Flying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoDoes an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up177
arrow-up177message-squareDoes an international porn site like Pornhub take accents into account with their algorithm? Does an Australian watching Pornhub porn tend to get more porn with Australian accents than an American?Flying Squid@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoThere are around 27 million people in Australia so it would be roughly comparable to blocking Florida (22 million) or Texas (30 million).
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoDidn’t Texas try and block themselves from pornhub?
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 days agoIt was pornhub that blocked Texas (and several other states). Other sites have done the same. Due to new laws making it risky to distribute in those states.
minus-squareGerudo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoThey successfully did, age verification is now a thing for all adult content.
minus-squareironhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoSo they effectively made a VPN a requirement. Nice.
minus-squareGerudo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoThat, or just find the sites that haven’t bent the knee.
There are around 27 million people in Australia so it would be roughly comparable to blocking Florida (22 million) or Texas (30 million).
Didn’t Texas try and block themselves from pornhub?
It was pornhub that blocked Texas (and several other states). Other sites have done the same. Due to new laws making it risky to distribute in those states.
They successfully did, age verification is now a thing for all adult content.
So they effectively made a VPN a requirement. Nice.
That, or just find the sites that haven’t bent the knee.