i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!

  • mamaMiata@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This may be an unpopular option since I’ve already seen it across lemmy, but the ____porn communities. I’d like to browse pictures of nice landscapes or exotic cars without worry about someone around me noticing “PORN” on my screen.

    At this point it seems very old internet, something that made sense when those communities were established, but now is unnecessary gratuitous and not socially acceptable.

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      1 year ago

      I saw a post about a community created here called “pixel passport” which I thought was a hell of a lot better that “earth porn.”

    • Skiv@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Damn, I had forgotten how obnoxious that was on Reddit. Blocked all of those years ago because it was just unnecessary and a gross way to qualify otherwise unremarkable photos.

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      1 year ago

      Do you mean actual NSFW content or things being called “_____ porn” like “unix porn” or “fight porn”?

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      1 year ago

      Nothing like someone peaking over your shoulder and seeing you’re browsing r/AnimalPorn…

      I totally agree with you. Hopefully lemmy can be a little more mature with community names. (Yeah, yeah… I know the hypocrisy of my username… It’s my gamertag)

    • slicedcheesegremlin@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      I agree, but I also think that porn should still be welcome here. The issue is there needs to be better control over it entering the feeds, not that the communities themselves should be abolished.