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"This is not the algorithm room!": an aghast #AoIR2020 member upon accidentally turning up to the sex-themed group in the Machine Life discussion
In the Sex Room, we kicked off with the idea of "zoning": that sex should be allowed on more of the internet, but available to those who want to see it and hopefully without accidentally exposing children to adult material #AoIR2020
There& #39;s a great chapter on zoning as a way to designate certain areas/districts as permitting the display/consumption of sexual culture in (Sub)Urban Sexscapes: Geographies and Regulation of the Sex Industry (Routledge 2005) by @ProfAlanMcKee B McNair & A-F Watson #AoIR2020
Former Tumblr (RIP) & #39;zoned& #39; NSFW content through user-labelled blogs as @TarletonG explains here: http://culturedigitally.org/2013/07/tumblr-nsfw-porn-blogging-and-the-challenge-of-checkpoints/">https://culturedigitally.org/2013/07/t... But as @DugStef argues, it seems nothing but abstinance satisfies advertisers these days? #AoIR2020
They tried the "porn access requiring age verification" thing in the UK and it failed, @DrClarissaSmith reminded us. The conversation was often often driven by conservatives who want to establish a reputation of Doing Something #AoIR2020
Why don& #39;t we ask children what kind of context or safety they need around the NSFW, asks @DrClarissaSmith #AoIR2020
What happens when sex online is pushed into abandoned spaces, seedy corners, or smaller platforms? It& #39;s a loss when people can no longer stumble upon sexy topics they might have a lot of interest in, for example, through Old Tumblr #AoIR2020
For some, the ultimate fear they have for their children roaming the internet is that they& #39;ll stumble over Goatse. But why? Wouldn& #39;t it be more troubling to have them stumble upon something really violent, or radicalising, or disturbingly right-wing? #AoIR2020
Across platforms, in terms of their moderation rules, sex is often considered the worst offender, @kkatot tells us. Maybe because it& #39;s easier to detect automatically than other kinds of content (although algorithms do still suck at it)? #AoIR2020
Or maybe sex is targeted because many platforms are American-owned, so there& #39;s an American prudishness that goes along with the platform culture? @kkatot #AoIR2020
The Sex Room was interested in the kinds of alternative/local/smaller platforms for sex. What if porn performers prefer smaller platforms they have more autonomy and power on, but audiences gravitate to more visible platforms like OnlyFans #AoIR2020
Porn performers need more support from platforms #AoIR2020
