Porn has always been a driving force of new technologies. While Kbin isn’t a new technology per se I would say it’s a indication that the community is here to stay.

  • Daniel Retana@mastodon.ie
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    1 year ago

    @stephfinitely That’s one of the few things that I never understood about people (users/developers) on the fediverse.

    They want the fediverse to be successful, but they don’t want to make it “interesting” to the common folk.
    People want adult content and something that simply works. Most of the platforms on the fediverse have serious issues of UI/UX, lack of good mobile apps and a simple on boarding experience.

    The fediverse needs to stop being so puritan.

    • gunnervi@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      It’s a lot easier to have a blanket porn ban to deal with actually moderating porn. And nobody wants to host revenge porn and child porn on their server

  • Fatalchemist@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    This post seems like a good reminder for everyone that people can see who upvoted, downvoted, and boosted any post and comment by clicking “more” and “activity”.

    Do with this information as you will.

    • MagicalVagina@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Between this and the requirement for email address at registration I find the lack of privacy on kbin/fediverse a bit curious. I don’t see why such a feature brings value, but at the same time I guess it’s more for a technical reason. The list of users who upvoted need to be saved anyway and as it’s decentralized anyway anyone can read it. Just wished it was hashed instead, or replaced by some digital signature.

      • Fatalchemist@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I’m only guessing, but I assume email is likely to help cut down on spam bots. Maybe? (Someone do tell me if that’s wrong. I wouldn’t mind learning something!)

        I know some users here say seeing who upvotes promotes transparency. Maybe you’re less likely to upvote some hatespeech if you’re attached to it and not doing so anonymously. Which then means it gets less traction and the user feels less welcome. Which curbs it.

        But then privacy is important, too. There’s nothing wrong with me going to the adult store and buying a gimp suit for myself with the Anal Blaster Master 3000: Destroyer of Rims vibrating dildo pack. But I also don’t need my neighbors or family to know. Just like I don’t need people to know I upvoted that really hot video of a man smearing chunky peanut butter on his incredibly hairy chest as a girl tries to lick it off.

        I’m sticking around for now and seeing if things either change (like if the users for upvoted etc get hashed or something for example) and how things end up feeling in the long run with or without those changes.

      • eatmoregreenfood@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        It’s been a conversation lately on kbin.social. I imagine our kbin.social administrator will address it. He’s been pretty on top of things