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View submission: Announcing an Update to Our Post-Level Content Tagging
I would assume there is some modesty involved with the wording.
Also, it sounds like you don't understand the real world legal consequences of letting this kind of thing go unchecked. Think about how big Reddit is. Now think about how many lawsuits are likely filed against them by certain groups of people, either directly affected by nsfw on the platform or otherwise.
Comment by DaTaco at 23/03/2022 at 19:50 UTC
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Eh, I think that's a very generous understanding of what Reddit is doing here.
Automated tagging isn't a requirement for any "real world" consequences, particularly when they've already done things like not allowing NSFW material on r/popular and removing it from r/all (now making it not r/all but that's besides the point). Keep in mind they have user specific filters and content controls already they could be utilizing.
If much more likely to be related to making reddit more advertising friendly and IPO friendly to minimize the NSFW content wherever possible.