If you wanted to start an adult social network in 2022, you should only have internet on iOS and sideload on Android, accept payment in crypto, have a way to convert crypto to fiat for business activities without being blocked, do a lot of work in age and identity verification and compliance so you don’t go to jail, protect all that identity information so you don’t cheat your users, and make a ton of money.
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I really hope a dedicated service or business is started that will replace what people used to get from porn on Tumblr. It may already exist and I know nothing about it. They will fight hard under the current regimes, and if you think that’s a bad thing, try to change the regimes. Do not attack companies according to the legal and business reality as it exists.