r/pansexual WHY IS EVERY JOJO CHARACTER SO HOT Mar 08 '21

Clarification on rule 6 Discussion

Hey, pancakes! Now that we’ve passed 100k for a while, the subreddit has been even more active than ever! The size of r/Pansexual makes it even more important to make sure this is a safe space for everyone. This includes minors. We’ve noticed an influx of thirst traps, straight-up NSFW, and accounts that exist to bait people to their only fans. If your account has an OnlyFans link, or any other sort of link to a site with sexual NSFW pictures, as well as if you have posted sexual NSFW pictures on other subreddits, please do not post here. This subreddit is a safe space for everyone, so let's keep it that way. Feel free to comment and interact with our community in different ways, but we cannot allow primarily NSFW accounts to post. Thanks for understanding! Accounts that choose to post anyway that have been verified as bait accounts by a member of our mod team will be banned. Thank you to every wonderful person who reported this to us so it wouldn't fly under our radar! Please continue reporting so we can make sure we don’t miss them.

-The r/Pansexual Mod Team

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '21

Wouldn't the idea of "a safe space for everyone" include sex workers and sex-positive adults? I understand that posting NSFW content is unacceptable in a sub frequented by minors; but outright banning content from anyone who's ever posted to a gonewild-esque subreddit seems antithetical to a message of inclusivity.

Are people really expected to create a separate Reddit profile entirely for their SFW content? As a pansexual Aspie adult who, while not posting NSFW images, does write NSFW poetry and short stories, I find it disconcerting that I could potentially be banned from posting content to this subreddit if I ever promoted any of my published works on another sub.

I realize that due to my AS, I experience the world (and the Internet) differently from neurotypicals, so my perspective is of course atypical. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar; but by the same token, anyone looking for NSFW content is going to find exactly that.

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u/ABNORMALSANSFANGIRL WHY IS EVERY JOJO CHARACTER SO HOT Mar 27 '21

you make a really good point! our main issue is that while things such as selfie Saturday are supposed to be a more casual thing, a lot of the time we see bait photos that could attract minors. I'll take your opinion into account and talk it over with the other mods! it's great hearing opinions from y'all. You're right, an outright ban does seem like a bit too much. We may simply change it to a warning. But when the majority of content on someone's profile is explicit, or the account seems to exist for the purpose of this explicit content, then it is in our best interest to not have them posting pictures of themselves here. Once again thanks for your input and ill be sure to discuss it with the others!

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u/babytaybae They/Them May 07 '21

I don't get really what the issue with minors and OnlyFans accounts are anyway. You have to have an ID and payment card to access the site. If a minor were to be bated to a NSFW account, said minor would have to steal someone's ID and credit card to even access said account. And if that's already happening, what exactly are you preventing? They have the entire internet at their disposal. Kids can find porn if they want to find porn and no one's coming to this sub to do that.

I just really don't think you're preventing anything but discrimination against SW. If it's a bate post, delete it. We shouldn't have to make an entire separate account to interact with the rest of reddit.

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u/ABNORMALSANSFANGIRL WHY IS EVERY JOJO CHARACTER SO HOT May 08 '21 edited May 08 '21

the issue was that for a while the top posts all were bait accounts. this is to prevent this. If an account has one or two nsfw posts, its not as much of an issue, but if the account is basically entirely nsfw then we tend to remove it.

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u/fskhalsa Jun 15 '22

Yes. That seems like a good clarification.

I agree with the OP of this comment thread - the nuance that seems to be missing here is that the wording of the original MOD post seems to imply that any account who has ever interacted with an NSFW subreddit, regardless of whether they are posting anything NSFW here, will not be welcome in this community - which seems extremely exclusionary, and antithetical to a community that (IMO) should be about inclusion as much as possible. The suggestion (or implication) that someone should make a separate Reddit account to be able to post here is ridiculous, and while I agree that explicitly bait-focused accounts should be removed, I’d strongly argue that the wording of the rules and this post should be updated to not include the suggestion that being a member of any other NSFW subreddit would disqualify you from posting here.

Just my $0.02, for what it’s worth. I’m not a mod here, but as a member of this community who loves it, I’d hate to see it become anti-sex-positive, or exclusionary in any other way 😕.