family safe then folk who have concerns can just set their app to only use those instances (in the same way you can often lock a TV set or other device if you are going to let kids use it unsupervised..)
Show threadXavier Jacques CôtéApr 23, 2023

@vfrmedia @pixelfed good remark! Thats being said, i’m was not refering to the parental controls but more as a "politics" things.

Example: "I do not want to see my posts on a site where nsfw content is wildly available" Because personnal values, religion, … or just not to be associated to it.

Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKApr 23, 2023

@xavsworld @pixelfed

on Fediverse there isn't "just one site", there''s literally thousands of them, and whilst most federate with one another, this can be limited in various ways (as can the federation of individual posts).

So its possible to lock down an app or posts as the user wishes...

Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Apr 22, 2023
@pixelfed So why not find a similar outlet that doesn't try and monetise everything you do?
Show threadPhantom Kitty (Tech)Apr 22, 2023
@pixelfed I do wish posters who do NSFW content would that hashtag. I need to filter it on an account that I need to check in public. Just saying NSFW in the text is not good enough as that filters out other posts, use the actual hashtag. It is for more than just finding posts.
Show threadBadgerclopsApr 22, 2023

@pixelfed you know what's REALLY ironic about this?

#Imgur was originally created because ImageShack banned #nsfw content! The VERY SAME THING they're gonn do!

Show threadSeanApr 22, 2023
@pixelfed Perhaps this is true, but these same advertisers don’t seem to have any problem being associated with right-wing extremists. Their priorities are quite perplexing. #advertising #NSFW
Show threadJames House-Lantto (He/Him)Apr 23, 2023

@pixelfed

To be clear though, the rules about what can be posted publicly, are not changing, at all,
this new policy only applies to hidden/private folders that are not published in the first place.

Show thread Shlee fooled around &Apr 23, 2023
@pixelfed GO NUTS SHOW NUTS IS BACK BABY
Show threadrobrykApr 23, 2023
@pixelfed Tumblr claims that they block the subset of nsfw they do, because otherwise credit card companies would refuse to do business with them (and so they'd find it difficult to be pair, even if advertisers were totally fine with it). I don't know enough about the context to know whether I should doubt this claim. Assuming it's true, that's a problem that might be shared by pixelfed instances of nontrivial size: their users might find it hard to donate money to cover operational costs.
Show threadalex Apr 23, 2023
@pixelfed and even if you wanted to, you couldn’t
Show threadJustMrLarzApr 24, 2023
@pixelfed does that mean that the app will honor “show content” settings selected by a user throughout, or will those continue to only apply to the main feed? Searching or selecting hashtags blur NSFW despite settings otherwise.
Show threadFunky007Apr 27, 2023
@pixelfed how does pixelfed work?
Show thread🔴 I don't know where we should go.. 🟡May 6, 2023

Only one thing that is kinda a positive from imgur doing this wipe out is all the questionable stuff hosted on there going way back used on chan boards, with the various archive sites keeping those threads lingering about.. that'll be a cleanup of a lot of stuff since highly doubtful that any of the uploaders would of used accounts to upload such.

But doing a total wipe out of what frankly is a lot of internet history, shouldn't be at that cost that the kinds of bad shit that got hosted is now being taken down after being badly moderated.

Though ofc, it's never going to stop bad stuff being hosted that'll just go to other places instead, but Imgur having been an enabler, not good. But again, it shouldn't be at this fricken cost that all that gets removed.

Show threadDr. Unabart  May 7, 2023
@pixelfed Are there ever plans to allow users to migrate their content from IG to PixelFed? That’s the only thing holding me back from going full time with it. I foolishly invested too much time into my IG account. Not really worried about the comments et al, but at 2000+ pics, manual migration, pic by pic, isn’t feasible. I know I’m just one dude, but maybe something like that could help others break the collar as well. Thanks for everything!
Show threadCleo of Topless TopicsMay 23, 2023

@pixelfed the hardest part is getting people who haven't had to deal with constant nonsense bans to switch from mainstream platforms to alternatives like #pixelfed. Alas even when they DO get frequently banned, a lot refuse to leave (like a friend of mine who has three alt Facebook accounts they switch between as one gets a temporary ban...) They all give the excuse that "if I quit [mainstream platform] then I'll lose access to family and friends!" to which I say "if those people are really worth keeping in contact with, they'll follow you to the new platform." if nothing else, there's always email.

IDK I'll just keep trying to lure my mainstream platform followers to less faschy places by posting "hey go here to see the uncensored version of my content!" but something something horses, water, drink...