This is really cool analysis, but I think your conclusions are off.
I think this is what happens when you optimize for attention. Especially with user-generated art. I know I’ve watched more “incest” porn in the past few years—because it’s hard to avoid—yet, I’ve contributed to that tend. Gotta give people what they want, right? Bleh. Porn is subject to the same market pressures of enshittification that other businesses on to internet are under. YouTube is a great example, but so is Facebook, Amazon, MySpace, Reddit, and many more.
Most of this is fantasy role-play, not real desires. People that like Little kink aren’t pedophiles. Furries don’t want to fuck real animals. Dommes aren’t sadistic assholes.
I’m not saying that there isn’t problematic and porn. There is, and it’s gross. But being squicked out by someone else’s kink doesn’t mean their kink isn’t okay too.
This is really cool analysis, but I think your conclusions are off.
I think this is what happens when you optimize for attention. Especially with user-generated art. I know I’ve watched more “incest” porn in the past few years—because it’s hard to avoid—yet, I’ve contributed to that tend. Gotta give people what they want, right? Bleh. Porn is subject to the same market pressures of enshittification that other businesses on to internet are under. YouTube is a great example, but so is Facebook, Amazon, MySpace, Reddit, and many more.
Most of this is fantasy role-play, not real desires. People that like Little kink aren’t pedophiles. Furries don’t want to fuck real animals. Dommes aren’t sadistic assholes.
I’m not saying that there isn’t problematic and porn. There is, and it’s gross. But being squicked out by someone else’s kink doesn’t mean their kink isn’t okay too.