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Pogo_Marimo
02/01/23 12:15:12 PM
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Interested in your opinions.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 12:19:35 PM
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Not a mistake, but definitely a bad decision.
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Solid_Seb
02/01/23 12:24:06 PM
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If I recall they were being threatened by credit card companies so it was a good decision on their end
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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 12:25:05 PM
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They did it anyway, and still haven't got Visa or Mastercard back, last I checked.
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Pogo_Marimo
02/01/23 1:25:19 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
They did it anyway, and still haven't got Visa or Mastercard back, last I checked.

It's always weird to think about because, like, was VISA or MasterCard actually catching flak for that? I'm sure their income from PH was negligible but still, weird thing to do largely unprompted.

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refmon
02/01/23 1:30:32 PM
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It killed the site

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 1:31:23 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
It's always weird to think about because, like, was VISA or MasterCard actually catching flak for that?
Lawyers, probably.
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MelbuFrahma4
02/01/23 1:33:21 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
It's always weird to think about because, like, was VISA or MasterCard actually catching flak for that?

Yea they were. There were articles saying Visa and Mastercard support CP.

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ArchNemo
02/01/23 1:36:23 PM
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I guess it depends on how you measure kids and other people being exploited against a corporation making slightly less money.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 1:38:38 PM
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MelbuFrahma4 posted...
Yea they were. There were articles saying Visa and Mastercard support CP.
Being any part of CP, even indirectly, would probably open up Visa & MC to RICO smackdown disaster.
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TaylorHeinicke
02/01/23 1:41:53 PM
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I don't have an issue with their goal, but the execution was brutal

What pisses me off the most is how, if you go to an old link, it says "this video has been flagged for review" -- which very strongly implies that they might actually come back

we all know that aint happening. so just say it was deleted.

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NecroFoul99
02/01/23 1:42:54 PM
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Well, I know I lost interest.

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WingsOfGood
02/01/23 1:43:19 PM
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PH ?
Chemistry youtube?
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Tyranthraxus
02/01/23 1:44:10 PM
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Pogo_Marimo posted...
It's always weird to think about because, like, was VISA or MasterCard actually catching flak for that? I'm sure their income from PH was negligible but still, weird thing to do largely unprompted.

The kinds of flak they get is invisible. Fraud is insane with porn purchases and that's just the legal kind. We don't see it but they're fighting it in court all the time. If it was harder for people to call their bank and say "No I definitely did not buy Anus Annihilator 27 please charge back" then maybe PH wouldn't have had this problem.

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MelbuFrahma4
02/01/23 1:45:00 PM
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WingsOfGood posted...
PH ?
Chemistry youtube?

This site bans people from saying porn site names. Despite the average age being early 30s at this point lol.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 1:46:25 PM
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I wonder what the viability would be of a "MasturbatorCard" credit card...
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NoxObscuras
02/01/23 1:48:31 PM
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It was a monumentally bad decision. They didn't want to be bothered with actually monitoring what's uploaded to their site and instead went full scorched earth. They deleted nearly 80% of the content that was there, so now it's a shell of it's former self.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 1:50:42 PM
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You have to be a "partner business" or "verified model" to upload anything now, so all that's getting uploaded anymore is chopped up paysite and OF spam.
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MrToothHasYou
02/01/23 1:51:17 PM
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No, I think going scorched earth in an attempt to get rid of all the revenge porn/child porn was a commendable decision, even though I know it was ultimately made for financial and not ethical reasons.

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Jennywentnorth8
02/01/23 1:52:38 PM
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I don't remember what the deletion criteria even was. Amateur vids?
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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 1:54:52 PM
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Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I don't remember what the deletion criteria even was.
"Verified", which meant submitting a scan of your ID.
The people who would turn the TV up WAY TOO LOUD and film themselves sloppily fucking in terrible lighting, are not going to do that.
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NeonTentacles
02/01/23 2:01:10 PM
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Hell yeah it was a terrible decision lol. They deleted 80% of their content from 14 million to like 3 million videos. The catalyst was that article saying there was CP on the site but an investigation showed there was only like 100 videos that had it, compared to like millions on Facebook. So they essentially were lazy as fuck and nuked 11 million videos for .00001% of bad videos instead just going through abuse reports like a normal site.

They burned the Library of Alexandra >_> I still haven't seen a ton of videos on any other site. Lost forever in the sands of time : (

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A_Good_Boy
02/01/23 2:04:21 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...
Hell yeah it was a terrible decision lol. They deleted 80% of their content from 14 million to like 3 million videos. The catalyst was that article saying there was CP on the site but an investigation showed there was only like 100 videos that had it, compared to like millions on Facebook. So they essentially were lazy as fuck and nuked 11 million videos for .00001% of bad videos instead just going through abuse reports like a normal site.

They burned the Library of Alexandra >_> I still haven't seen a ton of videos on any other site. Lost forever in the sands of time : (
Weren't they also dealing with issues regarding too much revenge porn being posted on their site?

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NeonTentacles
02/01/23 2:04:48 PM
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I havent heard anything of that sort

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Pogo_Marimo
02/01/23 2:07:08 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
The kinds of flak they get is invisible. Fraud is insane with porn purchases and that's just the legal kind. We don't see it but they're fighting it in court all the time. If it was harder for people to call their bank and say "No I definitely did not buy Anus Annihilator 27 please charge back" then maybe PH wouldn't have had this problem.
That's a pretty interesting take.

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NoxObscuras
02/01/23 2:08:23 PM
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No, they deleted every account that didn't go through their verification process (which was over 10 million videos). It was an all or nothing approach.

And as has been said, a lot of the remaining videos are 1-3 minute videos that say "full video on my OF"

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 2:12:17 PM
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NoxObscuras posted...
And as has been said, a lot of the remaining videos are 1-3 minute videos that say "full video on my OF"
Getting "verified" on PH is roughly the same process as OF, so you may as well make some money out of it. PH itself pays its "models" terribly (if at all), which only drives more PH uploaders to OF.

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COVxy
02/01/23 2:13:02 PM
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Seems like a conservative approach is right for a streaming service that accepts uploads. Otherwise it'll very likely just be a giant repo for revenge porn and cp with plausible deniability.

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NeonTentacles
02/01/23 2:13:35 PM
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Yeah it sucks that the entire site is literally just teasers for OF content now. There's no good amateur videos on the site anymore. Remember when the site used to be cool and had fun April Fools jokes and did funny statistics or did charities and such? lol

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 2:17:28 PM
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COVxy posted...
Seems like a conservative approach is right for a streaming service that accepts uploads. Otherwise it'll very likely just be a giant repo for revenge porn and cp with plausible deniability.
Which is a viable business model under the "safe harbor" concept.

If you're "here's a video board, go nuts", all you're obligated to do is take down videos when someone complains. Once you start selling "premium" access and paying uploaders, your culpability increases substantially.
"Moderation" is pretty much either an all-or-nothing under section 230. Reactive or proactive, with nothing in between.
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COVxy
02/01/23 2:20:46 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Which is a viable business model under the "safe harbor" concept.

If you're "here's a video board, go nuts", all you're obligated to do is take down videos when someone complains. Once you start selling "premium" access and paying uploaders, your culpability increases substantially.
"Moderation" is pretty much either an all-or-nothing under section 230. Reactive or proactive, with nothing in between.

I'm not really talking about the law here. Don't really care what the law states.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 2:21:51 PM
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COVxy posted...
I'm not really talking about the law here. Don't really care what the law states.
Nobody goes to prison for ethics violations.
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COVxy
02/01/23 2:23:22 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Nobody goes to prison for ethics violations.

Again, not talking about the law. Why are you obsessing over this?

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thronedfire2
02/01/23 2:25:46 PM
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it was obviously a good decision. And anyone complaining that they cant jerk it to people who may not even know their porn is online(or was recorded in the first place) is pretty sus

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 2:26:34 PM
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COVxy posted...
Again, not talking about the law. Why are you obsessing over this?
...are you serious?
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COVxy
02/01/23 2:28:52 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
...are you serious?

Yes, why do you think the law is what is being discussed here?

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NeonTentacles
02/01/23 2:29:53 PM
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My favorite old video on PH was this 50 minute video of this Chinese couple fucking and it was awesome >_> I literally cant find the entire video on any other site and it saddens me. The best I found was this 10 minute cut of it but it isnt even the good part smh.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 2:30:22 PM
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COVxy posted...
Yes, why do you think the law is what is being discussed here?
Because, Visa and Mastercard bailed out of fear of legal liability, and forced PH's hand, which then forced all the fappers' hands.
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COVxy
02/01/23 2:32:18 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Because, Visa and Mastercard bailed out of fear of legal liability, and forced PH's hand, which then forced all the fappers' hands.

The question wasn't "why did this happen?" but "was this a bad thing?"

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Compsognathus
02/01/23 2:35:51 PM
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COVxy posted...
Again, not talking about the law. Why are you obsessing over this?
I mean I guarantee ethical considerations were not why PH made their decisions. They wanted to legally cover their ass.

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NeonTentacles
02/01/23 2:36:46 PM
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No corporation will ever care about ethics. Only the law

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Tappor
02/01/23 2:43:15 PM
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It killed the site

Make what you will of that.

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COVxy
02/01/23 2:47:18 PM
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Compsognathus posted...
I mean I guarantee ethical considerations were not why PH made their decisions. They wanted to legally cover their ass.

The value of a decision does not need to be calculated in reference to the agent who made it.

This topic was literally created by TC to ask what CE thought about this, ethically.

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A_Good_Boy
02/01/23 2:50:03 PM
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NeonTentacles posted...
I havent heard anything of that sort
https://nypost.com/2021/06/17/lawsuit-bashes -pornhub-for-profiting-off-unconsented-sex/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/16/pornhub-untold-damage-pain

Lots of revenge porn and spycams helped lead to their content and verification changes. It wasn't all just kiddie porn.

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Pogo_Marimo
02/01/23 2:59:45 PM
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COVxy posted...
The value of a decision does not need to be calculated in reference to the agent who made it.

This topic was literally created by TC to ask what CE thought about this, ethically.

This is true.

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party_animal07
02/01/23 3:00:53 PM
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In the grand scheme, they were attempting to clean up a lot of unsavory videos hosted on their site, which is a good thing, but they got rid of pretty much all of the videos i had bookmarked so...maybe?


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loafy013
02/01/23 4:15:16 PM
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They were never my site of choice, but it did seem to have echoes across multiple sites. The site that was my default did away with the download button around the same time. Think you still can if you are a verified user or something, but just having an account wasn't good enough anymore.

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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 4:20:25 PM
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loafy013 posted...
They were never my site of choice, but it did seem to have echoes across multiple sites. The site that was my default did away with the download button around the same time.
The usual harbinger of doom is when the tubesite starts gluing a vanity-card intro onto uploads.
It's all downhill for there.
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