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You Can't Look at Porn on Any Reddit Third-Party App Now (www.vice.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Following changes to its API access, users are forced to log in on the official Reddit app if they want to view NSFW content on mobile.

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[–] 284 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Not just porn! Since reddit only has one such tag you can apply to posts, many subreddits were using the NSFW tag for a wider variety of reasons such as spoilers, content which may contain unsettling material (aka "triggers"), and more!

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  • [–] 48 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The stoners on Reddit got screwed - many of the weed subs got the banhammer, and the rest got NSFW'd because spez wants Reddit as G-rated as Disney for the IPO.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not all NSFW. The Synology community I followed went full NSFW in protest and I can still view their subreddit. I cannot view subreddits such as watchitfortheplot. So somehow Reddit is differentiating.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well I know they forced some subreddits go back to SFW if it was obvious the NSFW was just to protest. Maybe that's the case for the subreddit you're looking at?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    NSFW means no ads as well.

    I also remember the announcement was sexually explicit content won’t be served through the api, so they must have a way to differentiate then.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    How does reddit tell the difference? Is it just nsfw communities not in the api or all nsfw posts? There is no discrepancy at least in the UI between NSFW gore and NSFW tits.

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