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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    2 years ago

    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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      2 years ago

      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.

    • ScoobyDoo27@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      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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        2 years ago

        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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          2 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.

  • trifictional@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    This is the true final blow to third party apps.

    I noticed they did something similar to the mobile website. Even with appropriate content blockers there’s absolutely no way you can see sexually explicit content on mobile without their app.

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      2 years ago

      They even do the same thing with SFW posts, they just say it’s “unreviewed content” or whatever.

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    2 years ago

    You still can if you’re a subreddit mod, so I just did this:

    1. Create your own private sub
    2. You become a mod! Yay!
    3. NSFW now works on 3rd party app
  • Zak@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    I just tested with Relay. I can view NSFW subs. I should note my account seems to be flagged as NSFW for posting to interestingasfuck after it went NSFW.

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    2 years ago

    Lmao this puritanical turn from all these tech companies over the last 5-6 years I don’t get it. All they are going to do is speed self-immolation. What is happening to the internet.

  • Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    You can’t look at Reddit at all on third party apps now. Or did I miss a change to their API change?

  • brap_gobbo@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Which is kind of funny because one of the reasons Reddit got so big was because of the pornography

  • Lash7306@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    If you own a NSFW sub or are a moderator of one, you still have the possibility to see NSFW content over third-party apps / API

    • pixelpop3@programming.dev
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      2 years ago

      You just need to be a moderator of any subreddit. The subreddit itself doesn’t need to be NSFW. The idea is that moderators could have a need to evaluate NSFW content on user profiles to make moderation decisions.