X, formerly Twitter, is embracing adult content in a major way. Censorship has always been tricky since this platform was purchased by Elon Musk for a hefty $44 billion sum. This news comes after researchers discovered plans for NSFW (not safe for work) communities being tested on the platform.
Community Admins will be able to designate their groups as “Adult Content”
Adult content has always been present on X, with sex workers and adult content bots being a common sight. Internal documents even revealed that roughly 13% of all posts contained NSFW content, making it one of the fastest-growing genres. To accommodate this existing trend, X is now allowing Community admins to designate their groups as “Adult Content.” This prevents their content from being automatically filtered, which will be the default for all NSFW content on X’s Communities going forward.
This move aligns with X’s overall plan to make Communities a key feature for user growth. CEO Elon Musk has emphasized the importance of Communities, highlighting its rapid user base increase and the addition of new features like incorporating external user feeds.
The potential benefits of successful Communities are two-fold: X could compete with established forum sites like Reddit, and the user-generated content could serve as training data for Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok. Beyond the NSFW label, X is also rolling out a wave of updates to Communities. These include improved moderation tools, sorting options for posts, a dedicated Media tab for Android users, and the ability to explore trending content and discover new communities by topic.
Looking ahead, X plans to further enhance user discovery with features like promoting Communities on the For You tab and allowing moderators to access analytics and pin member posts. Additionally, audio chat rooms (Spaces) within Communities and user interface improvements are also on the horizon. While X hasn’t provided specific release dates for upcoming features, this flurry of updates suggests a move towards making Communities a central feature for X.
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