ErosBlog Bacchus has moved!Jul 7, 2024

If Etsy acquires, gets acquired by, or merges with eBay or Amazon or Alibaba or Temu in the next six months, I called it yesterday, based on my theory that when a platform rolls out new pornocalypse policies, it usually indicates a financial inflection point like a merger or acquisition.

Here's yesterday's ErosBlog post on the upcoming Etsy pornocalypse:

https://www.erosblog.com/2024/07/05/pornocalypse-comes-for-etsy/

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Pornocalypse Comes For Etsy - ErosBlog: The Sex Blog

I have argued that the pornocalypse began with Meg Whitman's eBay, back in the last century: Then Meg Whitman happened. It’s too many years ago now for me... Tagged: sex blogging,

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Show threadErosBlog Bacchus has moved!Jul 7, 2024
I think it's darkly hilarious that, after Tumblr spent years being laughed at for banning "female-presenting nipples", Etsy proves that it learned nothing at all from that debacle and included "female nipples" in the list of things banned under its new #pornocalypse rules.
Show threadLascivious HanniganJul 7, 2024
@ErosBlog I did, at one point go to Tumblr, but who goes to Etsy for porn? I would be surprised it I want to Etsy for a knitted Kitty and found a pussy with a braded bush. .
Show threadamy tech (bones)
@Wondering_Hannigan @ErosBlog it's more custom sex toys than actual porn. Predictably platforms don't see a difference.

Target can sell cheap dildos and vibrators next to sunscreen but heaven forbid that happens on the internet.
Jul 7, 2024 at 2:28pmWeb
Show threadHeathen 🐈Jul 7, 2024
@amy @ErosBlog @Wondering_Hannigan
Etsy also has a lot of sellers for custom leather gear: cuffs, collars, harnesses etc
Show threadJima Jul 7, 2024

@amy @Wondering_Hannigan @ErosBlog And ridiculously, I can order the same in the Target app (via the internet!), and some poor employee (who knows damn well what's in the bag) has to bring it out to my car.

But clearly that's not a problem, either (except the low-key awkwardness for the employee).