I don’t know what to do with this information

  • @[email protected]
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    855 days ago

    I was like “wow no incest shit!”, but then I realized most of the southern states are blocked now.

    • @jve
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      It’s only because it’s the relative top searches.

      The whole country is after their step sis.

      Wonder how this map would look globally.

  • brvslvrnst
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    1336 days ago

    Whoa, it’s wild seeing the map of “places that ban us”

    • Scrubbles
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      566 days ago

      Kind of. “Places that an adult in their own home has to register with the state to see porn, so pornhub disables the state”

      They try to regulate porn by mandating a user show their id to the provider, and they totally won’t abuse that list of users at all they pinky swear

      • @[email protected]
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        346 days ago

        the worst thing about this is that the VPNs people use to get around it will mess up the data. we may never know which state really looked up flogging the most on valentine’s day :(

      • @flames5123
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        56 days ago

        Apparently Louisiana was “smart” and allows a third party to do this for them, called AllpassTrust. Pornhub is fine with this type of verification, which is why LA is the only southern state here (GA isn’t southern enough).

        • Scrubbles
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          76 days ago

          Yeah, if it was just age verification there are third party services that do it in a secure way, and I’ve always said we could implement things like you verify with your browser that you’re over 18, and at the protocol level it would the allow or deny

          Of course age verification isn’t the actual goal, so none of those privacy respecting approaches are ever considered in most places. Download what you can now, I’m guessing this is coming for the nation

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah there’s some that try and do ID verification here… Like verification by webcam AI age shit. No no no no no.

        NO

    • @Whats_your_reasoning
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      76 days ago

      I feel like that’s the real message in this map.

      1: Haha, look at funny sex words!

      2: Wait, why are all those states…

      3: … Ohhh shit.

    • Vox
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      56 days ago

      I dunno but I think i see a match in progress between Colorado and Georgia.

  • THCDenton
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    766 days ago

    Holy shit like half the country is missing. Fucking nanny state horseshit

    • @[email protected]
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      246 days ago

      I’m surprised Indiana is on there, unless people are submitting their IDs. I personally get my porn fix from a nice young man on an electric scooter every Thursday.

  • @_lilith
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    155 days ago

    Jesus fucking christ Alaska, get your shit together

    • @TempermentalAnomaly
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      65 days ago

      Add Minnesota, Wyoming, New York, and, what the heck, you get in there too Michigan … You old gooner.

      • @Lennny
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        45 days ago

        Michigan gets cold, it’s survival instincts kicking in.

  • @[email protected]
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    256 days ago

    I just think that it’s both sweet, and a little sad, that there are searches for “hugging”, “intimate”, and “cuddling”.

    Has someone checked in on Wyoming, North Dakota, and Ohio? They seem like they might be lonely.

    • @[email protected]
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      75 days ago

      It’s probably no accident that those and the other two with “wedding” and “husband” are all northern states. It’s still winter right now, which means that they’re still getting really short days, which makes people feel sad.

      • @[email protected]
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        35 days ago

        It’s not just the short days. It is currently 2°F outside and on Monday the forecasted high temperature will be -9°F. People are cold and lonely.

    • @Podunk
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      256 days ago

      Im in texas. I was getting the hub from colorado. Today Im more in a Wyoming sort of mood. Need to get the best results. Time to change servers.

  • @[email protected]
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    206 days ago

    Man, the number of places pornhub has pulled out of (hehehe) is nuts. Georgia is the only surprise on here, since Louisiana has some government program there using to stay live.

    • @_stranger_
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      5 days ago

      They’re like the Luxottica of porn, hundreds of brands all owned by one place. Even if pornhub left, the vast majority of all their other sites are still available in any given state.

  • Ziglin (they/them)
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    236 days ago

    Seeing hugging and cuddling makes me curious. Are there videos of people just cuddling on those kinds of platforms? That seems really wholesome unless it’s awkward naked cuddles.

    It also surprises me that so many of the top searches include things I feel are labeled as kinks. Aren’t they things that only small demographics enjoy, if so many people enjoy it is maybe wrong to perceive it that way?

    • Poplar?
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      On your second paragraph, notice its “relative searches” which it then explains in the subheading. Not top searches.

      If debauchery like “hand-holding” got 0.5% of searches in one state while in other states it got 0.1% of searches, and there wasnt as much a difference for other terms, thats the top relative search.

      But it doesnt tell us anything about how many people actually searched for it.

      • Ziglin (they/them)
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        14 days ago

        I understood it as the one with the highest percentage in that state at first. What you said makes a lot more sense and is a bit of a relief.

        • Poplar?
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          14 days ago

          Im guessing the map wouldnt get much attention for top searches, those would probably be very normal things, so they went for this method :)

    • Norah (pup/it/she)
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      66 days ago

      What’s awkward about naked cuddles? As a queer woman it’s probably my favourite thing to do with a partner. Skin to skin contact is just really healing.

      • Ziglin (they/them)
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        26 days ago

        Maybe it’s just lack of experience, I suppose with certain people it wouldn’t be too bad. The hair might be annoying as not all of it as soft as on my head but I think I’d be uncomfortable.

  • Flying Squid
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    256 days ago

    Oh sure, now that I’ve left Indiana, suddenly being queer is a good thing…